Published on 12, July, 2020
Handi-andis raised this on another thread and I thought it might be interesting to see if we all have radically different personality types, or very similar ones. You can take the test at 16personalities.com, it's a free online test and will tell you at the end what your personality type is, and give you some descriptions of how people similar to you think and behave. You don't have to pay for the Premium version. I did the test before I discovered I had autism, and when I did some training on autism discovered that my personality type and the description of how autism affects people to be very similar. My wife also found it really useful (for herself and for me). I find my personality type is very descriptive of me.
As well as finding out what you're good at, you find out what types of thing you struggle with, so that you can understand yourself better. It helped me see what my brain was good at processing, and what my brain isn't good at processing, so I can make sure I excel with my strengths and then get other people to do the things I struggle with
Post your type here if you'd like to take part.
I got INTJ - The Architect. I'd be interested in finding out yours!
Eager to oblige DC... Star Wars fans don't seem to all agree.
Lando - ESFP /ESTPBoba Fett: ISTPFinn [ENFP] / ESFJRey [ISFP] / ISTP
You'll have to make your mind up from the character descriptions.
There's another of those charts for Harry Potter, but ISTR [I Seem To Recall] JK Rowling said they had one or two wrong.
On this test I got ESTJ-A. I did one before a few years ago, on another site and got INTJ. I don't know if these are accurate because of it. I'd say I'm more ESTJ if I think about it. My alignment test is True Neutral.
Yes, as BlueRay says, "Take rest Lonewarrior", I agree very much... Please 'Take Rest' before 'Rest takes You'... And Good Fortune to You from myself as well.
I'm aware of many criticisms, although I think some are unfair and a reaction to its corporate use in the US. Initially I saw it as no more scientific than signs of the zodiac, with people reading what they wanted to into their type. However, it was statistically-significant studies of association with particular occupations (from the MBTI manuals) that convinced me it was measuring something reliable. It has some aspects I don't accept, including binary or bimodal distinctions and 'functional analysis', but the sentiment behind its understanding of diversity and the handy 4-letter types makes it much better language for conversing with other personality junkies than the numerical subscales of the 'Big 5'. I haven't looked in detail into claims of poor test-retest reliability, but am sceptical from my own experience.
Having read around it a bit more, I find it easier to apply David Keirsey's understanding of temperament to people I know and meet (there are friends I think of as 'artisan' or 'idealist'). Keirsey did come from the ranks of conventional psychology, but as I understand it, drew on MBTI, and you will see it informs Anna Moss's 'Oddly Developed Types'. In any case, whatever the origins, the division into 16 is accessible and has been the much subject of subsequent research. The Wikipedia pages remind me that the I, N, T and P preferences have been associated with 'personality disorders', so that raises the question of whether those disorders are in fact misdiagnosed autism or potentially healthy traits in conflict with a society that is dominated by social ES types.
As for creating a poll, why not? I've seen some results from other autistic discussion forums, but would be interesting to compare. Anyone can add a poll using the 'Insert' menu with the 16 types. I suppose it should be in a new thread so more people see it. Maybe could decide which online version(s) of the test to suggest... there was a version on the BBC site... ah, here it is, though hard to read!
Cassandro said:MBTI has more evidence behind it than
... and yet there are a lot of criticisms of MBTI, since the people who came up with it weren't formally trained experts (as much as that counts for anything).
Same here! I did a similar test to this a few years ago, and seem get interchangeable S and N depending on my mood.
A little late on catching up with this thread, I got LOGISTICIAN (ISTJ, -T) on this - cool!
One of those clever people who do those voting things ought to do one regarding the types, so we can see how many of us are similar
I’m INTP
Take rest Lonewarrior ️
I think I understood you mostly. The question about the relationship between type and autistic traits is intrinsically confusing, and as the text I quoted shows, the answers just aren't known. Us INTPs may speculate until the cows come home.
It can be hard when there's to much going on 'up there' to the point where things get confused and you tire your brain out.
I'm going to take a few hours' break from the internet myself, I think, and get out somewhere even though I don't have anything planned. I hope you have a good afternoon.
What was it you were reading? The INTP type description on 16Personlities? Or something specific to Asperger's?
