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ENFJ, every time...
What Myers-Brigg Type Indicator are you?
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Oye this makes us sound like dictators haha. But I am impatient with inefficiency, you should see me in traffic 😱
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INFP...though I also score ENFP occassionally too. After reading descriptions of both, I'd say I'm more INFP though.
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this is taken from the 'personality page' website listed on the previous page...
"ISFJs learn best by doing, rather than by reading about something in a book, or applying theory. For this reason, they are not likely to be found in fields which require a lot of conceptual analysis or theory. They value practical application. Traditional methods of higher education, which require a lot of theorizing and abstraction, are likely to be a chore for the ISFJ."
As I'm finishing up a masters and about to go into a PsyD program, that last line doesn't sit with me very well 😛 I definitely agree that I learn best by doing, but I love school and overall have done well (though grad school GPA > undergrad GPA...perhaps because it's more applied now?). Either way I'm still the lone ISFJ oddball on here I believe 😛
Something similar to this was actually brought up in an interview earlier this year...even though I'm an introvert, one of my favorite extra currics is an extremely extroverted activity (tend to be the oddball of that bunch too - most everyone else is highly extroverted and very outspoken)
"ISFJs learn best by doing, rather than by reading about something in a book, or applying theory. For this reason, they are not likely to be found in fields which require a lot of conceptual analysis or theory. They value practical application. Traditional methods of higher education, which require a lot of theorizing and abstraction, are likely to be a chore for the ISFJ."
As I'm finishing up a masters and about to go into a PsyD program, that last line doesn't sit with me very well 😛 I definitely agree that I learn best by doing, but I love school and overall have done well (though grad school GPA > undergrad GPA...perhaps because it's more applied now?). Either way I'm still the lone ISFJ oddball on here I believe 😛
Something similar to this was actually brought up in an interview earlier this year...even though I'm an introvert, one of my favorite extra currics is an extremely extroverted activity (tend to be the oddball of that bunch too - most everyone else is highly extroverted and very outspoken)
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blindchaos said:
Hey blindchaos, you don't have to feel alone. I'm an ISFJ too 🙂
ENFP, pretty true for me some downsides but am happy to be an "Idealist Champion" and part of a type that includes Martin Luther King and Oprah Winfrey!
Luckily, psychology was one of my career choices (phew)
Luckily, psychology was one of my career choices (phew)
Sounds like we are over-represented on this board🙂
That sounds like me to a T, minus the verbal communication skills. I'm fine in written communication but my brain definitely works faster than my mouth so I'm somewhat awkward as a public speaker. I can also get into SOME routine tasks - namely if it involves computers. For some reason, I hate some grunt-work (e.g. screening and running participants), but other grunt work (e.g. organizing data, scoring data, etc.) is fine. Maybe my desire for structure just supercedes my dislike of the routine😉
ENTJ's unite! And then separate again once we start fighting over who gets to be in charge!
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I love when I finish an experiment and get to analyze the data and make graphs and stuff 😛
Analyzing data is definitely fun, though I don't put that into the "routine" category. Maybe because I'm not that good at it yet🙂 I was more referring summing BDI scores, things like that.
Graphs on the other hand....ugg. There are few things I hate more than graphing. In part because I'm a numbers/text kind of guy so pictures are definitely NOT worth 1000 words to me. Excepting certain interactions. Mostly I just hate SPSS's graphs since they don't let you alter important things, so I port everything into Excel, which lets you alter SOME important things, but makes the stuff that is simple in SPSS (i.e. error bars) a huge pain in the butt.
To each their own though. I'm just bitter because I spent twice as long making 5 freaking graphs for my last poster as I did doing everything else combined.
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INTJ
Fits well, actually.
-they can hardly rest until they have things settled, decided, and set.
-Masterminds will adopt ideas only if they are useful
-Masterminds are not at all eager to take command of projects or groups, preferring to stay in the background until others demonstrate their inability to lead.
-Masterminds are the most open-minded of all the types. No idea is too far-fetched to be entertained-if it is useful.
-Masterminds can be quite ruthless in implementing effective ideas, seldom counting personal cost in terms of time and energy.
-INTJs know what they know, and perhaps still more importantly, they know what they don't know.
-INTJs apply (often ruthlessly) the criterion "Does it work?" to everything from their own research efforts to the prevailing social norms. This in turn produces an unusual independence of mind, freeing the INTJ from the constraints of authority, convention, or sentiment for its own sake.
-INTJs do not readily grasp the social rituals
-they tend to have little patience and less understanding of such things as small talk
-INTJs really want people to make sense.
-INTJ will expect inexhaustible reasonability and directness.
-those relationships which ultimately do become established with an INTJ tend to be characterized by their robustness, stability, and good communications.
Fits well, actually.
-they can hardly rest until they have things settled, decided, and set.
-Masterminds will adopt ideas only if they are useful
-Masterminds are not at all eager to take command of projects or groups, preferring to stay in the background until others demonstrate their inability to lead.
