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Yep, I'm an INFJ as well, though not a huge fan of the F part!
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I always get ENTJ and I'm afraid it means I'm a jerk sometimes--famous ENTJ's are people like Margaret Thatcher, Napoleon, and Rahm Emanuel...
And I should go into politics? Ha. That's never gonna happen.
And I should go into politics? Ha. That's never gonna happen.
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I hover between INTP/J, and I've met a good amount of people who do also - you might be one of us who just barely scores into one or the other category.
Neat it appears I'm an INTP "The Thinker." The description fits me well, kinda scary. Ohh notables include Darwin, Einstien, and Madison.
Me too
e'rebody a INTP up in here. wut up.
The J is strong in my INTJ, so can't join the party. 🙂
The J is strong in my INTJ, so can't join the party. 🙂
I'm an INTJ too! That description SO suits me!
Without introverted intuitives, it is said that Israel would have had no prophets. Under deceptively conventional appearances lie perceptive minds that travel the breadth and depth of universal mysteries, contemplating its multilayered complexity, seeking the trends that will define the future. With time, clarity of vision comes. When it comes, they are propelled towards the vision and all their actions lead to it. They are perseverant behind a quiet exterior and will often come back with their vision long after everyone believes they have let it go.
What they see is so clear and obvious to them they are often surprised to find that others cannot see it as well. They may find it difficult to articulate the necessary steps towards implementation or to explain how each goal fits into the larger picture.
Their mind usually travels from the past to the future, seeking to fit a particular situation in a large context. It picks up patterns, symbols and images from different seemingly unrelated fields, identifies similarities and provides meaning. This can help solve problems by juxtaposing ideas, finding analogies or simply by rooting out the quintessential reality, discovering the origin in universal stories and human experiences, culling wisdom from the infinitely small to the infinitely large. Their mind naturally travels from the microcosm to the macrocosm.
They regularly have to face the difficulties of bringing dreams into reality. The time and effort it takes is always more than what their intuition initially suggested. They are determined, perseverant, inspired and often see things just around the corner, into the near or far future.
Without introverted intuitives, it is said that Israel would have had no prophets. Under deceptively conventional appearances lie perceptive minds that travel the breadth and depth of universal mysteries, contemplating its multilayered complexity, seeking the trends that will define the future. With time, clarity of vision comes. When it comes, they are propelled towards the vision and all their actions lead to it. They are perseverant behind a quiet exterior and will often come back with their vision long after everyone believes they have let it go.
What they see is so clear and obvious to them they are often surprised to find that others cannot see it as well. They may find it difficult to articulate the necessary steps towards implementation or to explain how each goal fits into the larger picture.
Their mind usually travels from the past to the future, seeking to fit a particular situation in a large context. It picks up patterns, symbols and images from different seemingly unrelated fields, identifies similarities and provides meaning. This can help solve problems by juxtaposing ideas, finding analogies or simply by rooting out the quintessential reality, discovering the origin in universal stories and human experiences, culling wisdom from the infinitely small to the infinitely large. Their mind naturally travels from the microcosm to the macrocosm.
They regularly have to face the difficulties of bringing dreams into reality. The time and effort it takes is always more than what their intuition initially suggested. They are determined, perseverant, inspired and often see things just around the corner, into the near or far future.
I've taken it several times and I'm always ENFJ ("Idealist Teacher" or "Giver"). I think it describes me pretty well, actually.
On the Harry Potter one I was Olympe Maxime...maybe because I speak French? Figures I couldn't have been Fleur instead 😛
On the Harry Potter one I was Olympe Maxime...maybe because I speak French? Figures I couldn't have been Fleur instead 😛
Me too! Supposedly 1-3% of the population is INFJ. I've taken the test many, many times over the past 10 years and I always end up with the same personality type. Doesn't matter what test it is. Pretty cool stuff.
INFP here, "the Idealist"...or some describe as "the Healer" which is an interesting twist on things. There is an awesome website called personalitypage.com that breaks down all the dimensions of each personality type to a t. All the way from what kind of jobs you should have to what kind of parent you will be as well as listing strengths and weaknesses of that personality combo. I don't completely agree on all parts but I have to say that its about 90% accurate when it comes to me!!
Funny, two years ago I posted I was an INTP--that was from typing over a decade ago. I retested in 2009 and also got some coaching and...
I am now quite solidly an INFP. I really think this type, while it has some remarkable qualities, is prone to having an emotional roller coaster of a life--lots of troughs!
INFPs are commonly writers and poets. That is one side of myself I think (on nearly a daily basis) that I ought to develop more... So much in my head, so many connections, ironies, inspirations... and they are then lost or remain bottled up. I hope one day to get things on paper--I know it would bring me a lot of satisfaction.
I am now quite solidly an INFP. I really think this type, while it has some remarkable qualities, is prone to having an emotional roller coaster of a life--lots of troughs!
