BlackDog
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- Sep 6, 2013
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- MBTI Type
- NiTe
- Enneagram
- 9w8
- Instinctual Variant
- so/sx
I was inspired to create this thread since it seems typists use different methods. Please post your methods for others to learn from, compare, etc!
Mine is based on reading text, imagining the person behind the text, and trying to map their basic 'patterns' to the basic patterns of one of the types.
Sometimes I immediately get a strong idea of where they are at. Sometimes not.
Either way, I go through the grid eliminating types. I try to eliminate temperaments, but this isn't always possible because there are lots of leaks and holes in that theory. For example, ISFP doesn't always appear as SP, and ISTP sometimes appears as NT, and some types just don't appear to have as strongly distinguishing characteristics as others.
Generally, I can narrow it down to three or four possibilities, only one of which has the 'true essence' of the image I imagined for the person. I go with the one that matches the 'essence'. My mind auto-aligns all the evidence behind that typing, unless something sticks out. I then type up the results for people.
Mine is based on reading text, imagining the person behind the text, and trying to map their basic 'patterns' to the basic patterns of one of the types.
Sometimes I immediately get a strong idea of where they are at. Sometimes not.
Either way, I go through the grid eliminating types. I try to eliminate temperaments, but this isn't always possible because there are lots of leaks and holes in that theory. For example, ISFP doesn't always appear as SP, and ISTP sometimes appears as NT, and some types just don't appear to have as strongly distinguishing characteristics as others.
Generally, I can narrow it down to three or four possibilities, only one of which has the 'true essence' of the image I imagined for the person. I go with the one that matches the 'essence'. My mind auto-aligns all the evidence behind that typing, unless something sticks out. I then type up the results for people.