3x INTP, 1x INTJ and 1x ISTP

[Crocket]

So, of all the test i've taken, i've come out as 3x INTP, 1x INTJ and 1x ISTP. Seems my I and T are usually pretty strong (70-80%), but my N and P tend to vary (45-60%). Don't really recognize that much of myself in the ISTP department...

As far as emotions go, I only tend to "bend" these to my will when i'm writing or playing music (it's about emotion, after all), or when i'm in conversation with women I like (though I don't hold on to that for long, too draining). So, in that aspect I can kind of relate to maybe being INTJ considering teh evilness...though I just view this as a means to an end, no bad intentions.

Of course, still being fairly young might be part of the explanation...Since i'm a greenhorn at all of this, i'd appreciate a Mister/Miss Miyagi for any thoughts upon reading this.

 

[Architect]

The tests aren't reliable, especially when you're younger. They test what you think about yourself, or what you like to think about yourself, not what you are.

The best way is to examine your past behavior in light of the functions. Look at the dominants, have you spent most of your time in private thinking? Then you are Ti. Or do you like to wave your hands around thinking out loud like Adam Savage? Then you are a Te. And so on.

 

[Solitaire U.]

Another little problem with the test: After taking it 5 times, you should be familiar enough with the way it works to be able to manipulate whichever of the 16 possible results you desire.

Figuratively speaking, an INTP type would be especially adept at this.

 

[Crocket]

They were all different tests, but yes, I began to see where which choice would lead me.

And as I was typing this, my sister closed the sliding window I didn't bother closing because I left half a cigarette outside to go inside and see what went on here. She did this in a passive-aggressive manner, as is custom.

 

[Dapper Dan]

The tests aren't reliable, especially when you're younger. They test what you think about yourself, or what you like to think about yourself, not what you are.

The best way is to examine your past behavior in light of the functions. Look at the dominants, have you spent most of your time in private thinking? Then you are Ti. Or do you like to wave your hands around thinking out loud like Adam Savage? Then you are a Te. And so on.

You sure Adam Savage isn't ENTP? Because he seems like an ENTP.

 

[pjoa09]

Another little problem with the test: After taking it 5 times, you should be familiar enough with the way it works to be able to manipulate whichever of the 16 possible results you desire.

Figuratively speaking, an INTP type would be especially adept at this.

True that.

I soon picked up on those little itsy bitsy questions that made the deals between INTP vs ISTP and I no longer trusted my answers. So even though I had like 9 times straight INTP. I knew I was just applying INTP to the questions.

I was conforming to what I initially labelled myself as.

 

[Crocket]

Thanks for the replies so far. I've looked up some more information and thought about it some more and thus have some more info i'd like to share.

The thing that makes me think I might not be a "complete" INTP is my lack of intrest (or proficiency) in Mathematics and Physics. Though my intrest in the Human Sciences is growing day by day (until I get bored with that too, I guess?). Not that i'm such a people person, just want to know how they function...

The thing that makes me think I might not be a "complete" ISTP is I'm not really a thrill-seeker. In fact, i'm afraid of heights and high speed car rides. The notorious hand-eye coordination isn't present either. Though I don't really enjoy having to read 50 lines of text to weed out a piece of information i'm looking for either, which as far as I can tell is not really that much of a problem for an INTP? And given the fact that i'm a musician might also somewhat pull me towards the "Artisans".

As for the rest, the descriptions of ISTP and INTP have a lot of similarities. I'm already pretty sure about the Introversion and the Thinking bits as I said earlier...

PS: I put the phrase "some more" in my opening statement three times..

 

[Absurdity]

The thing that makes me think I might not be a "complete" INTP is my lack of intrest (or proficiency) in Mathematics and Physics. Though my intrest in the Human Sciences is growing day by day (until I get bored with that too, I guess?). Not that i'm such a people person, just want to know how they function...

This doesn't matter. I've never been interested in these subjects either and I am certain that I am an INTP (well, as certain as an INTP can ever be).

I think it was on Personality Junkie where I read that an interest in humanity in the broadest sense (e.g. social sciences and the aptly named "humanities") stems, in some INTPs, from their inferior Fe.

People (generally and specifically) are systems that can be analyzed and understood too.

The thing that makes me think I might not be a "complete" ISTP is I'm not really a thrill-seeker. In fact, i'm afraid of heights and high speed car rides. The notorious hand-eye coordination isn't present either. Though I don't really enjoy having to read 50 lines of text to weed out a piece of information i'm looking for either, which as far as I can tell is not really that much of a problem for an INTP? And given the fact that i'm a musician might also somewhat pull me towards the "Artisans".

This is a little bit more consequential. The ISTPs I know definitely have the thrill seeking element from their Se.


Interests vary by person. As demonstrated by this forum, there can exist vast differences between people of the same personality type. The types are a framework for describing how people think and interact with the world and other people.

The difference between INTPs and ISTPs is that INTPs cognitive functions are Ti-Ne-Si-Fe, while ISTPs are Ti-Se-Ni-Fe. What does this mean?

The primary difference is in the auxiliary function, which in both cases are perceiving functions. They are both extraverted, so the primary difference between the two types in in how they gather information. ISTPs are about sensory details and concrete facts. They are often very mechanically inclined. My brother is an ISTP and he is brilliant with any sort of engine. His Ti-Se primary axis allows him to make correct deductions from information he gathers with his senses.

Another ISTP I know is studying neuroscience. He is still very much Ti-Se oriented, but for him it is all about empirical data that can be quantified from experiments that can be duplicated.

Then there are INTPs. INTPs gather data by looking beyond the surface (often missing tiny details) to see the connections and patterns between disparate objects and ideas. Often this manifests in a passion for fields like math or theoretical physics, but it could just as easily by philosophy or history or economics. The point is that the data is abstract, not immediately connected to some physically tangible object or phenomenon. INTPs are all about ideas.

 

[Etheri]

I would like to raise one minor point : Does it matter whether or not you're 'truly an INTP'? I'd say you learn more about yourself and others whether you turn out to be an INTP as many others, or 'just one of our brothers in a slightly diffrent type'. Again, we're all diffrent in the end, and you can learn much and more about yourself and others whom are, regardless of type, somewhat alike you, around here. Just relax and enjoy, there's more than just typology, regardless of how scaringly accurate it can be. (Or is that just my brain being selective?)

 

[Crocket]

Well, it's just my 'obsession of the month' I take it. As things stand I'll conclude I just kinda swing both ways. Reading up on Introversion in general now, it's just valueable and thrilling to gain insight...

Thanks for the comments