personality types by body type

[murkrow]

has anyone ever seen a study or survey that measured what types tall/short or thin/fat people tended to be?

 

[Zero]

Somewhere there's a 16 personality body type comparison. I can't remember where it was. It didn't seem accurate to me, but I haven't seen it in a while...

 

[Kuu]

Something like the somatotypes? I thought those things were never reliably repeated in further experiments.

 

[Ermine]

I don't see how those would correlate. People can gain or lose weight, and height is determined by genetics.

 

[Jordan~]

Socionics has such a thing. I'm not sure how it's meant to work.

 

[loveofreason]

I read somewhere recently that there may actually be a link between serotonin levels and body fat. I don't have time to chase down the reference, but maybe there's some truth behind the "fat and jolly" stereotype.

 

[Wisp]

But exactly! These things are determined by genetics, as are personality types! Therefor it is not unfeasible that body and type have a slight association.

 

[Kumori]

For the record I'm of medium height, and medium build.

It would be interesting to see a study comparing these two things, it wouldn't be accurate by a long shot, but it would be interesting nonetheless.

 

[Ogion]

I think, that there are too many other factors invovlved in the physique of a person. For me this sounds a bit like 'phrenology', a'science' in the 19th century which tried to connect mental characteristics to bumps and other forms on the skull of someone.
But for the record, we could test that hypothesis here, couldn't we? So, i am 1.90 meters high, weigh of 120kg (some of which is useless fat i admit, but much of it comes from bones and stature).
I guess that is not the average physique of the board members? And to other factors as facial characteristics: We have one or two members from Malaysia, right? So i would like to see the common charactereistics of their (probably asian) faces and my european-mediterran face, and others here. So in my 'preassesment' i don't think that there is a strong enough connection between tape and physical appearance.

Ogion

 

[murkrow]

Hm.

I think this sort of a study should remain as closely to one race and nation as possible. Race because it's possible that all people tall for their race may share similar characteristics but being tall for your race doesn't necessarily make you tall for your nation, Nation because I think this would have more to do with the social implications of a body type than anything.

 

[Aphasia]

I'm 1.71 m or so and 54 kg (yes, I'm underweight. But the weight not in skin, bones and organs are in my muscles. So there, I'm stronger than I look). I'm not caucasian though so I don't conform to murkrow's standards. ~.~

 

[murkrow]

doesn't need to be caucasians.

I also don't think we should do it right now on this forum, we simply don't have a suitable control group.

but just for information:

ENTJ 6'1" 195-200lbs caucasian of Sicilian/English decent.

 

[Perseus]

Artisan Bears (ISTP) always seem to be rotund stocky types, just like Bears. Whereas Catwoman (ISFP) could be any shape, but we only notice the slenderer ones.

 

[severus]

It would be interesting if there was a correlation. I am five feet tall and somewhere between 100 and 105 pounds.

 

[Saturnine]

my body type is most likely genetic, most the woman on my dad's side of the family are my height and build which on average is about 5'2 120 lbs. I weigh less that that but I have some eating issues. If I were to eat normally and do moderate exercise my body is stable around 118 lbs *unfortunately I don't do either*.

 

[kellimaier]

I have seen hints at this and didn't pay them much attention.
I am a small person...chubby.
I think appearance really is far more a matter of genetics and environment/life choices. Deep down your bone structure is what dictates your general form.

 

[zxc]

Yeah, I don't think there is any direct correlation between personality type and appearance. There is an indirect correlation, in that being a particular personality type may result in you doing certain things (such as sports) more often, and thus that would affect your appearance.

 

[Freddeh]

I think body type is mostly based on genetics instead of your personality.
But I think things like how your face appears is influenced allot by your personality, for example if you frown allot out of frustration your face must get used to that position some day until you cannot stop frowning.
I am 1,85 m and about 70kg.

 

[TimeAsylums]

Yeah, socionics profiles and somatotypes. Pretty good as far as generalizations go.

http://mbtitruths.blogspot.com/2012/10/somatotypes-and-psychological-types.html

http://www.mysomatotype.com/body-type/?p=203
[bIMGx=300]http://www.mysomatotype.com/body-type/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/JULY-REVISED-CHART.jpg[/bIMGx]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CMBydbdstCk/UIX1CgLFfZI/AAAAAAAAAd0/giKJOfoHfSY/s1600/somatotypes.gif

chock it up to the functions ig, can you find people that don't go by it, sure, maybe a fat INTP lol.

