I decided to take the test and got my usual Myers-Briggs result: INTJ (95% introversion!). My wife has a similar rating. We tend to think of ourselves as hermits...often referring to our home as "the hermitage". ;-)
ENFP--a charismatic leader, Professor Zero. Some of the INTP stuff suits me, but some of the descriptions make that type sound like a psycho killer.
Wil, I so hear you about "the hermitage." I've gotten a couple of INTJ results over the years, but it seems to have settled on INTP the last few times.
Psycho killers, oh my! ;-) People who meet me tend to think I am INTJ, but they are merely observing my professor skills.
In graduate school I shared a house with four I's. I was the only one who would leave the house on weekends. My E friends called our house "the hermitage."
Professor Z, this is what made me think of the psycho killer thing (from the test site): "likes solitude, not revealing, unemotional, rule breaker, avoidant, familiar with the darkside, skeptical, acts without consulting others."
I saw an explanation one time that said that the "P" score (which we share) means that you hate to be boxed in by rules and deadlines; even committing to a social event that you want to participate in somehow makes a "P" character feel trapped. A big "aha!" light went on in my head with this explanation, because that fits me to a t.
That is funny about the extroversion scale! I like this test. It says I am ENFP. This explains a whole lot.
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ReplyDeleteI decided to take the test and got my usual Myers-Briggs result: INTJ (95% introversion!). My wife has a similar rating. We tend to think of ourselves as hermits...often referring to our home as "the hermitage". ;-)
ENFP--a charismatic leader, Professor Zero. Some of the INTP stuff suits me, but some of the descriptions make that type sound like a psycho killer.
ReplyDeleteWil, I so hear you about "the hermitage." I've gotten a couple of INTJ results over the years, but it seems to have settled on INTP the last few times.
Psycho killers, oh my! ;-) People who meet me tend to think I am INTJ, but they are merely observing my professor skills.
ReplyDeleteIn graduate school I shared a house with four I's. I was the only one who would leave the house on weekends. My E friends called our house "the hermitage."
Professor Z, this is what made me think of the psycho killer thing (from the test site): "likes solitude, not revealing, unemotional, rule breaker, avoidant, familiar with the darkside, skeptical, acts without consulting others."
ReplyDeleteI saw an explanation one time that said that the "P" score (which we share) means that you hate to be boxed in by rules and deadlines; even committing to a social event that you want to participate in somehow makes a "P" character feel trapped. A big "aha!" light went on in my head with this explanation, because that fits me to a t.
Wow! Another INTP. Didn't think we were that common.
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