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- From: iac1@Isis.MsState.Edu (Ian Chen)
- Subject: Re: populational distribution of types? (was Re: INFJ???)
- Date: 20 May 93 22:51:00 GMT
-
- Althought this doesn't contain the percentages, I thought it might be a little
- interesting to look at... it's directly from the test that we took when we
- first entered medical school (me and the rest of my friends in my m-1 class)
- It gives a brief summary of the different types of personality and some
- other things...
-
-
- ISTJ: serious, quiet, earn success by concentration and thouroughness.
- Practical, orderly, matter-of-fact, logical, realistic and dependable. See
- to it that everything is well organized. Take responsibility. Make up their
- own minds as to what should be accomplished and work toward it steadily,
- regardless of protests or distractions.
-
- ISFJ: quiet, friendly, responsible and conscientious. Work devoted to meet
- their obligations. Lend stability to any project or group. Thorough,
- painstaking, accurate. Their interests are usually not technical. Can be
- patient with necessary details. Loyal, considerate, perceptive, concerned
- with how other people feel.
-
- INFJ: succeed by perserverance, originality and desire to do whatever
- is needed or wanted. Put their best efforts into their work. Quietly forceful,
- conscientious, concerned for others. Respected for their firm principles.
- Likely to be honored and followed for their clear convictions as to how best
- to serve the common good.
-
- INTJ: Usually have original minds and great drive for their own ideas and
- purposes. In fields that appeal to them, they have a fine power to organize a
- job and carry it through with or without help. Skeptical, critical,
- independent, determined, sometimes stubborn. Must learn to yield less
- important points in order to win the most important.
-
- ISTP: Cool onlookers- quiet, reserved, observing and analyzing life with
- detached curiousity and unexpected flashes of original humor. Usually
- interested in cause and effect, how and why mechanical things work, and in
- organizing facts using logical principles.
-
- ISFP: Retiring, quietly friendly, sensitive, kind, modest about ehri abilites.
- Shun disagreements, do not force their opinions or values on others. Usually
- do not care to lead but are often loyal followers. Often relaxed about
- getting things done, because they enjoy the present moment and do not want
- to spoil it by undue haste or exertion.
-
- INFP Full of enthusiasms and loyalties, but seldom talk of these until they
- know you well. Care about learning, ideas, languaged, and independent
- projects of their own. Tend to undertake too much, then somehow get it done.
- Friendly, but often too absorbed in what they are doing to be sociable. Little
- concerned with possessions or physical surroundings.
-
- INTP: Quiet and reserved. Especially enjoy theoretical or scientific
- pursuits. Like solving problems with logic and analysis. Usually interested
- mainly in ideas, with little liking for parites or small talk. Tend to have
- sharply defined interests. Need careers where some strong interest can
- be used and useful.
-
- ESTP: Good at the on-the-spot problem solving. Do not worry, enjoy whatever
- comes along. Tend to like mechanical things and sports, with friends on the
- side. Adaptable, tolerant, generally conservative in values. Dislike long
- explanations. Are best with real things that can be worked, handled, taken
- apart, or put together.
-
- ESFP: Outgoing, easygoing, accepting friendly, enjoy everything and make
- things more fun for others by their enjoyment. Like sports and making things
- happen. Know what's going on and join in eagerly. Find remembering facts
- easier than mastering theories. Are best in situations that need sound common
- sense and practical ability with people as well as with things.
-
- ENFP: Warmly enthusiastic, high-spirited, ingenious, imaginative. Able to
- do almost anything that interests them. Quick with a solution for any
- difficulty and ready to help anyone with a problem. Often rely on their
- ability to improvise instead of preparing in advance. Can usually find
- compelling reasons for whatever they want.
-
- ENTP: Quick, ingenious, good at many things. Stimulating company, alert and
- outspoken. May argue for fun on either side of a question. Resourceful
- in solving new and challenging problems, but may neglect routine assignments.
- Apt to turn to one new interest after another. Skullful in finding logical
- reasons for what they want.
-
- ESTJ: Practical, realistic, matter-of-fact, with a natural head for business
- or mechanics. Not intereseted in subjects they see no use for, but can
- apply themselves when necessary. Like to organize and run activites. May
- make good administrators, especially if they remember to consider others'
- feelings and points of view.
-
- ESFJ: Warm hearted, talkative, popular, conscientious, born cooperators,
- active committee members. Need harmony and may be good at creating it. Always
- doing something nice for someone. Work best with encouragement and praise.
- Main intereset is in things that directly and visibly affect people's lives.
-
- ENFJ: Responsive and responsible. Generally feel real concern for what
- others think or want, and try to handle things with due regard for the other
- person's feelings. Can present a proposal or lead a group discussion with
- ease and tact. Sociable, popular, sympathetic. Responsive to praise and
- criticism.
-
- ENTJ: Hearty, frank, decisive, leaders in activities. Usually good in
- anything that requires reasoning and intelligent talk, such as public speaking.
- Are usually well informed and enjoy adding to their fund of knowledge. May
- sometimes appear more positive and confident than their experience in an
- area warrants.
-