Type profiles

Mar 27, 2008 18:30

Is there anything in your type profile that might be off or inaccurate for you?  In other words, a stereotype that's not true?

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valaria March 28 2008, 16:17:44 UTC
1. I care quite a bit about connecting with people. Not the same as being well-liked or popular, more in the sense of forming a bond with some people. I'm a 6 on the enneagram, which is very unusual.

2. I'm definitely more into the humanities than the sciences. I treat language the way many treat sciences, though: as a system to be manipulated. I'm also moderately artistic--most of my art and poetry are instinct, rather than rationality-based.

3. I've been testing INT- lately, but I am very adaptable in social situations and in many cases actually enjoy socializing. I have a wide range of friendly acquaintances with whom I often converse, although there are very few people I feel emotionally close to.

Either none of my functions are particularly strong or I don't know myself well enough.

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night_princess March 28 2008, 20:11:32 UTC
Profiles tend to be written in general enough language that any given piece is sometimes accurate, sometimes inaccurate, sometimes more accurate than I'd like to admit, and sometimes less accurate than I would like it to be. Sometimes, what the profiles describe are too foreign to be either accurate or inaccurate (like discussing the type of music a lead weight might prefer -- or what kind of parent I would be).

Also, I'm not sure why you're asking, but if people think their type profiles are untrue stereotypes, they're unlikely to be on an MBTI-related group. Everybody here probably sees at least some modicum of truth in some aspect of the MBTI.

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cinder_sweet March 29 2008, 00:22:10 UTC
Also, I'm not sure why you're asking, but if people think their type profiles are untrue stereotypes, they're unlikely to be on an MBTI-related group. Everybody here probably sees at least some modicum of truth in some aspect of the MBTI.

How did you interpret my question? This answer seems to indicate that you didn't understand what I was asking.

And how do you interpret these answers?

Basically the fact that I am nice to everyone and care way too much what others think of me

my one big complaint about type profiles is that most of them try to focus on core traits across the lifespan,

I'm a big soft-hearted softie

I care quite a bit about connecting with people.

I'm definitely more into the humanities than the sciences.

I've been testing INT- lately, but I am very adaptable in social situations and in many cases actually enjoy socializing.

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night_princess March 29 2008, 03:31:09 UTC
> How did you interpret my question?

Since you asked, it seems somewhat schizophrenic to me. The first part seems to ask people to pick out incongruent details. The second part seems to ask about evaluating the profile as a whole. The "in other words" seemed to conflate the two.

> And how do you interpret these answers?

I interpreted them as reacting to the first question rather than the second.

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cinder_sweet March 29 2008, 04:47:06 UTC
What's schizophrenic about it?

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INT J/P napoleonofcrime March 30 2008, 21:36:18 UTC
I am consistently, cripplingly, infuriatingly lazy. It would be wrong to say I procrastinate, because that would imply that the tasks I'm putting off will get done, eventually.

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