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The 16 personalities
The 16 types are typically referred to by an abbreviation of four letters—the initial letters of each of their four type preferences (except in the case of intuition, which uses the abbreviation N to distinguish it from Introversion). For instance:
ESTJ: extraversion (E), sensing (S), thinking (T), judgment (J)
INFP: introversion (I), intuition (N), feeling (F), perception (P)
And so on for all 16 possible type combinations.
Where do you fit in?
See where you fall at by taking this test on https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
You can learn more at: http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/
A mini history of the MBTI test http://mbtitoday.org/about-the-mbti-indicator/a-mini-history-of-the-myers-briggs-type-indicator/
And a whole bunch more at https://www.mentalhelp.net/articles/psychological-testing-myers-briggs-type-indicator/
Sauces: Fanpup.me / Tumblr / Google Image Search
FP edit: I am amazed this made it to front page! Send Iron Man or Frasier if you are inclined to.
Andromidous
I'm honestly confused as to what I just read
AnUnknownErrorOccurred
Pseudoscience bullshit, just ignore it.
lemonfluff
It's a really science with a lot of research behind it. If you think it's pseudo you don't know enough about it.
conkles
Phaggotboy
Fake. Military officers are anything but smart.
kwongdzu
I took a quiz on Truity last week. It explained that I dislike rules, enjoy rules, like leading, and like to be led. Such an eye opener. . .
zagibu
It just means your personality doesn't strongly tend to one or the other. It would be better if the test told you "sorry, no clear results".
kwongdzu
Yep. But career advice books/websites put so much emphasis on these personality quizzes & all of my results are in the middle of the road..
FindingANameIsBS
Good luck on mobile
SarahWaitForItBelle
INFJ says the internet.
Bedtimechocolatebar
Me too, I am finally the one percent!
SarahWaitForItBelle
Sadly the one percent that makes on average 65,000/year. Lol.
BlueStringsAttached
I swear by the Meyers Briggs but I've never seen this kind of detailed statistical info and I need a bibliography.
AGodDamnGrizzlyBear
I love these stuff because it makes me feel good about myself even though I am, objectively, a piece of shit.
brickstick
Oh the personality system that was invented by a housewife, and denounced by the psychologist whose work it twisted.
dnoob
My personality test said I'm Sean Connery, nice!
Freytis
lol
VoPo
Suck it, Trebek!
heinleinfan
In college, in a class of 180, we had to all go take a personality test, in the computer lab. (It was on a 5 inch floppy, I'm old.) 1/n
heinleinfan
Gave a print out at the end with your 'personality'. Roommate and I get same personality. We're BFFs so it was like "Duh, of course!" 2/n
heinleinfan
Next class, professor asks us to raise our hands if we felt the result was accurate, different levels of accurate, 70% said "Highly". 3/n
heinleinfan
The prof reads the result outloud, nodding heads everywhere, then says "Every single one of you got the exact same result". 4/n
Eypisod
Well it only proves we're not very good at assessing the accuracy of a personality description, doesn.t it ?
heinleinfan
The "test" was just to prove how inaccurate and bullshit personality 'types' were. Only thing I remember from that class after 20 years.
PlasmaRoar
ayy
gondring
The "Forer Demonstration".
urjah
That was probably more about the Barnum Effect )google it!). I've found Meyer-Briggs extremely helpful in understanding that people are 1/n
whoopsiedaisies
Like horoscopes. Broad enough for us to fill in our own specifics so that we can make it meaningful and "accurate." Great lesson though.
Dispari
Nice.
WhoUhz
savage
mrcohnhead
Cam here to say this. I've taken that test back to back and have gotten different results
insomniack
Can someone check if Lazy is a personality?
clancysmum
you. I like you. Also too lazy to check.
clancysmum
you. I like you. Also too lazy to check.
lemonfluff
Ns and Ps are often seen as lazy as they get caught up in ideas and the future and look at the bigger picture, not detail.
insomniack
Thank
PumpkinSpiceBasic
I think it's neat. It's at least a fun read, if not all scientifically accurate. Geeze, guys.
