CROSSTYPE relations ▸ iee ▸ lii
IEE ⟵ LII MODEL A
Supervision

The watched feeling. LII's leading function presses on IEE's vulnerable slot — continuously, without effort and without malice. Supervision has a direction; this page reads LII → IEE.

notation:
LII ⟶ SUPERVISES ⟶ IEEasymmetric — the reverse is a different page
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Socionics builds types from eight information elements (Ne, Si, Ti, Fe…) placed into eight fixed slots — the slot decides how the element behaves in you.

The three-letter code (IEE) names the top two slots. It looks like an MBTI type; it doesn't convert cleanly — which is the kind of disagreement this site exists to measure.

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§1 HOW THE STACKS COLLIDE — unique to this pair
elementin IEEin LIIwhat happens
Nebase (1)creative (2)IEE lives here; LII visits, skillfully
Ficreative (2)role (3)IEE's craft is LII's obligation
Serole (3)vulnerable (4)IEE's chore lands on LII's bruise
Tivulnerable (4)base (1)LII leads with IEE's sore spot — pressure from above
Sisuggestive (5)mobilizing (6)both want it; neither has it
Temobilizing (6)ignoring (7)LII has it and won't perform it; IEE wanted the performance
Niignoring (7)demonstrative (8)strong meets strong; neither shows it off
Fedemonstrative (8)suggestive (5)IEE covers it in passing; LII feeds quietly

slots, in one line: base & creative = native strengths · role = performed on demand · vulnerable = the sore spot · suggestive & mobilizing = what's wanted from others · ignoring & demonstrative = strong but not valued. Full definitions on each type page.

§2 IN PRACTICE

Where it clicks

  1. IEE finds LII substantial — the pressure reads as depth, at first.
  2. LII finds IEE interesting: receptive, a little opaque, worth correcting.
  3. In small structured doses — mentorship with exits — the transfer is real.

Where it grinds

  1. IEE can never quite answer back; replies land beside the point, and both notice.
  2. LII doesn't feel the pressing, so requests to stop read as oversensitivity.
  3. It escalates with closeness. The classical advice is distance, and it's right.
§3 DO THE SCHOOLS AGREE HERE?

MODEL A Intertype relations are classical canon — this page is Model A ground. MODEL G keeps the frame but weights temperament and communication energy differently; where that changes a reading, we say so. Nothing here is invented to manufacture a disagreement. method →

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