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Partying on the inside
Join Date: Mar 2009
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INTP
Introverted: 44
Intuitive: 12
Thinking: 12
Perceiving: 22
Description:
The Architect
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Personality
INTPs exhibit the greatest precision in thought and language of all the types; they tend to see distinction
and inconsistencies in thought and language instantaneously. The one word which captures the unique
style of INTPs is architect – the architect of ideas and systems as well as the architect of edifices. This
type is found in only 1 percent of the population and therefore is not encountered as frequently as some
other types.
INTPs detect contradictions in statements no matter how distant in space or time the contradictory
statements were produced. The intellectual scanning of INTPs has a principled quality; that is, INTPs
search for whatever is relevant and pertinent to the issue at hand. Consequently, INTPs can concentrate
better than any other type.
Authority derived from office, position, or wide acceptance does not impress INTPs. Only statements
that are logical and coherent carry weight. External authority per se is irrelevant. INTPs abhor
redundancy and incoherence. Possessing a desire to understand the universe, an INTP is constantly
looking for natural law. Curiosity concerning these keys to the universe is a driving force in this type.
INTPs prize intelligence in themselves and in others, but can become intellectual dilettantes as a result of
their need to amass ideas, principles, or understanding of behavior. And once they know something, it is
remembered. INTPs can become obsessed with analysis. Once caught up in a thought process. That
thought process seems to have a will of its own for INTPs, and they persevere until the issue is
comprehended in all its complexity. They can be intellectual snobs and may show impatience at times
with others less endowed intellectually. This quality, INTPs find generates hostility and defensive
behavior on the part of others, who may describe an INTP as arrogant.
For INTPs, the world exists primarily to be understood. Reality is trivial, a mere arena for proving ideas.
It is essential that the universe is understood and that whatever is stated about the universe is stated
correctly, with coherence and without redundancy. This is the INTPs final purpose. It matters not
whether others understand or accept his or her truths.
Career
The INTP is the logician, the mathematician, the philosopher, the scientist; any pursuit requiring
architecture of ideas intrigues this type. INTP’s should not, however, be asked to work out the
implementation or application of their models to the real world. The INTP is the architect of a system
and leaves it to others to be the builder and the applicator. Very often therefore, the INTP’s work is not
credited to him or her. The builder and the applier gains fame and fortune, while the INTP’s name
remains obscure. Appreciation of an INTP’s theoretical work frequently comes posthumously – or the
work may never be removed from library shelves at all and thus lost.
INTP’s tend not to be writers or to go into sales work. They are, however, often excellent teachers,
particularly for advanced students, although INTP’s do not always enjoy much popularity, for they can
be hard taskmasters. They are not good at clerical tasks and are impatient with routine details. They
prefer to work quietly, without interruption, and often alone. If an organization is to use the talents of an
INTP appropriately, the INTP must be given an efficient support staff who can capture ideas as they
emerge and before the INTP loses interest and turns to another idea.
Home
INTP’s take their mating relationship seriously and usually are faithful and devoted – albeit preoccupied
at times. They are not likely to welcome constant social activity or disorganization in the home. In all
probability, the mate of an INTP will initiate and manage the social life. If left to his or her own devises
the INTP mate will retreat into the world of books and emerge only when physical needs become
imperative. INTP’s are, however, willing, compliant, and easy to live with, although somewhat forgetful
of appointment, anniversaries and rituals of daily living – unless reminded. They may have difficulty
expressing their emotions verbally, and the mate of an INTP may believe that he/she is somewhat taken
for granted. As a parent, the INTP is devoted; they enjoy children, and are serious about their
upbringing. The home of an INTP parent is usually calm, low-key in discipline, but well run and
ordered.
INTP’s deal with the environment primarily through intuition, and their stronger quality, the thinking
function, remains relatively hidden except in close associations. Therefore, INTP’s are often
misunderstood, seen as difficult to know, and seldom perceived at their true level of competency. They
are inclined to be shy except when with a close friends, and their reserve is difficult to penetrate. They
are very adaptable until one of their principles is violated. Then INTP’s are not adaptable at all! They
may have difficulty in being understood by others because they tend to think in a complicated fashion
and want to be precise, never redundant in their communications. Because their feeling qualities may be
underdeveloped, they may be insensitive to the wants and wishes of others, often unaware of the existence
of these wants and wishes.
Midlife
At midlife the INTP might do well to work on increasing awareness of emotional responses, responding to
the value preferences of others, and verbalizing to others the INTP’s awareness of these values. At
midlife one of the tasks of the INTP is to develop an ability to play for play’s sake; not to learn something
or to somehow improve a skill. Working on the sensual side of his or her nature may provide a source of
new pleasure and excitement.
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