ENFP are another personality type that tends to be mistyped and misread very often too.
Most people think of ENFP's as the cute bubbly, slightly unusual girl or the random, funny, quirky guy, but many do well in a variety of fields such as an acting, music, writing, business, comedian/comedienne, dancing etc.
Here are some of the common misidentifications:
ENTP
Strong development of tertiary Te and/or less aware auxiliary Fi often yields this mistype for ENFP’s (auxiliary Fi is also a function that's value isn't readily appreciated by society - moreso for males).
ENFP that have strong academic interests and backgrounds will often test as one of these types as they will be very capable at yielding their Te.
INFP / INTP
Ne is quite a cerebral process and can seem more internalised than most other extroverted processes – it also isn’t readily appreciated by society, so if the user hasn’t been nurtured well when using it they might keep their Ne observations to themselves to avoid further discouragement.
ENFJ
The questions for J vs P are often poor determinants of whether you actually are J or P – again whilst ENFP prefer a more free form and adaptive style, there are some that have Si fetishes for details, have been nurtured in a particular way or have roles that require them to be well organised.
ESFP / ISFP
As I alluded to previously, as awesome a function as Ne is, unfortunately the environment and world is not always kind to Ne compared to most other functions, as I mentioned here – as a result this may lead to typing as a sensing type, when really they are just overmodulating and shutting down their dominant Ne quickly and often with their inferior Si.
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Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
INFJ - Common Mistypes
I discussed some of the issues with the MBTI test in here and some potential reasons for mistyping.
In the next series of posts, I’m going to go through a number of common mistypes that crop up fairly consistently for the 16 Myers-Briggs personality types.
It is commonly stated that the INFJ is the rarest of all types and whilst this is a possibility, it is not a fact given the reliability of the MBTI test
INFJ are probably the hardest of all types to read – like all personality types one label like “The Protectors” can not fit all of manifestations of a personality type and the different roles that they can take on - INFJ are often pioneers, leaders and revolutionaries (for better or worse) in a variety of fields to social chameleons, skilled charmers, actors/actresses and even dangerous criminal minds.
Here are some of the common mistypes and some potential reasons on why they may occur:
INTP/INTJ
Strong development of tertiary Ti and/or underdeveloped/less aware auxiliary Fe often yields this mistype for INFJ’s – you will often see this mistype in the INFJ that have strong academic orientation or background in their life.
INFP
The questions for J vs P are often poor determinants of whether you actually are J or P – perhaps an INFJ with normal development that isn’t particularly organised, punctual etc. could test as an INFP as the INFJ directive functions aren’t always (rarely?) concerned with organisation of concrete things.
ENFJ
An INFJ with well developed Fe and very good articulation and speaking skills may identify with a number of the extrovert vs introvert questions – this would probably be a common mistype with actors, comedians and skilled orators.
ISTP/ISTJ
Perhaps if they have worked in jobs that required great attention to detail or they have developed in a way (not a good way too) in which their Ni and Fe has got very little validation from their environment, but their Ti and Se has.
INFJ that are very good athletes or have mastered their inferior Se on numerous occassions may mistype this way too...
In the next series of posts, I’m going to go through a number of common mistypes that crop up fairly consistently for the 16 Myers-Briggs personality types.
It is commonly stated that the INFJ is the rarest of all types and whilst this is a possibility, it is not a fact given the reliability of the MBTI test
INFJ are probably the hardest of all types to read – like all personality types one label like “The Protectors” can not fit all of manifestations of a personality type and the different roles that they can take on - INFJ are often pioneers, leaders and revolutionaries (for better or worse) in a variety of fields to social chameleons, skilled charmers, actors/actresses and even dangerous criminal minds.
Here are some of the common mistypes and some potential reasons on why they may occur:
INTP/INTJ
Strong development of tertiary Ti and/or underdeveloped/less aware auxiliary Fe often yields this mistype for INFJ’s – you will often see this mistype in the INFJ that have strong academic orientation or background in their life.
INFP
The questions for J vs P are often poor determinants of whether you actually are J or P – perhaps an INFJ with normal development that isn’t particularly organised, punctual etc. could test as an INFP as the INFJ directive functions aren’t always (rarely?) concerned with organisation of concrete things.
ENFJ
An INFJ with well developed Fe and very good articulation and speaking skills may identify with a number of the extrovert vs introvert questions – this would probably be a common mistype with actors, comedians and skilled orators.
ISTP/ISTJ
Perhaps if they have worked in jobs that required great attention to detail or they have developed in a way (not a good way too) in which their Ni and Fe has got very little validation from their environment, but their Ti and Se has.
INFJ that are very good athletes or have mastered their inferior Se on numerous occassions may mistype this way too...
