The Five Layer Diagnostic

The framework, in full.

Every layer, every option. The complete diagnostic vocabulary.

Expressed Suppressed Distorted Ethos Pathos Logos Choleric Phlegmatic Melancholic Sanguine ST SF NF NT The Five Layer Diagnostic
01 · Core
Motivation

What it wants

The archetype itself. The twelfth of the human story that drives the brand.

Pearson & Mark · 12 archetypes

02 · Inner
Mind

How it thinks

Cognitive preference. The lens through which the brand takes in and organizes reality.

Jung · Myers-Briggs · 16 types

03 · Inner
Temperament

How it is wired

Emotional disposition. The speed, warmth, and stability of the brand's nervous system.

Four Humorisms · 4 temperaments

04 · Outer
Persuasion

How it persuades

Rhetorical posture. Which mode of argument the brand naturally reaches for.

Aristotle · Ethos, Pathos, Logos

05 · Outer
Expression

How it shows up

Current state. Whether the brand is living its archetype fully, holding it back, or drifting into shadow.

Jung · Expressed / Suppressed / Distorted