But just going by the Se desire for teh pleasures, be it food or exercise, the Te domineering, the Ti dom slow moving etc etc

but yeah, as far as these generalizations go, not bad


Us ENs always in the middle as usual lol

 

[Architect]

How people use their bodies is highly dependent on type. Obviously basic physiology is due to genetics and early nutrition, and no this has nothing to do with phrenology.

I and others have observed a few guidelines for body types, for which a few examples should make it obvious. INTP's are prone to ectomorphy - lean and slightly muscled. Is that surprising? No, INTP's are prone to sitting around thinking (Ti/Ne), and certainly are much less prone to say, hard physical activity. They also are sensitive to internal body states (Si) so are less prone to overheating, and less prone to eating at all actually.

Sensors tend toward two camps, endomorphy and/or mesomorphy. Endo is most common, as Sensors (especially Se dominants) enjoy food and company, so naturally they gain weight, especially as they age. Other, perhaps more health conscious Sensors will often combine overweight with a strong, muscled physique. How many guys have you seen with a muscled body with a big layer of fat over it? Quite frequent. Sensors are prone to make theory fit their desires, so it's common for these people to believe they can consume whatever they wish, and exercise will both make them healthy, and lose weight. No amount of evidence sways them from this opinion.

INF's are prone to being thin and "storky", and ENF's are prone to flabby excessive weight (ENFJ's in particular). Und so weite ...

 

[Hawkeye]

*Looks down at festively plump belly.*

I disagree with this chart. Then again, I'm sceptical about the whole MBTi boxing system.

 

[QuickTwist]

But exactly! These things are determined by genetics, as are personality types! Therefor it is not unfeasible that body and type have a slight association.

I have never come across any objective info that says that personality types are based on genetics. Of course I personally believe it has more to do with one's environment.

How people use their bodies is highly dependent on type. Obviously basic physiology is due to genetics and early nutrition, and no this has nothing to do with phrenology.

I and others have observed a few guidelines for body types, for which a few examples should make it obvious. INTP's are prone to ectomorphy - lean and slightly muscled. Is that surprising? No, INTP's are prone to sitting around thinking (Ti/Ne), and certainly are much less prone to say, hard physical activity. They also are sensitive to internal body states (Si) so are less prone to overheating, and less prone to eating at all actually.

Sensors tend toward two camps, endomorphy and/or mesomorphy. Endo is most common, as Sensors (especially Se dominants) enjoy food and company, so naturally they gain weight, especially as they age. Other, perhaps more health conscious Sensors will often combine overweight with a strong, muscled physique. How many guys have you seen with a muscled body with a big layer of fat over it? Quite frequent. Sensors are prone to make theory fit their desires, so it's common for these people to believe they can consume whatever they wish, and exercise will both make them healthy, and lose weight. No amount of evidence sways them from this opinion.

INF's are prone to being thin and "storky", and ENF's are prone to flabby excessive weight (ENFJ's in particular). Und so weite ...

Architect raises a good argument, however, I think much of who we are as individuals is largely do to environment and life circumstances. For example: I believe myself to be INTP, but because I was forced to doing much physical activity at an early age and while I was developing I tend to have very good control over my body and am generally healthy and active. I believe my INTP ness is caused by my parents being hard on me intellectually paired with the fact that there was little rhythm or reason to their patterns of behavior. Also in my developmental years I found myself contemplating my own intelligence and comparing it to my parents and others. This fed my desire to further this intelligence and because I was punished for not getting it right. So certain parts of my brain developed and I associated certain paths of intelligence to be profitable while others to be neglected. My bad spelling is an example of this even though I consider myself to be a good communicator. Furthermore, just because something makes sense doesn't mean it is true.

 

[WoLong]

Mesomorphic people tend to have less sensitive nervous systems, while ectomorphic's are likely more sensitive. Taller people average higher iq than shorter people.

I wouldn't be surprised if intp's were exposed to a lot of prenatal testosterone. They're probably not inclined towards sports and physical activity, so that would explain if there's collective lack of muscle.