Chemeli
I'll admit it, i took the test to see towards which characters i was more affiliated to XD
lemonfluff
It is scientifically accurate. Everyone here sees boxes and assumes astrology. This is SO much more complex and based on measurable science.
GoodNewsCigaretteJuice
7 billion people can fit into 16 archetypes... huh.
hoofbeatsandsnowflakes
personality tests/theories have always had that issue. They keep trying to fit that many people into tiny categories
Patilistan
Its called an infographic for a reason. Its dumbed down for dumb people... possibly by dumb people with a sense for graphic design.
lemonfluff
It's a spectrum of traits.
Anamesolongnoonecouldhavepossiblychosenit2
So I started working at this company, they had me take a personality test day one. Fortunately I got a tour first. Head honcho had his (1/2)
Anamesolongnoonecouldhavepossiblychosenit2
Score posted on his door. I'm no psycho, but I take these tests for fun. I can make different personalities. Boss sees my score later (2/3)
Anamesolongnoonecouldhavepossiblychosenit2
(Same score as his of course) and remarks that I'm management material. Left after 6mos, apparently I don't like people that much
Dispari
If they assign managers based on personality tests, maybe you dodged a bullet.
CoySwimmingKoi
bravo hahaha
AnUnknownErrorOccurred
Maybe you just don't like people who are morons and use the MBPT for job interviews. =P
Boufus
Which is a failure of the test in general. Are we TRULY honest with our answers? I doubt it...
xboxnolifes
That's why its supposed to be a self test and not an exam. If you want to learn about yourself, then you have to be honest with yourself.
xboxnolifes
I've taken the test 4 times now spaced apart 8 months. I'm not sure if I enter what I want to be or what I am, but I always get INFJ.
DaveYanakov
I answer honestly every time and I end up bouncing between 4 different types
SHiNiXiA
What blasphemy is this? No Game of Thrones character profiles?
Cere4l
If youre any of these personality types, you are either Dead,Dying or the winner.
BreadyStinellis
Mine had it in the description after the test. I'm a John Snow.
ho0o0omer
The very first thing I read was that Schwarzenegger was in the same group as hawking and Zuckerberg. That's all I needed to not read anymore
AncientFistory
I'm fairly consistent in INT but the last one usually comes out around 50/50
AncientFistory
I like how INTJ and INTP are often represented by enemies on the charts, pretty accurate for me
zagibu
Yeah, 4 bits are not really enough to get an accurate profile for all people, obviously.
DaveYanakov
The I and P are the only constants for me
ChameleonFacedGoon
As a rule of thumb, if you are unsure about your type and have to keep checking, you're an INTP. J's are so confident in their opinions .
AncientFistory
Some difference can be attributed to mood, but I'm always as close to even as the test allows. I've retaken for different classes
ChameleonFacedGoon
Read some online descriptions. There are some real differences between the two. Here's a start:
AncientFistory
A balance between the two describes me fairly well.
ChameleonFacedGoon
http://personality-types.careertrends.com/compare/4-8/INTJ-vs-INTP
CatSnakePlissken
Same boat. Depending on day I'll end up one of the two. Sometimes my I and E swtich, but less often.
AncientFistory
Beer usually helps move me to the E side
CreepiestThingIveSeenAllWeek
If you try this test about 6 weeks apart, depending on your mindset you can end up in perfectly contradictory groups.
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DrAnimalWelfareScientist
Then that's not personality. Personality is meant to be consistent over time and context.
PatrikLilja
I study cognitive science and I can make you differ on the same test done minutes apart.
hoofbeatsandsnowflakes
Happens to me all the time! I take it just for fun a lot. The only one that doesn't change is the introvert one. I'm a major introvert
CreepiestThingIveSeenAllWeek
I'm a hardcore thinker! Don't feel. Conceal. Or something. I think there was a movie about that a while ago
hoofbeatsandsnowflakes
I'm definitely also a hard core thinker, but I think the fact that I am extremely empathetic and have strong emotions messes up my results
zagibu
That's only true if the classification is not exact in the first place, e.g. if you have between 35% - 65% on one axis.
zagibu
It generally doesn't fluctuate more than 20% on each axis.
zagibu
Mine are all in the last third of each axis, which means I never fluctuate. I took different tests over the years and am sadly INTP always.
