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{PERCEIVING FUNCTION (S/N) PRESENTATION NOTES}
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{Be prepared with examples and stories which highlight S/N differences.  Personalized stories will have the greatest impact and relevance to the participants.  Test these with an experienced TypeWatcher to make sure they clearly highlight only the S/N dichotomy.}
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{Use the examples in <i>Type Talk<n>, <i>Type Talk at Work<n>, or <i>16 Ways To Love Your Lover<n> until you find your own examples.}
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{You may have a particular "soapbox" to mention on this dichotomy.  You could use the S/N presentation as an opportunity to talk about the apparent type biases in standardized educational testing materials or talk about the bias that Ns have in believing that only iNtuitive perception leads to true creativity.}
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{It is helpful to have something visual to support you in discussing each dichotomy.  This might include:}
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{A "T Bar" format.  Prepare a page (flipchart paper, overhead transparency, white board, etc.) that has a giant "T" in the center.  Write "PERCEPTION" above the crossbar.  Place "S - Sensing" on the left and "N - iNtuition" on the right.  (You may want to point out that MBTIŽ terminology uses the second letter in iNtuition because the "I" already designates the Introvert preference.)}
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{Complete the "T Bar" ahead of time with a list of words that are descriptive of the S/N preference dichotomy to present to your group or complete the "T-Bar" through engaging the participants in a discussion of descriptive words for each of the preferences and record as they are identified.}
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{An overhead transparency or handout of descriptive S/N words to engage the group in a discussion of this dichotomy (see Aids and Handouts).}
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{A handout of S/N Highlights to engage the group in a discussion of this dichotomy.  These highlights are also listed below to help you prepare for group discussion (see Aids and Handouts).}
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{Cartoons reprinted on overhead transparencies that humorously depict the differences on a specific dichotomy.  This is challenging to find and prepare, but enormously entertaining for participants.  Again, check with an experienced Typewatcher to make sure that your cartoon illustration clearly highlights 
one dichotomy and one dichotomy only.  (An example:  Four frames - A group of children facing the same direction sitting on a log.  First child says, "I'm on a spaceship whizzing to Mars."  Second child says, "I'm on a supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier."  Third child says, "I'm in a submarine 
going under Antarctica."  Fourth child says, "And I'm on a log with a bunch of crazies.")  Be attentive to copyright violation issues.}
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{Perceiving Function (S/N) Highlights (see Aids and Handouts).}
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{The distribution in the general population for the Perceiving Function (S/N) is roughly 70% S and 30% N.}
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{C. G. Jung called this the Perceiving or Irrational Function and he described it as one of the two basic mental functions.}
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{For Isabel Briggs Myers, this preference was the most important discriminator in learning.  How we perceive our world has an impact on how we learn about it.}
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{David Keirsey, co-author with Marilyn Bates of <I>Please Understand Me<n>, says that this function is the most important in communication.  When Sensors 
ask what time it is they are looking for one specific answer, not that it is "time to go" or " it is later" which might be an Ns response.}
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{Janet M. Thuesen, co-author with Otto Kroeger of <I>Type Talk<n>, reminds us to think of our heads as a funnel with information being poured into us when in the S/N function.}
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{Mary H. McCaulley in the <I>MBTI Manual<n> says, "Procrastination comes from Perception (S/N) with a deficit of Judgment (T/F)."}
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{While in this function, people are open to receiving information about the world around them and are not focused on making a decision about the information.  (Sensors like specific information and iNtuitives prefer general information.)}
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{Perception (S/N) precedes Judgment (T/F) because one needs information in order to make an informal decision.}
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{Remember -- We can access both functions, but we prefer one over the other.}
