Why Are INTJs Sometimes Confused As Extraverts?

[Zarathustra]

Te would probably be the most "outgoing" seeming of the four extraverted functions, i would think. Fe is very social and can very effectively direct but Te in action is swift and in charge, particularly, i would imagine, when fueled by pinpointed Ni.

You're making us sound so sexy.

Go on...

 

[Thalassa]

Te is manly!

 

[Zarathustra]

And what do you want Te to do to you...

 

[Zarathustra]

 

[Thalassa]

It's kind of like that game you play with a fortune cookie at the Chinese restaurant:

"I want Te to firmly and efficiently take control...in bed."

 

[skylights]

Tether me down
Teach me
Tempt me
Tease me

et ceTera

 

[Zarathustra]

Nice.

I love me some ENFPs.

 

[Zarathustra]

/ INTJ acting like an extrovert

 

[Thalassa]

Te is soooooo much manlier than Ti.

Good fucking lord.

 

[Poki]

lol, efficiently, wham bam thank you ma'am...or...zzzzzzzzzzz

 

[Nicodemus]

Efficiency, efficiency they say
Get to know the date and tell the time of day
As the crowds begin complaining
How the Beaujolais is raining
Down on darkened meetings on the Champs Elysée

 

[IZthe411]

So if you take one of those tests where they measure the strength of your 'letters'

Sounds like it could mean if you score as a low introvert, you use your aux, extroverted function more than another I who doesn't. Sounds good.

I'm an introvert, and people always talk about how social I am, and how I am the loudest and leading the group, in some senses.
Actually my first thought is not to lead, but if there's nobody else stepping up, I automatically kick in.

 

[InvisibleJim]

INTJs think and make judgements out loud and perceive inwardly. If we are doing a lot of thinking we seem extroverted.

 

[Sunny Ghost]

So if you take one of those tests where they measure the strength of your 'letters'

Sounds like it could mean if you score as a low introvert, you use your aux, extroverted function more than another I who doesn't. Sounds good.

I'm an introvert, and people always talk about how social I am, and how I am the loudest and leading the group, in some senses.
Actually my first thought is not to lead, but if there's nobody else stepping up, I automatically kick in.

i think it makes perfect sense. whenever i first became familiar with mbti, i recall getting something like 90% or higher on my primary function-Fi. My Se was really low, but still there. a few months ago, however, when i was going through a much more extroverted phase, i swore i was turning into an ESFP! my Se was obviously more prominent as i was more social and outgoing and etc. my Fi was lower than it once was. now, i think i'm somewhere between the two extremes. when i'm at home, i rely more on my Fi. when i'm in social settings, i rely more heavily on Se. hence why people think i'm so social and outgoing. laugh.

but anyways, i definitely agree with the notion that it's just a matter of how much you rely on your auxilliary that will display how introverted or extroverted one might be perceived.

 

[Sunny Ghost]

So if you take one of those tests where they measure the strength of your 'letters'

Sounds like it could mean if you score as a low introvert, you use your aux, extroverted function more than another I who doesn't. Sounds good.

I'm an introvert, and people always talk about how social I am, and how I am the loudest and leading the group, in some senses.
Actually my first thought is not to lead, but if there's nobody else stepping up, I automatically kick in.

i think it makes perfect sense. whenever i first became familiar with mbti, i recall getting something like 90% or higher on my primary function-Fi. My Se was really low, but still there. a few months ago, however, when i was going through a much more extroverted phase, i swore i was turning into an ESFP! my Se was obviously more prominent as i was more social and outgoing and etc. my Fi was lower than it once was. now, i think i'm somewhere between the two extremes. when i'm at home, i rely more on my Fi. when i'm in social settings, i rely more heavily on Se. hence why people think i'm so social and outgoing. laugh.

but anyways, i definitely agree with the notion that it's just a matter of how much you rely on your auxilliary that will display how introverted or extroverted one might be perceived.

 

[Thalassa]

lol, efficiently, wham bam thank you ma'am...or...zzzzzzzzzzz

No, it means doing it right, dammit. No point in going on for a long time if it doesn't accomplish anything.

Efficiency, efficiency they say
Get to know the date and tell the time of day
As the crowds begin complaining
How the Beaujolais is raining
Down on darkened meetings on the Champs Elysée

I like that image. What is that from?

 

[Nicodemus]

I like that image. What is that from?

[YOUTUBE="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5YHqWqhFkU"]John Cale: Paris 1919[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Siúil a Rúin]

I suspect some INTJs can be assertive and therefore confuse others with the assumption they are extroverts.

I suspect other INTJs become confused when they attempt too much socialization, and are quite confused as extroverts.

 

[Sunny Ghost]

I was honestly unaware that INTJ's socialized.

 

[Zarathustra]

We do.



(Some of us at least...)