Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

[Dumpy]

Who are you? How do you interact with others and process information? The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator categorizes people into 16 discrete groups based on four pairs of attriubutes. For a lengthy description, see Wikipedia's page. I won't bother to quote it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator

This test will demonstrate that you are NOT crazy, that you just think and act according to your natural preferences. Knowing what you are can help focus you on a career. Knowing what OTHER people are can help you interact with them better.

Anyway, here are some tests to figure out what your type is.

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
http://www.41q.com/
http://spt.skeletus.com/eng/

You will probably get the same results with each test. Once you learn what you are, here are a couple of sites with more detailed explanations of what it all means:

http://www.typelogic.com/fa.html
http://www.personalitypage.com/portraits.html

Enjoy!

For the record, I am a proud INTP. Approximately 3% of the population are INTPs. [there are three other types that are rarer--maybe you're one of them!]

 

[theprunetang]

Who are you? How do you interact with others and process information? The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator categorizes people into 16 discrete groups based on four pairs of attriubutes. For a lengthy description, see Wikipedia's page. I won't bother to quote it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator

This test will demonstrate that you are NOT crazy, that you just think and act according to your natural preferences. Knowing what you are can help focus you on a career. Knowing what OTHER people are can help you interact with them better.

Anyway, here are some tests to figure out what your type is.

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
http://www.41q.com/
http://spt.skeletus.com/eng/

You will probably get the same results with each test. Once you learn what you are, here are a couple of sites with more detailed explanations of what it all means:

http://www.typelogic.com/fa.html
http://www.personalitypage.com/portraits.html

Enjoy!

For the record, I am a proud INTP. Approximately 3% of the population are INTPs. [there are three other types that are rarer--maybe you're one of them!]

Hmmm.... I just took the test and I too am an INTP. Interesting........

 

[Dumpy]

Nice! It's always great to meet another INTP.

 

[barfo]

INTJ

barfo

 

[Minstrel]

I got ENTP

 

[ghoti]

What am I again, Dumpy? You remember?

 

[mook]

I'm an INTP. Pretty accurate description below. Drives my wife nuts that I look at every side of every possibility about a hundred times before doing anything. Kind of a Hamlet-type.

Haven't done one of these in a while. I'm always amazed that everybody isn't exactly like me. There are just so many possibilities to consider....

NTPs are pensive, analytical folks. They may venture so deeply into thought as to seem detached, and often actually are oblivious to the world around them. Precise about their descriptions, INTPs will often correct others (or be sorely tempted to) if the shade of meaning is a bit off. While annoying to the less concise, this fine discrimination ability gives INTPs so inclined a natural advantage as, for example, grammarians and linguists.
INTPs are relatively easy-going and amenable to almost anything until their principles are violated, about which they may become outspoken and inflexible. They prefer to return, however, to a reserved albeit benign ambiance, not wishing to make spectacles of themselves.
A major concern for INTPs is the haunting sense of impending failure. They spend considerable time second-guessing themselves. The open-endedness (from Perceiving) conjoined with the need for competence (NT) is expressed in a sense that one's conclusion may well be met by an equally plausible alternative solution, and that, after all, one may very well have overlooked some critical bit of data. An INTP arguing a point may very well be trying to convince himself as much as his opposition. In this way INTPs are markedly different from INTJs, who are much more confident in their competence and willing to act on their convictions.

 

[bodyman5001]

I was forced to take a class on this bullshit years ago. I didn't pay attention.

When I was forced to take another class by the same company, we were required to write the four letters that explained our personality on a piece of heavy paper that was folded in the middle. This way the people in that class would know your personality so they could "communicate better" with you.

Well, every other lemming in the class did as they were told.

I wrote ETME on my paper with a tiny little a between the E and T.

They tried to use this shit to force me to take morons seriously.

 

[ghoti]

INFJ

Again I see another xNxJ in here. Very few people are these types.

Is there something about this personality type that causes us to enjoy sports and internet message boards?

 

[Ed O]

INTJ

I am, as well. In my circle of friends, there are three more guys who are INTJ. My ex wife is INTJ.

We flock to one another, for some reason, even though I've read we're only 1 to 2% of the population.

We are special.

Ed O.

 

[Ed O]

I was forced to take a class on this bullshit years ago. I didn't pay attention.

...

They tried to use this shit to force me to take morons seriously.

You can believe what you want, but refusing to learn about the value of a pretty widely accepted emotional intelligence technique doesn't give your name-calling much credence.