CreepiestThingIveSeenAllWeek
I'm about 50 in 3 axies so I'm so all over the shop it's almost pointless
zagibu
Yeah, you are a perfect example for how impossible it is to fit all humans into 16 categories.
Flaxe
I've done a lot of these tests for a few years, mostly scoring within ENTP and figured out the logical flaws in those I didn't. 1/3
Flaxe
The less options you have on a test, the more inaccurate it tends to be. I found the tests that have answer ranges to be most accurate. 2/3
Flaxe
My conclusion is that these tests cover the order and kind of information we focus on. This tends to be consistent over time. 3/3+1bonus
Flaxe
However, actions/behaviour are influenced by many more factors not taken into consideration by these tests/systems. 1bonus/3
fitlex
I've done these several times over the past decade and I always get INTJ
vindik8or
You're an outlier, then. A number of experiments show that the MBTI is unreliable (gives different results) for most people who retest.
cheesypoofs
I think that some of the types are less in tune with themselves so they tend to get different results. I get the same and I'm INFJ
harpiesd
Me too. And the description they provide pretty much tells me my life story. It's creepy man.
cheesypoofs
I think that indicates that you need to get to know yourself better. I've had the same result for 8 years
vindik8or
Most people score close to the middle on each type, indicating that the MBTI types are not types at all.
kansas555
Me too. I get ISTJ ecru time I take one of these.
Parablelost
True, last time I took it I was ENFP, now I'm INFP.
lemonfluff
Not that different tbh. You have three traits that have stayed solid and each part is a spectrum - could well be you are in the middle.
arachnigeist
I'm INTJ, and apparently the "intellectual", however, just today I referred to a ladder as an umbrella so... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
MrRandom314159
A ladder is just a stretched out umbrella.
Splodgey
Wait, you mean they're not the same thing?
zagibu
This test has nothing to do with intelligence. The naming of the personality types is misleading.
TrueHallucinations
INFJ! The 1%!
BreadyStinellis
INFJ-A this was super accurate.
PinkyToeSlayerOfTableLegs
We should start an INJF group. Knowing that we would all make good friends.
BananaAddedForScale
Let's not get employed together! I never even wanted to be an artist!
LazerUnicorn
I´m also INFJ. Hi everyone, I´ll better leave the center of the room now...
Flaxe
Every time I hear this, I get sad. Because either this is widely inaccurate - or most of the INFJ/INFPs are in my social circles.
SnowJay4131
Me too!
lifegoeson31
Let's all be Obi-Wan together!
AsABlackWoman
If only I could be in the 1% when it came to wealth distribution. Sigh, this will have to do I guess...
cheesypoofs
Now I know why people think I'm weird, it's because there aren't a lot of people like me
MeatvsVeggie
Me too! I've found my people!
Tahroo
*highfive* INFJ-T. Alot of these are accurate. I do love animals and don't seek pointless relationships. I don't turn into Hulk though
Chemeli
I'm INFP, in the 2%, can we be friends? XD
TrueHallucinations
INFJs and INFPs are quite similar so hell yeah! Hello friend!
MagnaCarta
I think this is me. I always have to question this, especially as I seem to become a more balanced person.
QuietScreaming
I'm an INFJ and so is my mom, my roommate, and one of my good friends from college. Not sure if I believe we're as rare as they say
LADYZORRO
I wonder if we're the 1% because a lot of INFJs are private people?
Shlits
I am also an INFJ. Yay.
robotheads
Me too!!!!
Smrkelj
I hear ppl like em rare... does that mean ppl like us?
fornikait
Yeah we're the hulk!!@@@@
Ossem
I'm home!
mellamochristina
Yes, INFJ unite!
missflipwheezy
Yay me too!
Freytis
are you female, cuz youre supposed to be good for me.
OnicaStapleton
Hiiiiiiii! Fellow infj here! Seriously let's make a group and be friends :)
TrueHallucinations
Im always down for more friends! :D
bravecatgaming
same, all the way
beegobuzz
INFJ-T here.. ENFP as a teenager. Pretty shitty what years in retail can do to a person...
theUnicornsfearglitter
Me too!
