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Profile: ISFP
Revision: 1.1
Date of Revision: 31 Oct 93
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Introverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving
by Joe Butt (jabutt@sacam.oren.ortn.edu)
ISFPs are the first to hear the different drummer. Many eagerly plunge into
new fashions, avant garde experiences, 'hip' trends--some even setting the
trends.
More in touch with the reality of their senses than their INFP counterparts,
ISFPs live in the here and now. Their impulses yearn to be free, and are
often loosed when others least expect it. The ISFP who continually represses
these impulses feels 'dead inside' and may eventually cut and run. (One ISFP
friend has become nonambulatory within the past few years. He will still, on
impulse, leave home in the middle of the night and go to Las Vegas or wherever,
regardless of the difficulties of his physical condition.)
ISFPs, especially males, may be overly ingratiating in an initial acquaintance,
often complimenting others without basis or substance (read: flattery?). Many
later become fiercely competitive, especially in sport or table games, and may
have great difficulty losing. This competitive nature, also seen in other SP
types, sometimes fosters 'lucky,' 'gut' feelings and a willingness to take
risks.
Organized education is difficult for the majority of ISFPs, and many drop out
before finishing secondary education. Their interest can be held better
through experiential learning, at which many excel. ISFPs will practice
playing an instrument or honing a favored skill for hours on end, not so much
as practice as for the joy of the experience.
Differential diagnosis:
ISFPs are less fantasy-oriented than INFPs. These types are often confused,
however, INFPs lean strongly to daydreams, poetry, prose and more
philosophical pursuits; ISFPs often live out 'id' experiences rather than
writing or even talking about them.
ISFJs are driven by the conventional, by 'should's and 'ought's; ISFPs
internalize their Feeling (by nature a judging function) which bursts out
spontaneously and leaves as quickly and mysteriously as it came.
Because of these variant expressions of Feeling judgement, ISFPs are sometimes
confused with ESFJs, but keep themselves more aloof, more often concealing the
feelings that ESFJs are so apt to expose.
ESFPs express thoughts more readily (and, in the main, skillfully). ISFPs can
and do perform admirably in the spotlight, but generally have little to say
about the performance. For example, few ISFPs would be disc-jockeys, a field
strongly represented by ES_Ps.
Famous ISFPs:
Marie Antoinette
Fred Astaire
Donald Sutherland (actor/dancer)
Marilyn Monroe
Elizabeth Taylor
Yogi Berra (professional baseball player--"It's deja vu all over again.")
Ervin "Magic" Johnson (NBA basketball star)
Patrick Duffey
Dan Quayle (U.S. Vice President, 1988-1992)
Michael Jackson
Greg Louganis (U.S. Olympic gold medalist--diving)