Ed O.

 

[Ed O]

INFJ

Again I see another xNxJ in here. Very few people are these types.

Is there something about this personality type that causes us to enjoy sports and internet message boards?

Interesting question. I would say that there is. Intuition (the "N") deals with abstract and theoretical thought, rather than just the five senses. It makes sense that a lot of people here would be N... even though glancing at some type distribution percentages, N is much less common:

Introversion, I would guess, is pretty highly correlated with computer use for pleasure.

Judgment... hmm... I guess it means that we like to come to a solution, right? Maybe that drives us to discuss sports... rather than just to shrug and not care about why a game turned out as it did or wonder about the upcoming game or season (Perception types seem to prefer to leave things ambiguous).

Of course, that leaves T/F... from Wiki:

Thinking and Feeling are the decision-making (Judging) functions. The Thinking and Feeling functions are both used to make rational decisions, based on the data received from their information-gathering functions (Sensing or iNtuition). Those who prefer Thinking tend to decide things from a more detached standpoint, measuring the decision by what seems reasonable, logical, causal, consistent and matching a given set of rules. Those who prefer Feeling tend to come to decisions by associating or empathizing with the situation, looking at it 'from the inside' and weighing the situation to achieve, on balance, the greatest harmony, consensus and fit, considering the needs of the people involved.

That is SO what (at least the Blazers community) has experienced over time... some fans seem like robots to other fans in the way we stay detached and analytical, while others seem to be over-emotional and concerned with things like "chemistry".

Ed O.

 

[barfo]

I am, as well. In my circle of friends, there are three more guys who are INTJ. My ex wife is INTJ.

We flock to one another, for some reason, even though I've read we're only 1% of the population.

We are special.

Ed O.

We are indeed.

The INTJ Blazer Mod team.

The name's Mod. INTJ Blazer Mod. (blows smoke from barrel of gun, orders martini)

barfo

 

[Minstrel]

We are indeed.

The INTJ Blazer Mod team.

Way to be dismissive and exclusionary towards the ENTP moderator.

 

[Dumpy]

I just wish I knew about all this stuff when I was a teenager, and then I'm be more self-aware of my own strengths and weaknesses, and understand that I'm not crazy. I am extreme on three of the attributes and "moderate" to "clear" on one, which makes me nearly the INTP archetype.

The "I" will tend to post on internet discussion boards more than the "E", so it isn't surprising that we are all or mostly "I"s. An I prefers to think out his answers and responses to the end before articulating them, and you can do that through the internet. I wouldn't be at all surprised if most of you go back and read your posts carefully before you hit the "submit" button, like I do. An E, on the other hand, opens his or her mouth to talk before they have fully thought out what they want to say; they develop their thoughts aloud. They also tend to articulate every thought and idea they have. Biden is obviously a pretty extreme E, that's why he says things and then stops in horror when he realises what he has said. He can't help it; that's the way he is wired.

Men tend to be a "T" more than an "F." More women are "F"s than "Ts." So, again, it isn;t surprising that most of us are IxTx, with the "x" standing for either of the two options.

It is an SJ world. If you are an SJ, you have an advantage and it is easier for you to get ahead than an NP. OUr SJs are our leaders, and they are revered and respected for their decisiveness. One example of why this is so has to do with the way our educational system is structured. It is based on a model developed in Germany in the mid-19th century, with the goal of developing the better soldier. The model is listen-memorize-repeat, which is vital in a structured environment where everyone has to remember and implement oral orders. Our educational system--the way kids are tested--is based on that model. SJs can flourish in that environment; NPs cannot, because they learn through concepts and overarching principles, and have trouble memorizing detail.

Anyway, I have the official Myers-Briggs printouts for the INTP, which goes into great depth, and is probably about 15 pages long. It's proprietary, which is why you can't find it on the internet. Maybe I'll write bits and pieces for the other INTPs. It talks about all sorts of great stuff like parenting skills, what jobs are best for us, what sork of work environment we prefer, problems we may face in personal relationships, etc. As an INTP archetype, I can say that it is roughly 99% accurate for me.

 

[Minstrel]

The "I" will tend to post on internet discussion boards more than the "E", so it isn't surprising that we are all or mostly "I"s. An I prefers to think out his answers and responses to the end before articulating them, and you can do that through the internet. I wouldn't be at all surprised if most of you go back and read your posts carefully before you hit the "submit" button, like I do.