Thank you Cassandro it was the 16 personalities page I was reading.
my head is in a bad place right now, I am struggling to just keep going. Too much in my mind causing major conflict. This stops me from seeing clearly and my brain starts to fog and I become less able to speak or think as I am unsure of my words or thoughts.
I hope I have explained myself although looking at it again I just see descriptive words not actually what I am trying to convey!
thank you.
Another INTP here..
) ( said:seems there is a link of sorts with Aspergers, the only type that has that link, having read about it several times I still cannot workout in my cloudy mind today wether being INTP-T can present as Aspergers? But isn’t a case you are.
) ( said:Or being Aspergers can show signs of being INTP-T personality type, but just happens to share common traits?
There's definitely a personality component to autism, although given the variety of responses here, it's very rough. I'm slightly surprised how many agreeable Feeling types. Preferring to making difficult decisions based on the feelings of others doesn't fit into the typical Aspie stereotype.
I'll repeat the link I gave further up this thread:
http://oddlydevelopedtypes.com/content/intps-and-aspergers-syndrome-0
In INTP and INTJ internet communities, the question of a link between Asperger’s and type comes up over and over again. Several responses typically appear, namely:
“Suppose that Asperger’s is simply INT taken to an extreme?”
The reason that these questions keep coming up over and over is that many of the descriptions of Asperger's Syndrome symptoms read like a checklist for how to identify an INTP.
It was found that ASD traits were correlated with IP and Neuroticism. Interestingly, the AQ test separates ASD traits out into five categories. Each category turned out to be correlated (strongly or weakly) to certain aspects of the Big Five.
There appears to be evidence supporting a relationship between type INTP and Asperger's. Whether this relation is a matter of definition, degree, or actual concurrence remains to be seen. The question of misdiagnosis should be taken very seriously, since some of the treatments for autism have been determined to be "torture" by civil rights groups, and the victims of "therapy" show symptoms of fullblown PTSD.
I assume that 'therapy' refers to ABA and authoritarian schooling. There's also an informative page about INTPs being misdiagnosed with ADD. Fits me perfectly and is a reason for not getting ADHD as another label.
From http://www.typelogic.com/intp.html:
INTPs are pensive, analytical folks. They may venture so deeply into thought as to seem detached, and often actually are oblivious to the world around them. ... INTPs are relatively easy-going and amenable to almost anything until their principles are violated, about which they may become outspoken and inflexible. ... A major concern for INTPs is the haunting sense of impending failure. They spend considerable time second-guessing themselves. The open-endedness (from Perceiving) conjoined with the need for competence (NT) is expressed in a sense that one's conclusion may well be met by an equally plausible alternative solution, and that, after all, one may very well have overlooked some critical bit of data.
LOGICIAN— INTP-T.
seems there is a link of sorts with Aspergers, the only type that has that link, having read about it several times I still cannot workout in my cloudy mind today wether being INTP-T can present as Aspergers? But isn’t a case you are.
Or being Aspergers can show signs of being INTP-T personality type, but just happens to share common traits?
Sorry but my mind is not very balanced of late so I just keep going over and over the words and it is just confusing me.
I will say the description is pretty much spot on.
MBTI is meant for understanding people's different strengths. It can be used in workplaces, but shouldn't be used to allocate jobs to people - it's just that certain jobs statistically are associated with particular types. MBTI has more evidence behind it than graphology or enneagrams, but is still seen as inferior to the 'Big 5' personality test by random people I mention it too - and yet, the two are basically equivalent, it's just MBTI is handy and simpler.
I have heard they do a lot of pychometirc tests. Where I am, graphology has been popular too. The Japanese place a lot of store by your blood type. One Austrian company goes by astrological sign. There is a lot of it about.
Disambiguating Cynosure said:If only employers ran tests like this
Uh, I think you'll find that many do...?
...Landau and Boba Fett, and Finn and Rey as well, please...?
As this Thread pops up again, I thought I might have a go...
I got this:
ADVOCATE PERSONALITY (INFJ, -A/-T)
...I was <> 50/50 at everything, but about 70% introverted.
If only employers ran tests like this... (and realised that ND means less likely to LIE, too...) ...Oh well.