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in Function Analysis, Stereotypes

The INFJ is one of sixteen Myers-Briggs personality types. For many years, it was known for being the rarest. Now, whether you believe the statistics or not, the fact is that once something gets labeled as rare, it becomes highly desired. With swarms of people laying claim to this personality type, and a plethora of […]

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ISFJs are often frustrated by the stereotypes describing their personality type. While the stereotypes for some personality types are grandiose or aggrandizing, ISFJ stereotypes are quite the opposite, to the extent that some ISFJs don’t even want to identify themselves as ISFJs. Of course, that’s assuming they can identify themselves as ISFJs at all, given […]

in Function Analysis, Stereotypes

It’s no secret that a clear hierarchy of preference has formed among the 16 personality types, with the NJs sitting firmly at the top. Thus, it’s no surprise that NJs seems to be everywhere within the typology community, in spite of claiming to be the rarest of the personality types. Perhaps this is partially because […]

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INFJ stereotypes are prevalent, seeing that it is one of the most popular personality types within the Myers-Briggs theory. After all, stereotypes form based on the amount of attention a personality type gets, and the type of attention it gets. In the case of INFJ, the attention is largely positive, so the stereotypes are largely. […]

in Function Analysis, Stereotypes

The NF personality types (INFJ, INFP, ENFJ, ENFP) are known for being idealistic. While Myers-Briggs did sort personalities into groups, this association mostly has a lot to do with David Keirsey, who actually labeled NFs as the Idealists. However, as is common, this has been taken to an extreme. Honestly, that’s why I’m a bit […]

in Personality Typing 101, Stereotypes

People typically describe the SJs (ISTJ, ESTJ, ISFJ, ESFJ) as having the best memories. At this point, good memory has basically become a requisite for being one of the SJ personality types. There are reasons for this, but as per usual, what was originally a decent concept has been taken to an extreme. In this […]

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I always knew that the INFP stereotypes weren’t great, but to be honest, I’m a bit surprised by how bad they actually are. When preparing to write one of these stereotypes articles, I always read accounts from people of the type who are discussing their own stereotypes. Naturally, I did the same for INFP stereotypes. […]

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The INTP personality type is one of the top four most coveted personality types, up there with INFP, INTJ, and INFJ. Of course, there are a multitude of stereotypes that people associate with it. Usually, coveted types have a large amount of positive stereotypes specifically associated with them, but ironically, INTP seems to be a […]

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The ESFP stereotypes play a major role in people failing to identify themselves as an ESFP. This personality type honestly gets very poor representation within the typology communities because of how misunderstood they are. The resources often describe a very specific version of the ESFP, one which lacks any kind of depth, intelligence, and foresight. […]

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As with every personality type, there are plenty of ENFP stereotypes to go around. Unfortunately, stereotypes can create confusion, causing people to make inaccurate assumptions about ENFPs. Granted, some stereotypes are worse than others. Some stereotypes may even be accurate for a subset of ENFPs out there. However, stereotypes should never be used as a […]