Hmm, I do that as an E. Of course, I've tested as an I every time I've done it before. The last time a few years ago. So perhaps I am more out-going now, but retain elements of introversion. Or, more likely, I've always had significant amounts of both...thinking back through my life, it's been a duality....very extroverted in class, for example, and then very introverted outside of class.

 

[barfo]

Way to be dismissive and exclusionary towards the ENTP moderator.

Hey, you are a fancy green guy, not one of us lowly reds.
But we will let you join our club, you just need to become more introverted. And more J instead
of P, forgot what that axis is.

barfo

 

[Celtic Fan]

I've done the test before, have the results on paper somewhere at home.. can't recall what they were though...

was that concise enough for y'all

 

[Dumpy]

Hmm, I do that as an E. Of course, I've tested as an I every time I've done it before. The last time a few years ago. So perhaps I am more out-going now, but retain elements of introversion. Or, more likely, I've always had significant amounts of both...thinking back through my life, it's been a duality....very extroverted in class, for example, and then very introverted outside of class.

but remember, these words are being used differently than their common usage. It has nothing to do with how outgoing you are and whether you raise your hand in class. When you get worn down at the end of the day, do you "recharge," by slinking away and spending time alone, maybe reading a book, surfing the internet, or just thinking about things? Or do you seek out other people--such as an "after dinner coffee" with friends and family around the dinner table--to reenergize you? Do you start to talk before you know how your sentence will end? Or do you pause upon hearing a question, consider your answer fully, and then answer only when you have it all figured out? That, essentially, is the primary difference betwen and I and an E.

 

[Pontius]

"I was forced to take a class on this bullshit years ago."

Somehow I doubt you were forced to do anything.


"I didn't pay attention."

Obviously.


I recommend The Portable Jung to anyone interested in the study of psychological types. Myers and Briggs fine-tuned Jung's groundbreaking work on the subject. I must say, however; that it's actually quite easy to taint the outcome of these tests with biased responses and the outcomes may vary based on how one feels in a given day. That said, I tend to fall in line with either the INFP type or the INTP type.

 

[Minstrel]

When you get worn down at the end of the day, do you "recharge," by slinking away and spending time alone, maybe reading a book, surfing the internet, or just thinking about things?

That describes me well, in large part, and I answered yes to all of those.

But I also feel comfortable in large groups and have no problem interacting with people in social ocassions. That's simply not what I seek out most of the time.

So, the combination of those factors led me to be marked 'E'...whereas in the past, usually an 'I.'

And I realized that E didn't refer to raising my hand a lot. When I said I was extroverted in class, I meant that I sought out interaction and attention. I liked talking to people and being heard and making people laugh. I derived "energy" from that. Which, I think, is the type of extroversion that Myers-Briggs means. But outside of class, I generally preferred to be alone, needing time to "recharge"...during which time I spent a lot of time reading, writing and listening to music.

So, I think depending on what aspect of me you look at, I can be characterized as E or I. And now have been.

 

[Dumpy]

That describes me well, in large part, and I answered yes to all of those.

But I also feel comfortable in large groups and have no problem interacting with people in social ocassions. That's simply not what I seek out most of the time.

So, the combination of those factors led me to be marked 'E'...whereas in the past, usually an 'I.'

And I realized that E didn't refer to raising my hand a lot. When I said I was extroverted in class, I meant that I sought out interaction and attention. I liked talking to people and being heard and making people laugh. I derived "energy" from that. Which, I think, is the type of extroversion that Myers-Briggs means. But outside of class, I generally preferred to be alone, needing time to "recharge"...during which time I spent a lot of time reading, writing and listening to music.

So, I think depending on what aspect of me you look at, I can be characterized as E or I. And now have been.

it sounds like you are somewhere near the middle on that scale (they call it a "dichotomy"), which isn't unusual. So you would have some qualities of an ENTP, and some of an INTP. I wish I was more E than I am, but you can't fight it; you have to go with what got you here.

 

[Minstrel]

I wish I was more E than I am, but you can't fight it; you have to go with what got you here.

To some extent, that's true. I think it's possible to become more adept and comfortable in social situations. You won't ever be a type-A salesman personality, but you could probably push yourself closer to the middle of the scale.

 

[ghoti]

That describes me well, in large part, and I answered yes to all of those.

But I also feel comfortable in large groups and have no problem interacting with people in social ocassions. That's simply not what I seek out most of the time.

So, the combination of those factors led me to be marked 'E'...whereas in the past, usually an 'I.'

