Type Stereo-Types

[Forever]

With some types due to me not identifying with everyone I meet, I think we all hold some stereotypes about how a type is. All ISFP's I've got to know well are very quiet and keep to themselves with interesting quirks about them. They're not the defending kind of types, if they see you getting hurt, they walk away and wait for you to initiate conversations with them.

SJ's in general are overall friendly people, however I only get the most respect from if I dress accordingly to culture and act fake in my kindness and remain very minimal and light on theory talking lol.

SP's in general are overall doer's and not much of speech generally, they only start talking if you know about the latest and greatest about you doing stuff or know an object they're highly interested, otherwise they ignore what I say.

I can't say I know any solid NF's in real life. However, they are more likely in my still watery subjective opinion to make a statement about things.. that's about it.

NT's, I've met, they love to complain, but the complaining that can be talked about rather than inefficient complaining. However whenever I complain they could care less. It's a one-sided relationship. They tend to make me think the most. Seems rather self-evident to see that.

I meet too few people in depth to get to know a full solid type. And sometimes people like my parents I know their ins and outs which sometimes gets me confused on typing them. But they are bored with my theoretical talking, my dad is very factual but does customer service, I could say he is an ESTJ. My mom is probably an ISFJ, but is very opinionated as well and does somethings that are not culturally acceptable and also tells me not to care what others think and gives me simple advice lol.

When I see them get out of that stereotype, I'm like oh joy, you're growing. Lol.

• I'm more energetic upon first appearance. More materialistic but really into high end stuff. Openly opinionated, actually participates than just "someone who always watches".
• Can switch between seriousness and playfulness quite often.
• Intense interest in some people.
• I don't have a circle of close-knit friends. (Sorry no secret cult full of magic secrets guys!)
• I'm open to a lot of people.
• I like fashion a lot, not good with hands but I love watching what people come up with. (Like "How do I look?" and "Project Runway")
• I look for more interesting people, those who can offer a lot.
• I don't think I'm a highly intellectual straight A student who can magically summon up powerful sources of full on understanding.
• Initiates most conversations.

I use emoticons.

 

[Hawthorne]

What stereo-types do you hold about type?

I am not a typist. I am 100% type blind. I see people for who they are beyond the surface and how they act. Not the letters in the label by their name.

And how do you react when someone breaks out of them?

I don't notice because I am type blind.

Oh, and how about you? Have you ever broken out of the stereo-type?

I am tidier than you'd expect for a P type but messier than you'd think for a J type.
This isn't a stereotype though because all the P and J types I know behave in these ways.

Also, debates are really dull and predictable.

 

[plastic ciel]

I wonder if this is because you are actually an INFP. You kind of give off a similar vibe to an INFP on the forum here. I wouldn't be surprised if you aren't actually an ISTJ.

This wouldn't shock me too much either, tbh. For a long time, I was confused about whether I use Ni or Si. Then I got certain I used Si, so much I thought I was Si-dom. I could see myself now as an INFP maybe, in a little bit of an Fi-Si loop either way.

 

[evilrubberduckie]

I dont notice type stereotypes as of yet. but thats only because I dont find them interesting.

if i did though..... MUHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

[Yama]

My mom is probably an ISFJ, but is very opinionated as well and does somethings that are not culturally acceptable and also tells me not to care what others think and gives me simple advice lol.

^Exactly omg! It's like some people don't know you can be an ISFJ and *gasp* also have your own personal opinions and not just be a sheep-minded doormat/mirror lol

 

[INTP]

I was talking to an art student today who identifies as an INTP. She is a brilliant young woman who wants to be a clothing designer. That's not "typical" for INTPs is it? I think she's very cool.

There is this guy on my class who im pretty sure is an INTP and he used to study some clothing design thing some years ago. I think the architect nickname for INTPs really just comes from some underlying want to design things and can manifest differently based on the persons likes. Architecture i think is used because it combines both the design aspect and requires heavy Ti element as well. At least if the architect does some of the structural engineering as well, which they usually dont, but INTP architect i suspect would be especially capable of using that sort of knowledge as well, so that the actual structural engineers wouldnt have to dismiss the architects ideas for being unreal(like skyscraper made from glass with no steel beams).