Tuesday, August 10, 2010
Myers-Briggs Test Mistypes
Whilst Myers-Briggs and Jungian cognitive functions test are presented as the best way of determining your type, the truth is they are not always accurate. In fact I believe the test only to be about 60% accurate (these are not official statistics as there is no objective way of determining someone's personality type) at best and quite possibly less. It is impossible to measure a person’s psyche 100% accurately from a written test. Here are some of the possible reasons why you might get a mistyping from the MBTI test...
...you don’t know yourself and your inner motivations well enough
...you have a well developed personality, have worked hard on your weaknesses and are comfortable making decisions with logic or feelings, being adaptive or directive when required etc. (you will still have a natural preference though)
...you may be a reserved extrovert or an articulate introvert
...you dislike certain aspects of yourself and want to dissociate yourself from these
...you are projecting qualities you wish you had, but don’t
...your development pattern might be abnormal for your type (i.e. your tertiary cognitive function being developed at a higher level than your secondary cognitive function)
...some of the questions were ambiguous and could be the result of a number of different cognitive functions at work
So even if the official test says you or someone else is XXXX type, don't take it as gospel. Consider the possibility and investigate further.
...you don’t know yourself and your inner motivations well enough
...you have a well developed personality, have worked hard on your weaknesses and are comfortable making decisions with logic or feelings, being adaptive or directive when required etc. (you will still have a natural preference though)
...you may be a reserved extrovert or an articulate introvert
...you dislike certain aspects of yourself and want to dissociate yourself from these
...you are projecting qualities you wish you had, but don’t
...your development pattern might be abnormal for your type (i.e. your tertiary cognitive function being developed at a higher level than your secondary cognitive function)
...some of the questions were ambiguous and could be the result of a number of different cognitive functions at work
So even if the official test says you or someone else is XXXX type, don't take it as gospel. Consider the possibility and investigate further.
Friday, April 30, 2010
How To Find Out Your Personality Type?
The most accurate way to determine your personality type is to have an understanding of how the cognitive functions work - more specifically which set of 4 cognitive functions you have and their hierarchy depending on which ones stimulate and drain you most/least.
Cognitive Functions
There are 8 basic cognitive functions, which are often stated as two letter symbols (Se = Extraverted Sensing, Si = Introverted Sensing, Ne = Extroverted Intuition, Ni = Introverted intuition, Fe = Extraverted feeling, Fi = Introverted Feeling, Te = Extraverted Thinking, Ti = Introverted Thinking) that work together in different ways to define the 16 different personality types.
We all have a set of 4 cognitive functions that we consciously use (the other we use unconsciously). Different personality types will have different cognitive functions that stimulate and drain them most i.e. ISTP will feel most stimulated to drained by using Ti, Se, Ni, Fe in that order, an ENFJ will be most stimulated to drained by using a Fe, Ni, Se, Ti in that order, an ESTJ will feel most stimulated to drained by using Te, Si, Ne, Fi in that order, an INFP will feel most stimulated to drained by using Fi, Ne, Si, Te in that order.
There is an excellent overview to the cognitive functions at this link: Cognitive Functions 100: Basic Functionality
If you are interested in reading further into the topic I would strongly recommend checking out The Building Blocks Of Personality Type by Leona Haas
Tests
Tests can be misleading (the four dichotomies were designed by Myers and Briggs to simplify the process of finding out the dominant/auxiliary/tertiary/inferior cognitive function combination that defines personality types) - those who have developed their tertiary and inferior cognitive functions to higher levels or lack self awareness, may receive very mixed results. Also, whilst titles such as "Mastermind", "Architect", "Promoter" etc. capture our attentions and profiles are often interesting and entertaining to read, not every different manifestation of a personality type will be able to identify with them - consider Hitler and Gandhi were both INFJ's.
That said they are a very good starting point for capturing people's interest in exploring personality type theory in more depth. Here is a small collection of the many FREE tests that exist online:
2 options:
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
http://www.okcupid.com/tests/the-long-scientific-personality-test
http://www.41q.com/
http://www.ithaca.edu/mathcs/LearnStyle/MyersBriggsTest.shtml
http://www.mypersonality.info/personality-types/
http://www.worldpersonality.com/test/
http://www.blogthings.com/whatsyourpersonalitytypequiz/
http://community.sparknotes.com/person/
http://www.greenlightwiki.com/lenore/inventory.html
2+ options or scaled:
http://similarminds.com/cgi-bin/newmb.pl
http://similarminds.com/jung_word_pair.html
http://kisa.ca/personality/
http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/mmdi/questionnaire/
http://www.personalitytest.net/types/index.htm
http://tap3x.net/indicators/5level2b.html
http://goddessflight.com/per/passess.htm
http://www.okcupid.com/quizzy/take?id=10878699614507370663
http://personalitycafe.com/personality-test-resources/776-simplified-mbti-preferences-assessment.html
http://www.4np.net/ddli/
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