As we know, the socionic type is described using Model A, which explains the properties of information metabolism in our psyche. In a broad sense, information metabolism is how our thinking works. However, to fully describe the phenomenon, it is not enough to simply give it a name. We must also break it down into components and analyze their content.
Thus, information metabolism is divided into three stages: perception, processing and assimilation of information. During these stages, we first record the incoming data, then process it, and then fit it into our pre-existing concept of the phenomenon with which we interacted. Our socionic type plays a direct role in this process by determining the properties of our thinking through which we process information related to one or another type of information.
In socionics, we describe information metabolism using the eight functions of Model A. Each function is tasked with working with a specific type of information, perceiving, processing and assimilating it in a unique way. The properties of a function are determined by the properties it possesses, with each property relating to one of the three stages of working with information. These include perception (mental/vital and tracking/ insulating), processing (accepting/producing and inert/contact), and assimilation (ordered/cluttered and strong/weak). It should be noted that the properties of Valued/Unvalued have a more global manifestation and relate to our entire way of thinking.
For more information on how the properties and functions of Model A work, please refer to the corresponding sections on the website: Function properties and Model A.