Comparing the Look-alikes: INTP vs. ISTP vs. INTJ

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The INTJ, INTP and ISTP types have often been called โ€œlook-alikeโ€ personalities. I personally think that thatโ€™s in part due to mistypesโ€ฆ In day-to-day life, INTJs and INTPs come across very differently in my experience. There are certain scenarios in which an ISTP will appear similar to an INTJ, but those two as a whole [โ€ฆ]

By Mara on October 31, 2019

Myers-Briggs Types in Sherlock (BBC): John Watson (ISFJ)

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BBC Sherlock has several main characters with identifiable Myers-Briggs personality types (colloquially known as MBTI). In our opinion, John Watson is a fairly obvious example of an ISFJ. Continue below to read our analysis! The Myers-Briggs Personality Type of John Watson Dominant Si: โ€œWeโ€™ve only just met, and weโ€™re going to go and look at [โ€ฆ]

By Mara on October 28, 2019

Myers-Briggs Types in One Piece: Kuzan [Aokiji] (ISTP)

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One Piece is an extremely long-running anime with an endless number of characters to explore. I originally gut typed Aokiji as an INTP, like nearly everyone else does, but the more I paid attention, the less that made sense. I donโ€™t really see the Ne, which means something for a show with Ne bleed everywhere. [โ€ฆ]

By Mara on October 22, 2019

Myers-Briggs Types in Naruto: Ino Yamanaka (ESFP)

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Naruto Shippuden is a classic anime series with a wealth of identifiable Myers-Briggs personality types (often referred to as MBTI). We think that Ino Yamanaka makes the most sense as the ESFP personality type. Keep reading to find out why! The Myers-Briggs Personality Type of Ino Yamanaka Dominant Se: โ€œMy daughter is what you might [โ€ฆ]

By Mara on October 18, 2019

Function Levels: High Vs. Low Use

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People make varying speculations on the difference between a function in its dominant, auxiliary, tertiary and inferior positions. They have this tendency to attribute negative behaviors of a certain function to purely the lower users, since they should have weaker use. They like to assume that those with higher use of function will nearly always [โ€ฆ]

By Mara on October 15, 2019

Myers-Briggs Types in Naruto: Might Guy (ENFJ)

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Naruto Shippuden is a classic anime series with a wealth of identifiable Myers-Briggs personality types (often referred to as MBTI). While many identify Might Guy as the ESFP Myers-Briggs personality type, we think that he makes more sense as an ENFJ. Continue reading to find out why! The Myers-Briggs Personality Type of Might Guy Dominant [โ€ฆ]

By Mara on October 11, 2019

4 Reasons Why ISTJs Mistype As INTJs

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ISTJs frequently mistype as INTJs. As per usual, itโ€™s the stereotypes and the general intuitive bias that cause this. Personally, Iโ€™ve noticed that within the MBTI and personality enthusiast communities, the Si doms (ISTJ or ISFJ) seems to be the most hated on. Itโ€™s not necessarily done on purpose, but just reading the different descriptions, [โ€ฆ]

By Mara on October 8, 2019

Myers-Briggs Types in Naruto: Hinata Hyuga (ISFJ)

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Naruto Shippuden is a classic anime series with a wealth of identifiable Myers-Briggs personality types (often referred to as MBTI). While many identify Hinata as the INFP Myers-Briggs personality type, we think that she makes more sense as an ISFJ. Continue reading to find out why! The Myers-Briggs Personality Type of Hinata Hyuga Dominant Si: [โ€ฆ]

By Mara on October 1, 2019

Myers-Briggs Types in Fate/Zero: Kirei Kotomine (INTJ)

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The Fate series is incredibly complex, and honestly, somewhat convoluted. For Kirei Kotomine, we focused primarily on Fate/Zero to gather information, although he does show up in other Fate series. (His behavior in the other series appeared consistent with this conclusion.) Overall, while we considered other personality types, Kirei Kotomine seems to make the most [โ€ฆ]

By Mara on September 24, 2019

The Inferior Functions: An Overview

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Inferior functions play a key role in how each personality type manifests. Oneโ€™s inferior function is their greatest weakness, their greatest insecurity, their greatest source of stress, or their life long stumbling block. In this article, Iโ€™m only going to provide a relatively brief and succinct overview of each inferior function. For more indepth information, [โ€ฆ]

By Mara on September 17, 2019