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[MBTI General] How similar are INFP's and INTP's?

Salomé

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Would personal "principles" be considered the same as personal "values"?
Yes. They derive value, in part, from their immutability.
A principle internally motivates one to do the things that seem good and right.

A rule externally compels one, through force, threat or punishment, to do the things someone else has deemed good or right. People follow or break rules.
As Ps, we tend to flex and go with the flow, whilst resisting arbitrary rules that close down options; but if our principles are violated, we can become very stubborn and rigid.

Couple of good examples from this article.
In a rules-based system, lawmakers and regulators try to prescribe in great detail exactly what companies must and must not do to meet their obligations to shareholders and clients. In principles-based systems, which are more common in the U.K. and elsewhere in Europe, regulators worry less about dotted “i”s and crossed “t”s, and instead evaluate companies’ behavior according to broad principles; the U.K.’s Financial Services Authority has eleven such principles, which are often deliberately vague (“A firm must observe proper standards of market conduct”). This approach gives companies more leeway in dealing with investors and customers—not every company needs to follow the same rules on, say, financial reporting—but it also gives regulators more leeway in judging whether a company is really acting in the best interests of shareholders and consumers.”
Surowiecki draws the analogy between these two systems as “something like the difference between football and soccer. Football, like most American sports, is heavily rule-bound. There’s an elaborate rulebook that sharply limits what players can and can’t do (down to where they have to stand on the field), and its dictates are followed with great care. Soccer is a more principles-based game. There are fewer rules, and the referee is given far more authority than officials in most American sports to interpret them and to shape game play and outcomes. For instance, a soccer referee keeps the game time, and at game’s end has the discretion to add as many or as few minutes of extra time as he deems necessary. There’s also less obsession with precision—players making a free kick or throw-in don’t have to pinpoint exactly where it should be taken from. As long as it’s in the general vicinity of the right spot, it’s O.K.”

George Lakoff describes similar disparate ways of viewing the world as “frameworks” in his book, Don't Think of an Elephant: Know Your Values and Frame the Debate. In politics, Lakoff identifies two distinct cognitive framing devices at play, that of the “strict father model” and the “nurturant parent model”. You can guess which approach belongs to which party. That diametric framework also applies to the modal shift Surowiecki was discussing, as well as to many other more mundane experiences of everyday life.

I was reminded of frameworks and rules vs. principles a week ago when I was pulled over while commuting to work on my bicycle. Unable to give a definitive reason why I “broke the law” and rolled through an empty intersection marked with a stop sign, I was reminded again of the difference between the two philosophies. Cyclists largely operate by principles, but those principles are sometimes not in accordance with the rules that both drivers and cyclists are directed to observe. For example, as a long-standing cyclist I “know” that stopping at every stop sign is the correct and law-abiding way of doing things, but I also know that when I come to a complete stop next to a car, I've sacrificed the only two defensive tools I have: speed and agility. When that car moves into my lane, or turns in front of me, I have no recourse. Without movement, cyclists are pedestrians standing in the street. To a cyclist, rules are important, but not the only concern.

The difficulty inherent in frameworks is that they’re often tackling the same end goals but using completely different methodologies and language to achieve them. I realized quickly that the police officer and I had largely the same overall goals in mind (I, trying to avoid injury, he not wanting me or anyone else hurt on his watch), but we had very different ways of achieving those goals. It was immediately apparent that we weren’t going to convince each other that either approach was better, or even successfully communicate the reasons for our respective approaches. We were left with the implementation of rules in the face of principles.

Letter of the law (rules - Extroverted Judgment) vs spirit of the law (principles - Introverted Judgment).
 

Weber

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I agree Morgan; P's are definitely more likely to be criminals ;)
 

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thanks Morgan, that article was very useful. I printed it and will read in greater depth. Tert Te is a very sloppy thing at times, so I much appreciate Ti feedback.

As for letters of the law being Te. When I use to Te to make a choice, the first thing that springs to mind-how will I judge the outcome? What metric will I use to decide if the action taken worked or not? I suppose those metrics are my "rules". For ideas, I Te judge them based upon how well they predict external events. I suppose the predictive capability is the "rule" I am applying. In both cases there is room for flexibility-I suppose because it is all external....
 

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I am a bit unfamiliar with socionics and the similarities and differences with MBTI. So am I wrong that according to this chart are MBTI INTPs and INFPs "Comparative"? (and thus from the tone of the page apparently not very compatable)? See Complete relationship chart between psychological ("personality") types

If so thats too bad because I seem to feel as though vibe well with INFPs under normal circumstances, especially INFP women.
 

Spamtar

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Ok I think I was able to answer my question ^ above. It seems like the relation chart I noted was based on Socionics and not MBTI and that the two differ from each other in certain ways. One being that a MBTI "INTP" can be either a Socionics INTp or an INTj. From further study apparently I am not an INTP/INTp but rather an INTP/INTj. Thus it changed my relationship dynamic to one which although far from perfect is a lot more on point and better than my initial belief. See Socionics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 

maygaw022

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Imo intp and infp are like different ends to the same pole, the middle part that we share mostly is the Ne and Si and the ends of the pole are Fi and Ti and we like to keep ourself on our end of the pole most the time and rarely visit the opposite end of the pole



The soft part is somewhere really deep, so it doesent get to the surface easily. Its quite same with infp and Te, you can see that they clearly got some of it since they must have made rational decisions or want rational things to keep the balance a bit, but when you listen to them they act like its not there kinda.. :D
sometimes I get too hung up on the rationality and logic of different actions of people. I am absolutely not a moralist, I am not poetic, and for some reason my sensitivity has decreased greatly. But I have hobbies and hobbies - sciences (astrophysics, physics, mathematics), well, various puzzles and logic puzzles. Although it's strange for infp, but I value intelligence more in myself, although I can calmly understand the emotions and feelings of people, it's just that intelligence is of great value to me (here it is, huh). But I found a lot of similar infp to me, although I don't feel at ease with highly emotional and poetic with feelings of infp, as if it's not my type.

I hope you have learned a lot of new and interesting things about infp🤝🙂
 
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