Tampa, Florida, USA.
J Anal Psychol. 2021 Nov;66(5):1094-1118. doi: 10.1111/1468-5922.12731.
Expanding on Jung's use of the role of the superior and inferior functions, Angelo Spoto advances a new typological model based on 'whole type' that utilizes a typological perspective on the archetypal Self. In this new model four cognitive modes taking superior positions are developed in the first half of life and four cognitive modes taking inferior positions are encountered in the second half of life. This model indicates that type development and type dynamics take place through the holding of the tension of opposites between superior and inferior functions, helped by the transcendent function operating differently in the first and second halves of life. Specifically, in the first half of life, the transcendent function produces a tertium that moves typological development along to consolidate an ego-pattern. In the second half of life, the transcendent function takes the individual into encounters having to do with an appreciation of sacrifice, transformation, and symbol-making, as the personality advances towards a greater awareness of wholeness, by way of the inferiors.
在荣格对优势功能和劣势功能的角色的运用上，安杰洛·斯波托进一步提出了一种新的类型学模型，该模型基于“全型”，利用了对原型自我的类型学观点。在这个新模型中，四种占据优势地位的认知模式在生命的前半段得到发展，而四种占据劣势地位的认知模式则在生命的后半段遇到。这个模型表明，类型发展和类型动态是通过在优势和劣势功能之间保持对立面的紧张关系来实现的，而超越功能在生命的前半段和后半段以不同的方式运作则有助于这一过程。具体来说，在前半段，超越功能产生了一个第三元素，推动了类型发展，巩固了自我模式。在后半段，超越功能使个体经历与牺牲、转化和象征制作有关的事情，因为个性通过劣势向更完整的意识发展。
