These are the pages that describe the system itself, kept as a reference work rather than as articles. They are written to be dipped into in any order rather than read straight through, and they are the ones worth keeping a bookmark on.
If you have not read any Socionics before, the beginners' guide is the one page that assumes nothing and links out to everything else here.
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Beginners' Guide
The whole system in one page, written for someone who has never met Socionics before. Start here if you are not sure what the other pages are talking about.
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16 Types
A full profile for each of the sixteen types, covering the function stack, the strengths, the blind spots and the type each one pairs best with.
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8 Functions
The eight information elements the system is built from, with a page each. Every page sets out what that element attends to and how it behaves in each position of Model A.
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16 Relations
What happens between any two types, from Duality through to Conflict. Each relation has a page describing how the pairing feels from both sides.
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Small Groups
The groupings that cut across the sixteen types: quadras, clubs, temperaments, romance styles and the rest. Useful for narrowing a type down without choosing between sixteen profiles at once.
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Type Comparisons
Over a hundred side by side pages for the type pairs people most often confuse. Each one sets the two function stacks against each other and names the relation between them.
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Model A
The eight position model every type profile on this site is built on. It explains why the order the functions sit in matters more than the functions themselves.
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Glossary
Every term used on this site, defined plainly and in one place. Worth keeping open if you are reading the reference pages out of order.