And I realized that E didn't refer to raising my hand a lot. When I said I was extroverted in class, I meant that I sought out interaction and attention. I liked talking to people and being heard and making people laugh. I derived "energy" from that. Which, I think, is the type of extroversion that Myers-Briggs means. But outside of class, I generally preferred to be alone, needing time to "recharge"...during which time I spent a lot of time reading, writing and listening to music.

So, I think depending on what aspect of me you look at, I can be characterized as E or I. And now have been.

As a contrast, I have a large personality and am very capable of interacting at social functions and being charming and outgoing. An observer would say I am definitely an E. But what they don't realize is how exhausting that is for me and how difficult it is for me to sustain that type of behavior.

Since I was very little, at every social function, I seek out a place to be alone and interact as little as possible. It used to drive my parents crazy, because they knew a boisterous, loudmouth kid that never shut up, and they would take me to family gatherings and never see me.

Being a strong I kind of sucks. If you don't enjoy social functions, you miss out on meeting a lot of interesting people. Be glad that isn't you.

 

[MARIS61]

When you get worn down at the end of the day, do you "recharge," by slinking away and spending time alone, maybe reading a book, surfing the internet, or just thinking about things? Or do you seek out other people--such as an "after dinner coffee" with friends and family around the dinner table--to reenergize you?

This just basically shows if you live alone or are married.

Do you start to talk before you know how your sentence will end? Or do you pause upon hearing a question, consider your answer fully, and then answer only when you have it all figured out?

This just basically shows whether you are in command of your mental faculties or not.

 

[ghoti]

This just basically shows if you live alone or are married.

It's not hard to figure out that both options exist in his scenario.

This just basically shows whether you are in command of your mental faculties or not.

How so? I see no connection between being in "command of your mental faculties" and how much time it takes you to consider what you are about to say.

 

[Celtic Fan]

there's also how I'd like to live my life and how it is actually lived to.

for example I like to go out with a bunch of ppl and just talk have a few beers etc or go watch a sporting event, but my wife is not like that so we tend to keep to ourselves more. It bothers me at times because I see less of my friends but we do lots of stuff together so it's not like my life sucks either.

so in answering the questions I get caught between reality and what I'd like to do more.

 

[Denny Crane]

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[Dumpy]

This just basically shows if you live alone or are married.

Some people have a deep-rooted need to interact with others. My six-year-old daughter is an extreme E, and sometimes it is very hard on both of us. We start out the day with the same energy level, and as time goes by, and we both get tired, I need alone time, and she starts to get manic, and needs to spend time playing with me. Soon we are at each other's throats. She can't help the way she is, though. My mother, too, is an E. After dinner, after feeding my family, wrestling them to bed, and cleaning, up, I just want to run off and scream. She wants to sit around the table, drinking tea, and chat about whatever random thoughts pop into her head. It is hard for extreme "I"s to adjust to that sort of behavior.

This just basically shows whether you are in command of your mental faculties or not.

No, it is different. An "I" will pause, sometimes for very long periods, while he or she considers a question and works out the answer. You may think that an "I" has forgotten the question or hasn't even heard it, but then they will let out a stream of ideas seemingly out of nowhere. An "E" will immediately start to talk . . .they may start by repeating the question, and start articulating their initial thoughts, enuncuate different options, etc., before eventually figuring out how to answer on the fly.

Biden is an "E." He will say something like "Mike, stand up . . . oh, what am I saying?"

It is really better for you if you are close to the middle. Being an extreme I is a definite weaknesses, and being an extreme E just annoys everyone until/unless you learn to control your urge to talk all the time.

One problem is that in focus groups, the Es will dominate the conversation, The "I"s will keep quiet, because they are working out what to say internally, while the "E"s just start talking . . . and then they believe that the "I"s have nothing to contribute.

 

[Dumpy]

As a contrast, I have a large personality and am very capable of interacting at social functions and being charming and outgoing. An observer would say I am definitely an E. But what they don't realize is how exhausting that is for me and how difficult it is for me to sustain that type of behavior.

Since I was very little, at every social function, I seek out a place to be alone and interact as little as possible. It used to drive my parents crazy, because they knew a boisterous, loudmouth kid that never shut up, and they would take me to family gatherings and never see me.

Being a strong I kind of sucks. If you don't enjoy social functions, you miss out on meeting a lot of interesting people. Be glad that isn't you.

exactly. But you will interact one-on-one if you somehow stumble upon the right kind of person.