INFPs are commonly writers and poets. That is one side of myself I think (on nearly a daily basis) that I ought to develop more... So much in my head, so many connections, ironies, inspirations... and they are then lost or remain bottled up. I hope one day to get things on paper--I know it would bring me a lot of satisfaction.
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Can I bizzump this thread? I am interested in it.
I've been an INFP for a while now--your comment about writing is true. I started cathartically writing about 5 years ago and now it's my go-to when I'm stressed or mentally restless. If you want to get it on paper, any or all of it, just start a Notepad on your computer (or in a notebook, whichever you're in contact with more) and just write whatever comes to mind.
This is actually me to a T, I was surprised that the online test returned what I tested as. This is fun =D
I'm an INFP, borderline I/E.
xeromag says:
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Funny the quote above looking at INFPs and ISTJs.
I have an old college friend who is an ISTJ. He found me an enigma then and still finds me perplexing. But the feeling is mutual. It drives me mad, because I just wanna get inside that head of his!
Yay for other INFPs on here. 👍
I have an old college friend who is an ISTJ. He found me an enigma then and still finds me perplexing. But the feeling is mutual. It drives me mad, because I just wanna get inside that head of his!
Yay for other INFPs on here. 👍
THANK YOU! I'd love to say that I couldn't believe it when I got two pages into this thread and no one had brought this up, nor the fact that MBTI has failed every controlled trial when used to try and predict future behavior based on the supposed preferences it tests for. Unfortunately the veterinary community's willingness to go along with psuedoscience doesn't surprise me in the least anymore.
I wouldn't assume that everyone here necessarily places much stock (if any) in the MBTI. (I'm pretty sure I questioned the benefit of using these sorts of tests during vet school orientations in an earlier thread.) I've taken the thing before for fun with friends and when my father was forced to do it for some seminar at work... I just think it's fun to compare results. I certainly don't "need the MB to get along or manage".
Just sayin'. 😉
I never saw the tests as predictive; I thought it was suppose to give folks a pause to think about how they interact (communication wise) with each other and interact with material.
IE if you divide folks up into clusters and ask them to design an ideal pet dog breed, one group may have a list of traits, others might have illustrations, and yet others have a verbal narrative. I tend to think of these the same way; it's about pausing to think about how my traits interact with the traits of others and material (ie why I feel professors reading off PPT = death by PPT.)
IE if you divide folks up into clusters and ask them to design an ideal pet dog breed, one group may have a list of traits, others might have illustrations, and yet others have a verbal narrative. I tend to think of these the same way; it's about pausing to think about how my traits interact with the traits of others and material (ie why I feel professors reading off PPT = death by PPT.)
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Yeah. I'm amazed that someone thought that a bunch of people having fun discussing something were actually putting serious faith in the thing. Hell, people mentioned the Harry Potter test. 😛
Or, ya know, maybe it's just fun. 🙂
EDIT: For the record, I'm ALBUS-EFFING-DUMBLEDORE. Booyah. (Even though it called me an INFJ instead of INFP.)
^ Objective fact. 😀
Thanks!
I'm actually not a big HP buff (I got annoyed with him when he went through the whole moody, emo teenage boy phase in book 5 and dropped him like a hot potato
), but I have a friend who will totally eat this up.(If anyone was curious, I'm a Remus Lupin.)
Because making a statement about how one prefers to interact with another person and/or material isn't a prediction?
The open-arms embrace of things like acupuncture, applied kinesiology, homeopathy, etc. To the extent where we've created certifications for them.
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Um, no? Look up the difference between predictive and descriptive...
Who's created certifications for them?
I've seen certificates for acupuncture but not for homeopathy and I'm not sure what 'applied kinesiology' is. Rehabilitation?
There's an argument (though not a good one IMO) for acupuncture (natural opiate system), rehabilitation can work pretty well, same as it does in human medicine, and homeopathy is just a joke flat out. I haven't seen any vets 'embrace' it though.
I think you may be thinking of kinesiology... applied kinesiology's a different beast.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applied_kinesiology
I hate to provide Wikipedia as a resource, but most of the other links that are coming up include judicious use of the terms "quackery" and "junk science", and I figured I should at least try to provide something that was fairly non-biased. 😉
Neato I'm Hermione Granger on the Harry Potter test. I so wish I had her little time control watch I could study and study and not worry about time anymore. 😀
Depends which continent you're talking about. But there are both the AAVA and the IVAS Stateside that offer certifications.
Beyond that, two of my classes in vet school have brought up acupuncture's use as an anesthetic and analgesic despite the literature not supporting its use. I've also spoken to numerous vet students who generally think acupuncture is a valid treatment modality when done by an "expert." One even insisted that she knew acupuncture worked because she saw it with her own eyes, a needle in the nose of a crashing puppy miraculously brought it back to life!
That argument for acupuncture has been debunked again and again in controlled, blinded tials. The best study, with the largest sample size, that we currently have in the literature found that not only did it not matter who placed the needles or where, but also that it did not matter if the needles were inserted at all, only that the test subject think that they have.
