Am I an INFP as seen below or an INTP?
| You Are An INFP |
![]() You are creative with a great imagination, living in your own inner world. In love, you tend to have high (and often unrealistic) standards. At work, you need to do something that expresses your personal values. How you see yourself: Unselfish, empathetic, and spiritual When other people don’t get you, they see you as: Unrealistic, naive, and weak |
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)
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
About the INFP Expert Quotes & Links
“To understand Healers, we must understand their idealism as almost boundless and selfless, inspiring them to make extraordinary sacrifices for someone or something they believe in. The Healer is the Prince or Princess of fairytale, the King’s Champion or Defender of the Faith…”
- The Portrait of a Healer Idealist (Keirsey)
“INFPs are highly intuitive about people. They rely heavily on their intuitions to guide them, and use their discoveries to constantly search for value in life. They are on a continuous mission to find the truth and meaning underlying things. Every encounter and every piece of knowledge gained gets sifted through the INFP’s value system, and is evaluated to see if it has any potential to help the INFP define or refine their own path in life.”
- Portrait of an INFP (The Personality Page)
“creative, smart, idealist, loner, attracted to sad things, disorganized, avoidant, can be overwhelmed by unpleasant feelings…”
- INFP Jung Type Descriptions (similarminds.com)
“An INFP’s feelings form the foundations of the individual. They are sacred and binding, in the sense that their emergence requires no further justification. An INFP’s feelings are often guarded, kept safe from attack and ridicule. Only a few, close confidants are permitted entrance into this domain.”
- INFP Profile (INFP Mailing List) “Highly creative, artistic and spiritual, they can produce wonderful works of art, music and literature. INFPs are natural artists. They will find great satisfaction if they encourage and develop their artistic abilities. That doesn’t mean that an INFP has to be a famous writer or painter in order to be content. Simply the act of “creating” will be a fulfilling source of renewal and refreshment to the INFP. An INFP should allow himself or herself some artistic outlet, because it will add enrichment and positive energy to their life.”
- INFP Personal Growth (The Personality Page)
“INFPs never seem to lose their sense of wonder. One might say they see life through rose-colored glasses. It’s as though they live at the edge of a looking-glassworld where mundane objects come to life, where flora and fauna take on near-human qualities.”
- INFP Profile (TypeLogic)
“Their job must be fun, although not racous, and it must be meaningful to them. They need a strong purpose in their work. They want to be recognized and valued, without undue attention given to them. They may become embarrassed when make the center of attention. As a result, they may undersell their strengths in order to avoid being singled out and made to feel conspicuous. They would rather have their worth be noticed gradually over time.”
- INFP - The Dreamer (Lifexplore)
Real INFP People
A. A. Milne - author (Winnie the Pooh)
Albert Schweitzer - theologian, musician, physician
Aldous Huxley - English author
Amy Tan - author (The Joy-Luck Club)
Annie Dillard - author (Pilgrim at Tinker Creek)
Audrey Hepburn - actress (Breakfast at Tiffany’s)
Dick Clark - television personality
Donna Reed - acress
Fred Rogers - Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood
Fred Savage - actor (The Wonder Years)
George Orwell - author, journalist
Helen Keller - deaf/blind author, activist, lecturer
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - American poet
Isabel Myers - psychological theorist
J. R. R. Tolkien - writer (Lord of the Rings)
James Herriot - veterinary surgeon, writer James Taylor - singer-songwriter, guitarist
John - Disciple of Jesus
John F. Kennedy, Jr. - lawyer, journalist, publisher
Laura Ingalls Wilder - author (Little House on the Prairie)
Lisa Kudrow - actress (”Phoebe” on Friends)
Luke - physician, author
Mary - Mother of Jesus
Mia Farrow - actress
Neil Diamond - musician
Peter Jackson - filmmaker (Lord of the Rings
Princess Diana - Princess of Wales
Scott Bakula - actor (Start Trek Enterprise)
Tom Brokaw - television journalist
Virgil - ancient Roman poet
William Shakespeare - English poet and playwright
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loren wrote,
I’ve been fascinated with the Brigg-Meyers since we spent nearly a day taking it and interpreting it a few years ago. I’m an INTP, at least I was until I took another test 10 years later and came out an INFP.
I suspect that as we age and face the realities of life we tend to smooth out the extremes and take a more “realistic” view of the world.
The real value of the quiz, though, is to make us look at ourselves more closely, isn’t it?
Link | August 28th, 2007 at 9:06 am