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Google PodcastsSandra and Em talk about how the cognitive function of Extraverted Sensing (nicknamed Responsive Sensing) shows up in kids. This function is used by kids who have ESTP, ESFP, ISTP and ISFP preferences in the Myers-Briggs personality type model.
Links and references:
Cognitive Function Cheat Sheet
Myers-Briggs Basics
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Full show notes:
Overview of Responsive Sensing
An Extraverted function: deals with the outer world
A Perceiving function: deals with how we take in information
Responsive Sensing users take in information by: Attuning to the present moment, taking in information with one’s five senses, in order to respond with immediate practical action.
In adults (episode 57) we talked about this function having 4 facets:
- Alert to sensory details
- In the moment
- Quick to act
- Keep it simple and practical
What this looks like in kids:
(these will be true MOST of the time with ESTP/ESFP kids and true just some of the time for ISTP/ISFP kids)
- Fun Loving –
- Much like Responsive Sensing adults, Responsive Sensing kids really live for the moment. They want to be a part of the action and are really amped up by things that are exciting, flashy or fun.
- Tend toward boredom when the present moment is not exciting.
- Easily distracted
- May not be great at keeping track of things or following through on tasks because they are caught up in the moment of something else or distracted by something more shiny/interesting
- May not be great at keeping track of things or following through on tasks because they are caught up in the moment of something else or distracted by something more shiny/interesting
- Notice and care about sensory details –
- Notice details that other kids don’t. Might be sensitive to how their clothing looks or feels.
- Notice details that other kids don’t. Might be sensitive to how their clothing looks or feels.
- Flexible
- Because they’re not as attached to future plans, being more grounded in the present, they generally can just go with the flow.
- Because they’re not as attached to future plans, being more grounded in the present, they generally can just go with the flow.
- Limit-pushing & Risk Taking
- Because it’s all about what is happening in the moment, and because they are drawn toward excitement, these kids are more likely than others to make risky decisions or break rules, not thinking through the future consequences
- Because it’s all about what is happening in the moment, and because they are drawn toward excitement, these kids are more likely than others to make risky decisions or break rules, not thinking through the future consequences
- Hands-on learners
- May be bored by traditional sit-and-listen school settings. They want to really jump in and get their hands dirty and learn through experience
What your child needs:
- Provide a physical outlet
- Sensory Experiences
- Set minimal but clear boundaries
- Use action, not words
- Let work be fun
Write in or leave a comment: Do you have a Responsive Sensing child? Do you notice these themes in your kid? Tell us about that and what parenting tactics you use with them that work.