No, I am thinking of applied kinesiology. I worked under a vet who frequently brought in a holistic "specialist" to perform this nonsense. I was once called in to press a vial of blood to a dog's chest and stick out my arm so the quack vet could test if the staff infection the dog had in its blood was getting better or not by seeing how far she could press my arm down.
You're preaching to the choir. I keep a little folder in my browser specifically for Myths. This is the only one I have for acupuncture, and it's been a while since I read it, but I don't think I would've kept it if it weren't good:
http://www.skepdic.com/acupuncture.html
That sounds pretty ridiculous. I definitely have never heard of that. Might as well use Crystals and gem stones.
Though, with some things, hyperextension/flexion can answer a few questions.
I know... I was responding to another poster who inquired as to whether you were talking about rehabilitation when you referred to AK. 😉
This sort of stuff is the reason why I steer very, very clear of the 'holistic' practices in my area. I wouldn't be able to feign confidence if I were on staff, and I sure as heck wouldn't be willing to pay for that as a client.
Hey, I shadowed at an acupuncture clinic for a couple weeks. I have no interest in holistic medicine, but it was really interesting to see. It wasn't just the needles - it was whole different approach to what a veterinary clinic could be. It was... well, it was different, in a good way, and I was surprised by it. I still don't want to pursue it, but I hesitate to yell "BS!" and run the other way. You know?
It... hm. It had more to offer than I had initially thought it would.
That's all!
It... hm. It had more to offer than I had initially thought it would.
That's all!
Sorry if I got a little hot under the collar, but professionalism is very important to me. I see using unvalidated or invalidated treatment modalities as dishonest to our clients and a disservice to our patients, so it really gets my goat that I see holistic treatments creeping into our field and gaining respect.
What was different about it?
I'm glad this thread got bumped, cause another test I like is the True Colors communication styles typing. We used it when I worked at a girl's resident camp as a team builder for staff... it really helped us communicate better, especially when many of the staff members were meeting each other in for the first time.
I've always been a green, second color blue. It's fairly rare, because green and blue are considered "polar" colors in the test, opposite communication styles.
Here is a link you can use to quickly judge your colors without taking a quiz. I'd rank each trait as 1-4, then add up.
If you prefer an actual quiz, you can take one here. If you mess up, you'll have to clear cookies in your browser to retake it.
Neither is terribly accurate, but I'm curious if anyone has taken the assessment before. It's often used for assisting high school students in deciding a career path or in team-building in businesses or offices.
I've always been a green, second color blue. It's fairly rare, because green and blue are considered "polar" colors in the test, opposite communication styles.
Here is a link you can use to quickly judge your colors without taking a quiz. I'd rank each trait as 1-4, then add up.
If you prefer an actual quiz, you can take one here. If you mess up, you'll have to clear cookies in your browser to retake it.
Neither is terribly accurate, but I'm curious if anyone has taken the assessment before. It's often used for assisting high school students in deciding a career path or in team-building in businesses or offices.
The former supervisor for one of my jobs was a True Colours fanatic. She pulled me aside after a couple of our meetings and goes "You're a green, aren't you?" I had no idea what she was talking about, but yes, we did it later as a team builder in the organization and I am, indeed, a green. Secondary orange.
Haha, we used to have a kind of secret language the kids didn't know. The horse staff was all green, and everyone except me had blue as dead last. So whenever Angie the riding director was getting uncharacteristically emotional about something we'd tease her (gently) about being blue in a past life. A good portion of the camp staff was orange (it seemed kind of stereotypical, haha) and Paris (Arts director) was the yellow-est person you've ever met.
....dredging up an old thread on a study break.... c'moonnn it'll be fun 😉
My result: ESTJ. Apparently that's a very masculine type... :/ but it holds true for sure. You either love me or you hate me.
To add to that, I am also apparently
- slightly extraverted (I heart alone time)
- highly expressed sensing personality (need practical application for what I'm learning otherwise I just don't care..... vet school really antagonizes that aspect)
- moderately expressed thinking and judging personalities (super practical and skeptical, and I always need to have at least a somewhat rough plan for what I'm going to be doing)
My result: ESTJ. Apparently that's a very masculine type... :/ but it holds true for sure. You either love me or you hate me.
To add to that, I am also apparently
- slightly extraverted (I heart alone time)
- highly expressed sensing personality (need practical application for what I'm learning otherwise I just don't care..... vet school really antagonizes that aspect)
- moderately expressed thinking and judging personalities (super practical and skeptical, and I always need to have at least a somewhat rough plan for what I'm going to be doing)
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I am ISTJ and the description describes me perfectly.
INTJ across the board.
Strength of the preferences %
67 12 62 44
distinctively expressed introvert
slightly expressed intuitive personality
distinctively expressed thinking personality
moderately expressed judging personality
Strength of the preferences %
67 12 62 44
distinctively expressed introvert
slightly expressed intuitive personality
distinctively expressed thinking personality
moderately expressed judging personality
