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Rank the strength of your MBTI letters

BlackCat

Shaman
Joined
Nov 19, 2008
Messages
7,038
MBTI Type
ESFP
Enneagram
9w8
Instinctual Variant
sx/sp
1. I
2. P
3. F
4. S
 

OrangeAppled

Sugar Hiccup
Joined
Mar 20, 2009
Messages
7,626
MBTI Type
INFP
Enneagram
4w5
Instinctual Variant
sp/sx
Just in terms of "letters" and how I test...

1. I
2. N
3. P
4. F

In terms of what the letters stand for, and regardless of how I test...

1. I (introversion)
2. F (Fi)
3. N (Ne)
4. P ("Pe" traits)
 

animenagai

New member
Joined
Aug 22, 2008
Messages
1,569
MBTI Type
NeFi
Enneagram
4w3
Hmmmm I noticed something. For the Ne doms, N is pretty much always the 1st or 2nd letter as you would expect. However, for the INFP's, F really isn't as high as I thought it would be. Can any INFP's help me explain this? Heck I find it interesting in general how people don't have their dominant function letter(s) at the top.
 

SilkRoad

Lay the coin on my tongue
Joined
May 26, 2009
Messages
3,932
MBTI Type
INFJ
Enneagram
6w5
Instinctual Variant
sp/sx
F is my strongest, which is funny because I think a lot of people think of me as highly logical.

I and J, for me, are somewhat circumstance-dependent. I mean, I am definitely an I and I am definitely a J. But sometimes the splits can be quite close and very occasionally I have even tested as INFP or ENFJ or whatever. At times when I've had quite a lot of social demands and I've actually been enjoying them, or at times when things are uncertain and I need to roll with it, those letters can be a close call.

I am definitely an N, but I think I'm a fairly "S" N. In general, none of my preferences are extremely pronounced, except maybe F. I think I'm reasonably well balanced.

So in order from strongest to weakest...I guess...

F
N
I
J
 

Eric B

ⒺⓉⒷ
Joined
Mar 29, 2008
Messages
3,621
MBTI Type
INTP
Enneagram
548
Instinctual Variant
sp/sx
Hmmmm I noticed something. For the Ne doms, N is pretty much always the 1st or 2nd letter as you would expect. However, for the INFP's, F really isn't as high as I thought it would be. Can any INFP's help me explain this? Heck I find it interesting in general how people don't have their dominant function letter(s) at the top.
OK, this method is not really comparing the letters to each other, it is measuring the strongest preferences. (Each letter versus its opposite).
So a person can be an INFP, but he just barely edges out on the F over T, yet his I, N and P preferences will be a higher percentage stronger than E, S and J. (And since there is a lot of confusion in sorting out T vs F, or a lot of people coming out close, this will be common).

So then, F would be on bottom, of the four, but still in the dominant position, and not "inferior" or anything like that.
This stems from the fact that most type tests put together a type as I + N + F + P, and the cognitive process order of (i)FNST is assumed from it, so F ends up as dominant, even if it only edged out T 51-49%, making it the weakest preference in these lists.
Each type then ends up with 24 subtypes.
 

Domino

ENFJ In Chains
Joined
Nov 5, 2007
Messages
11,429
MBTI Type
eNFJ
Enneagram
4w3
Instinctual Variant
sx/so
1. N/F
2. J
3. e

I guess...
 

Magic Poriferan

^He pronks, too!
Joined
Nov 4, 2007
Messages
14,081
MBTI Type
Yin
Enneagram
One
Instinctual Variant
sx/sp
They are all equal in their own special way.

The I is super strong and can throw cars.
But the N can run around really fast like Speedy Gonzales.
The T can shoot laser beams from its eyes.
The P is physically feeble, but it's got telepathic and psycho-kinetic powers.
 

Domino

ENFJ In Chains
Joined
Nov 5, 2007
Messages
11,429
MBTI Type
eNFJ
Enneagram
4w3
Instinctual Variant
sx/so
Well, dang. My sharks with lazer hats could have easily slotted in there! Ignorance is NOT bliss, my friend, for I am very saddened now.
 

Amargith

Hotel California
Joined
Nov 5, 2008
Messages
14,717
MBTI Type
ENFP
Enneagram
4dw
Instinctual Variant
sx/so

highlander

Administrator
Staff member
Joined
Dec 23, 2009
Messages
26,562
MBTI Type
INTJ
Enneagram
6w5
Instinctual Variant
sx/sp
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