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in Personality Typing 101

In this article, I will put forth a proposal of sorts, a theory if you will. I was reading on the forums and came across someone who was hating on one particular type. The way I see it, for you to dislike certain functions, it’s for one of two reasons. One, you have interacted with […]

in Personality Typing 101

Have you ever found yourself wondering how the cognitive function stack relates to the 4 letter type code? Granted, it’s not hard to find those tables that list off the function stack for each of the 16 types. It’s not hard to look up ISTP and see Ti-Se-Ni-Fe or ISFJ and see Si-Fe-Ti-Ne. But how […]

in Personality Typing 101

The prevalence of bad personality type evidence drives me crazy some days. I guess to be fair… it’s not always completely bad evidence. Sometimes, it’s just completely out of context. I once went on this rant about context, and then Ryan told me that it sounded like an article. Unfortunately, I didn’t sit down right […]

in Personality Typing 101

One of our followers sent in a question a little while ago that prompted this subject, so I’ve decided to focus an article on it. (As a side note, we are very appreciative of everyone who has emailed in. Beyond obviously appreciating the positive feedback, I also enjoy the conversations, especially since they oftentimes give […]

in Personality Typing 101

This may seem like a no-brainer, and it may be very brief, but I think it’s worth putting out there, since I’ve seen some people struggle in this regard. It probably seems odd to some of you that one might struggle to type someone close to them. After all, you know the person really well […]

in Personality Typing 101

When I first learned about MBTI, I took one of those free online tests, as most people do. Surprisingly enough, as a young teenager, it actually pegged me right. (I questioned it later, switched to a different personality type, but then eventually ended up right back where I’d started.) Unfortunately, this is not always the […]

in Personality Typing 101, Stereotypes

Yes, Thinkers have feelings and yes, Feelers use critical thinking. Seems like two pretty obvious statements, right? Well, they are, but it sometimes seems like people lose sight of this when they go to type someone. They tend to go into ‘typing mode’ and every emotion suddenly turns into evidence for someone being a feeling […]

in Personality Typing 101

Any clue what I’m talking about? Yeah, I’m really not sure if it has an actual term associated with it, so I’m putting forward ‘relative typing’ as a candidate. Feel free to let me know if it’s already been labelled. But anywho, relative typing is when you define one person’s type based on their similarities […]

in Function Analysis, Personality Typing 101

Below is a list of general observations we’ve made based on real life examples of how the different functions show up in day-to-day interaction. Obviously, it may not be perfect, but we’ve found it useful in our typing. Feel free to suggest something we’ve missed or ask for an explanation of how personality theory backs […]

in Personality Typing 101

So many times I’ve seen people make the mistake of assuming intelligent people must be thinkers. Now, I’ll admit that the terminology MBTI uses is kind of… misleading. Judgers are not always “judgemental” in the traditional sense, just like some perceivers can be very judgemental. Thinkers do, in fact, feel, and feelers also think. Our […]