Boopmysnoot
I am in a vast minority, 0.8% of females are INTJ.
lovexinfection
I'm in the minority with ya! :)
Boopmysnoot
Nice! Hooray for rarity and finding it difficult to make friends because of said rarity... woo?
RoosterHogburn
INTJ guy here, helloooo ladies :D
Boopmysnoot
Hello, it's me.
RoosterHogburn
Hello, is it me you're looking for?
NandorTheRelenter
Lowest salary! Right here! Where are my fellow INFPs??
RedPeggy
Aye.
ragnar34
sup
HughJass
????
Exceloar
Highest salary as an ENTJ right here. No joke got this result 4 times (Texas public school likes its bullshit personality tests).
almosquito
Here.
1bun
REPRESENT
TheAccountfortheNSFWStuff
Nah mane, going to school for engineering. Guess I'll be one of the few decently well off INFP's.
Loisthecat
Hi
boopadoopdoop
I'm an INFP med student... well shit...
Tastefull1
how is it going for you? Are you doing ok?
D1129
I'm a life coach, totally fit INFP description.
MistoKat
Right here!
irlmaks
Always on Imgur
potatiskatt
INFP party!
youwillneverknowit
Hello
jhelen8462
Me! No wonder I hated being an engineer!
sneez
There are supposed to only be 4% of us yet there are so many on imgur xD
flajsy
Yes hello
Chemeli
"Raises hand"
TooTallTray
We're all here... On imgur...
thompsonhn
Yo!
IJustReallyLoveClarinetAndMusic
INFPs ftw!!! :D
plouffi
I'm also part of the 2% !!
keyblader1985
ayyy
schmoebob
Only an INFP would be proud of that.
bosssaucexcellence
Holllaaaaa
kriositivity
hi
TimurKl
Lowest salary?! Shit :( hey.
dhillonjr
lowest salary part was dissapointing lol. Also not sure about the artist part, but a scientist none the less :D
NandorTheRelenter
Lowest salary but unlikely to be unemployed! Oh, wait... Maybe they're connected.
RaultxO
The unemployment and salary stuff is extremely accurate with me.
plouffi
I laughed when I saw Chuck Shurley of Supernatural as being an INFP. That's right bitches, I'm God!
TamperedWith
Artist who doesn't even art anymore here.
Drambliukas
There are dozens of us! Dozens!
merc80s
Yo yo!
knightoflaughter
yup
mynamebackwards
Present
JeSuisIvre
Let's start a club. It can be rough being INFP
FeveerLili
Don't make me people D:
NandorTheRelenter
It's called imgur.
thiscannotpossiblygowrong
Anyone notice that every personality type has a higher household income than the US average? Is it personality-less people dragging us down?
DJMelloBeatz
Right here... And I am studying education :(
Roskybox15
Yo! Just about to start training as an art therapist - possibly the most typical job for this type ever :P
redbullvodka
just got my BFA!
0nceInABlueMoon
Here!
shorr
Hello. I'm mastering in STEM, no artistic bone. I think I'm in the wrong box here...
lemonfluff
Are you an idealist?
shorr
It's hard to say for me about myself tbh. I guess?
SpellboundFish
INFP can flip back and forth depending on when they take the test. I've tested as INFJ a couple times. And I'm becoming a lawyer...
shorr
It's not the first time, kinda ridiculous. Then again, maybe I should have become something else...
Illyric
Curve wrecking pharmacist here- I think I'm the outlier =(
NandorTheRelenter
I have a masters degree in computer science and now I just browse imgur.
BunnyGoesHopHop
High-Five! Now lets go save all the puppies!
jeaniezeenie
Wheeeee!
SankingDragon
Hooray for more shitty pseudoscience!
attendanceaward
But it's a pretty infographic, that makes it real, right? Right?
dumbledoresdimwits
As someone thats studied probability theory, I can safely calculate that if you retake this test every 6-9 months, you'll have a new result.
zagibu
Depends on how strongly you map to one type in the first place. Some people do indeed fluctuate heavily, others not at all.