-Masterminds are the most open-minded of all the types. No idea is too far-fetched to be entertained-if it is useful.
-Masterminds can be quite ruthless in implementing effective ideas, seldom counting personal cost in terms of time and energy.
-INTJs know what they know, and perhaps still more importantly, they know what they don't know.
-INTJs apply (often ruthlessly) the criterion "Does it work?" to everything from their own research efforts to the prevailing social norms. This in turn produces an unusual independence of mind, freeing the INTJ from the constraints of authority, convention, or sentiment for its own sake.
-INTJs do not readily grasp the social rituals
-they tend to have little patience and less understanding of such things as small talk
-INTJs really want people to make sense.
-INTJ will expect inexhaustible reasonability and directness.
-those relationships which ultimately do become established with an INTJ tend to be characterized by their robustness, stability, and good communications.
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ENTP for me. I guess it's not very good for a clinical psychologist to be somewhat "oblivious of mankind" and not very concerned about the feelings of others, but what the heck, I'll get by. 🙂
Is this test still used a lot professionally in the US?
Is this test still used a lot professionally in the US?
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I'm an ENFJ. I've taken this test a few times before, and recently I have been switching betweem the ENFJ and ENTJ. I think my F/T is close, but this test said moderately expressed F.
Whatever the case, I guess I am a rare male F, as I believe most males are more T.
Whatever the case, I guess I am a rare male F, as I believe most males are more T.
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I saw compatibility ratings either at the bottom of my result page or at the bottom of one of the links for my results. (Sorry, I'd just have to answer all of the questions again to find out for sure where.)
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YAY! ISFJ's unite! 🙂 Do you all feel it's fairly accurate? I think it fits me pretty well.
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I think it's still used in I/O and I know that corporate career counselors get a kick out of using it (although I don't know why, considering they just tell you that in order to work in the corporate world you should be an extrovert).
I haven't heard of anyone using it in clinical, practice, though.
I think it fits me fairly well too. Especially this:
ISFJs have a rich inner world that is not usually obvious to observers. They constantly take in information about people and situations that is personally important to them, and store it away. This tremendous store of information is usually startlingly accurate, because the ISFJ has an exceptional memory about things that are important to their value systems. It would not be uncommon for the ISFJ to remember a particular facial expression or conversation in precise detail years after the event occurred, if the situation made an impression on the ISFJ.
I just laughed and laughed when I read this because people call me "the human tape recorder" because I can remember every word of a conversation long after it's occurred. It drives my parents and boyfriend nuts. 😛
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INFJ too!
- moderately expressed introvert
- moderately expressed intuitive personality
- slightly expressed feeling personality
- very expressed judging personality
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How can I change my poll answer? I clicked on ENTP before taking the test again and it turns out I'm more ENFP (and have tested so most recently).
It's interesting to see that the most populous groups are the Ns (although there are 7 ISTJs in there -- I'm guessing more research-y types 😉
It's interesting to see that the most populous groups are the Ns (although there are 7 ISTJs in there -- I'm guessing more research-y types 😉
I remember when I was studying personality assessment last year my prof was sitting there and looked at the 5 of us and asked,
him : "have i talked about the myers briggs yet?"
answer : "you made fun of it some"
him : "a little or in depth?"
answer : "only a little"
him : "great. i really wanna make fun of it today."
i just love the fact that it was made by people with no psych training to find out if the man their daughter was going to marry was a good match. *sigh*
him : "have i talked about the myers briggs yet?"
answer : "you made fun of it some"
him : "a little or in depth?"
answer : "only a little"
him : "great. i really wanna make fun of it today."
i just love the fact that it was made by people with no psych training to find out if the man their daughter was going to marry was a good match. *sigh*
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Another ENTJ logging in. I've taken this 4 times over 20 years and always gotten ENTJ, except for a modified version for work where I scored ENTP, 'cause I try to play well with others.
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It is based on Jung, though. Although I think someone else added judging/perceiving.
This has always been quite accurate for me. I have no clear preference for J vs. P, however, and sit on the fence there. From one time to the next I might move 2 or 3 points either way on that trait. I am a dedicated introvert, very consistently. I voted INFP, as that was the way it came out the last few times.
Your Type is
INFJ
Introverted Intuitive Feeling Judging
Strength of the preferences %
89 50 38 1
This has always been quite accurate for me. I have no clear preference for J vs. P, however, and sit on the fence there. From one time to the next I might move 2 or 3 points either way on that trait. I am a dedicated introvert, very consistently. I voted INFP, as that was the way it came out the last few times.
Your Type is
INFJ
Introverted Intuitive Feeling Judging
Strength of the preferences %
89 50 38 1
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Rapunzel, you and I could be twins (Myers-Briggs wise) with the exception of the E/I dimension. I fluctuate between ENFJ and ENFP, very close on that dimension. I'm a clear extrovert however (usually 60-70%).🙂
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Im consistently INTJ for the last 8 or 9 years... Its odd how there are so many reported INTJs on this poll, when its supposed to be the most uncommon (self-referential incoherence or something)
