IN(Usually T, Today F)P

[lilfluff]

So, on a whim I decided to run through one of those online personality quizzes. Usually on them and the official test I come back as INTP. From time to time, INFP. Today's an INFP day.

Results (using the quiz at Human Metrics:

• very expressed introvert


• slightly expressed intuitive personality


• slightly expressed feeling personality


• moderately expressed perceiving personality

At Keirsey.com they call this type the Healer (from the Idealist group), while my usual INTP is the Architect (from the Rational group). "Healers present a calm and serene face to the world, and can seem shy, even distant around others. But inside they're anything but serene..." "For Architects, the world exists primarily to be analyzed, understood, explained - and re-designed."

And I found an amusing INFP 'motivator' poster: INFP: walking the fine line between cute and creepy (Caution, extreme close up a fuzzy spider or similar bug :))

I think my favorite personality test result was on a test I took in college where I scored high on both logic and aesthetics. It assaulted the stereotypes others unconsciously have. Quite a few people responded, "But, but surely that's not a valid result," and had trouble with it even after it was pointed out that the test (I sadly can't remember which personality profile test it was now) put logic and aesthetics on separate scales. Which meant that yes, someone could score high on a preference for both.

I generally don't take these too seriously, but it's amusing to review them from time to time.

Comments

[inventrix]

"INFP: walking the fine line between cute and creepy"

HAH! I love it! XD (That may explain why my fiance is so fond of me, as he loves adorable creepy-crawlies like pillbugs and waterbears. ;P )

It actually never occurred to me that people might think logic and aesthetics are mutually exclusive. Huh. I have high preferences for both.

[anke]

What comes to my mind when you put "logic" and "aesthetics" next to each other is something like Bauhaus design, or in general design that does not get in the way of function.

And that is definitely some kind of jumping spider in the photo. They're the cutest! :D

[meridian_rose]

Interesting timing and insightful :D I just found a tumblr giving examples of what I test at with these metrics, INTJ, and made a post too. Sometimes there's amazing congruences in the aether :D

I tried the link you gave, since it had been a while since I'd taken one, and I'm fascinated by the way your T/P fluctuates and I still got the same result :D