Metacognitivemystery
Yes, absolutely. This is one of my personal peeves regarding imgur, pop-psychology which is out of date but looks 'shiny'.
AnUnknownErrorOccurred
Mine too. And the "true facts" which are also usually pseudoscience. What is wrong with real science?! It works! It's interesting!
ChameleonFacedGoon
As an INTP I have read way too much on Briggs-Myers, and have to make sure I'm not an INTJ every few months.
Ch0pH00pla3
Adam intj, fuck you too
travishawkins2199
You, me, and Yoda
ZachsAnomaiy
I'm always ENTJ but I seem to always answer the same things the same ways.
JohnnyTitelips
INTJ here. I don't care.
tunaexecutiononatoastedbun
INTP/J UNITE! Or don't, you know, whatever...
twofatcocks
Every time I've taken the test I've come up as an INTJ and I always try to rationalize that it's dumb. But nope, terrifyingly accurate.
hackettman1984
So do you hate literally everyone too?
ChameleonFacedGoon
No, I just have to be a Chameleon to fit in (hence the username). I realize a long time ago that I'm not like most people, which can suck.
bob3rt
I'm an INTJ, but I can easily switch to being an INTP if I am under my depression or getting too emotional on things, I'll switch right over
SIMPalaxy
Story of my life.
ketochris
INTP - never got anything else in any of these tests.
bobby182
I'm a ENFJ, we are perfect together :D
CatSnakePlissken
Depending on mood any time I've taken these, I end up being INTJ, INTP, ENTP, ENTJ. NT are solid, IE/TJ always real close.
machton
I think you and I are the same person! Though sometimes I get really close to the F/T line.
TardyOpossum
Are you me?
smitherw
Isnt it Myers-Briggs? Not that it makes a difference really, to anyone who isn't Myers or Brigga anyway.
thisusernameisintentionallyleftblank
As another INTP, I feel like this is just what we do.
zagibu
My brother is an INTJ and I'm an INTP. The differences are exactly as described. We map very well to those types.
MusicalsMan
Same here.
Thorhees
I'm an INTJ, but on almost every quiz, I fall VERY close to the INTP line.
meepmuup
Me too, but all of this seems to be based on what I think I am, not what others think I am, so I'm skeptical o.O
afon
Same here, but the fact that I like my chaotic desk is part of my master plan to deceive people.
hoofbeatsandsnowflakes
I've often been INTJ, but sometimes I'm INFJ. today I was INTP, which has never happened before!
Efreeti
I keep getting 4-6 different results.
RoboticTurtle
Is there a particular reason you worry you might be an INTJ?
ChameleonFacedGoon
I was raised in a strict household, and have some J like properties (i.e. I'm like more structure than most INTPs)
RoboticTurtle
That seems fair. These have also been shown to change over time, so you may become one of us one day.
ZachsAnomaiy
Because then he'd be judging.
TheCattyDee
Yeah, whats wrong with being INTJ? D:
Princess0fCats
Well for one thing, did you see the charts up there? They're ALL BAD GUYS. Or I should say 'we're' because... Yeah, INTJ.
JohnnyTitelips
It's alright. We'll have time to muse over our badness when we're sipping some form of dark liquor while in our Palpatine chairs.
DoctorGoldfish
The chart told me that bad guys are apparently my type.
RoboticTurtle
We aren't all bad! There was that one guy who... Oh wait. But what about him... Nope. He was evil too. Ok so I see your point.
RoboticTurtle
On that note I catch myself making some dark contingency plans for some things. I could see myself becoming a super villion by accident.
FuckYourJortsDude
I fluctuate between INFJ and INFP constantly. Depends on the test, or the day, or my mood, or the weather...
lemonfluff
Your J and P are probably near the middle. Each pairing is a spectrum.
FuckYourJortsDude
Yes, I'm also an ambivert but due to the way the questions are usually worded I am always further on the I-end of that spectrum & never E
FuckYourJortsDude
But as a psych undergrad we discussed the Big 5 model being more accurate. Personally I think this ones more "fun" but can be insightful too