INTP (this time)

[arguchik]

interesting. i usually come out as a weak E, rather than a somewhat strong I. i guess i've been developing more I-ness over the last year. i usually score as more extremely P, too (though i've been consciously cultivating J traits); but the N and T look about where they usually are. this test was a little bit different than others i've taken; i don't remember them giving me two such extreme choices for each question. in at least a couple of cases, i felt like i needed a choice right in the middle.





About the INTP
Expert Quotes & Links

"INTPs are relatively easy-going and amenable to most 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."
- INTP Profile (TypeLogic)

"The INTP is above all a thinker and his inner (private) world is a place governed by a strong sense of logical structure. Every experience is to be rigorously analysed, the task of the INTP's mind is to fit each encountered idea or experience into a larger structure defined by logic."
- An INTP Profile (intp.org)

"INTPs live in the world of theoretical possibilities. They see everything in terms of how it could be improved, or what it could be turned into. They live primarily inside their own minds, having the ability to analyze difficult problems, identify patterns, and come up with logical explanations. They seek clarity in everything, and are therefore driven to build knowledge. They are the "absent-minded professors", who highly value intelligence and the ability to apply logic to theories to find solutions."
- Portrait of an INTP (The Personality Page)
"The Architects' distant goal is always to rearrange the environment somehow, to shape, to construct, to devise, whether it be buildings, institutions, enterprises, or theories. They look upon the world -- natural and civil -- as little more than raw material to be reshaped according to their design..."
- The Portrait of the Architect Rational (iNTp) (Keirsey)

"INTPs contribute a logical, system-building approach to their work. They like being the architect of a plan, because of the scheming and thinking involved, far more than being the implementer of that plan. Implementation tends to be drudgery. They are content to sit back and think about what might work, given their view of the situation. INTPs may ignore standard operating procedures. The hours that they spend are not what is important to them, but rather the completion of their thought process"
- INTP - The Wizard (Lifexplore)

"likes solitude, not revealing, unemotional, rule breaker, avoidant, familiar with the darkside, skeptical, acts without consulting others"
- Jung Type Descriptions (INTP) (similarminds.com)


Famous INTPs

Real INTP People

Abraham Lincoln - American President
Albert Einstein - German physicist
Ashley Olsen - actress (Full House)
Blaise Pascal - French mathematician
Bob Newhart - comedian, actor
Brent Spiner - actor ("Data" on Star Trek)
Carl Jung - Swiss psychiatrist
Charles Darwin - English naturalist
Gerald Ford - American President
James Madison - American President
Jeff Bingaman - U.S. Senator

John Quincy Adams - American President
John Tyler - American President
Mary-Kate Olsen - actress (Full House)
Meryl Streep - actress
Midori Ito - Japanese figure skater
Rene Descartes - French philosopher
Rick Moranis - actor (Honey, I Shrunk the Kids)
Socrates - Greek philosopher
William Harvey - medical doctor
William James - American psychologist

Fictional INTPs (Characters)

Ash - Alien
Avon - Blake's 7
Brian Griffin - Family Guy
Data - Start Trek: The Next Generation

Dr. Susan Lewis - E.R. TV show
Filburt - Rocko's Modern Life
Seven of Nine - Star Trek: Voyager

INTP Career Matches

INTPs are often happy with the following jobs which tend to match well with the Engineer/Intellectual personality.

Actor
Agent
Archaeologist
Architect
Artist
Computer Animator
Computer Programmer
Computer Specialist
Consultant
Economist
Engineer
Financial Planner
Forestry/Park Ranger

Historian
Human Resources Manager
Interpreter/Translator
Inventor
Investigator
Investment Banker
Judge
Lawyer/Attorney
Legal Mediator
Logician
Marketer
Mathematician
Musician

Network Specialist
Philosopher
Photographer
Project Manager
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Researcher
Scientist
Strategic Planner
Systems Analyst
Teacher/Professor
Technical Writer

Comments

[twocrows.livejournal.com]

I came out as an INTP on their test, too, and I'm usually an INFP (though a very weak F) I also came out stronger I than usual (89%) but I have been more introverted lately.

[alice-at-night.livejournal.com]

Fun. I find the graph deceptive though. Is that orange bar EVER going to be less than 50% ? And 50% means you are only marginally that type.

Anywhoo, fun. I'm the balanced type, as usual, one question away from switching sides. Although apparently I am now a lot less Intuitive than I was in my youth.

[writerpunk.livejournal.com]

We're almost totally opposites...

I'm a INTJ ...

[maeveh.livejournal.com]

This site provides more ... interesting definitions for each presonality type: http://www.xeromag.com/fun/personality.html.

Re: I'm a INTJ ...

[arguchik.livejournal.com]

that is hilarious!