 

[Ene]

There is this guy on my class who im pretty sure is an INTP and he used to study some clothing design thing some years ago. I think the architect nickname for INTPs really just comes from some underlying want to design things and can manifest differently based on the persons likes. Architecture i think is used because it combines both the design aspect and requires heavy Ti element as well. At least if the architect does some of the structural engineering as well, which they usually dont, but INTP architect i suspect would be especially capable of using that sort of knowledge as well, so that the actual structural engineers wouldnt have to dismiss the architects ideas for being unreal(like skyscraper made from glass with no steel beams).

Good points and thanks for the example of the guy in your class. So, yes then, she is still engaging her Ti--Ne but in a realm that seems more important to her at the time, fashion. She is still an "engineer" but her projects are built from cloth, thread, plastic, etc., as opposed to concrete and steel.

 

[Julius_Van_Der_Beak]

I think I'm a bit more comfortable with my inferior feeling for an INTP. I think it causes people to mistake me for an INFP or an INFJ at times.

 

[Ene]

I think I'm a bit more comfortable with my inferior feeling for an INTP. I think it causes people to mistake me for an INFP or an INFJ at times.

Even if you didn't have INTP under your avatar, I am sure I would have thought you to be INTP.

That's based solely on online interactions.

I can't say that it was a stereo-type thing, just something about the way that you communicate.

There is a certain similarity that you share with other INTPs that I know, even though I can't say for certain exactly what it is.

 

[Sil]

What stereotypes do you hold about type? And how do you react when someone breaks out of them? Oh, and how about you? Have you ever broken out of the stereotype? I think it's important to remember that cognitive functions help us understand the way we see the world, but they do not dictate what we become in the world. What are your thoughts?

For example I know...an INFP marathon runner, an ESTP poet, an ESTJ elementary school counselor, an ISTJ nurse, an ENFP martial artist and on and on.....

I probably hold a few general rules of thumb. FPs tend to be more reactive. TPs tend to be more boundary-pushers. TJs need structure.

I don't actively type people, though, so my framework never extends farther than that (if at all).

In the context I've established, no, I don't think I break my own rules.

If someone else breaks them? Eh, I redraw the mental boundaries map for them.

 

[Ene]

I probably hold a few general rules of thumb. FPs tend to be more reactive. TPs tend to be more boundary-pushers. TJs need structure.

I don't actively type people, though, so my framework never extends farther than that (if at all).

In the context I've established, no, I don't think I break my own rules.

If someone else breaks them? Eh, I redraw the mental boundaries map for them.

Actually, I like the way you phrased it on all of those, stating that it is a "general rule of thumb" and that certain types "tend" toward certain things. I think that isn't really stereo-typing in that it leaves room for people to fall outside what their types generally "tend" toward.

 

[Sil]

Actually, I like the way you phrased it on all of those, stating that it is a "general rule of thumb" and that certain types "tend" toward certain things. I think that isn't really stereo-typing in that it leaves room for people to fall outside what their types generally "tend" toward.

Haha, you're probably right. I believe I failed at properly addressing the question.

In that case, I'm not sure I have any stereotypes.

 

[Ene]

^I think that's a good thing.

 

[Sil]

^I think that's a good thing.

But now I have no dog in this fight.

 

[Ene]

But now I have no dog in this fight.

Oh, we can get you a dog. My neighbors will never miss theirs.

 

[Yama]

Thought of some more ISFJ stereotypes that don't fit me.

• I like philosophy, and spent a semester at my previous college as a supplemental instructor for philosophy of logic.
• I'm not religious.
• I'm not politically conservative.
• I love writing fantasy stories with dark, tragic endings.
• I don't care for romantic comedies.
• I have a brain and opinions of my own and don't just blindly accept the norms of society.
• I'm not a slave to my emotions just because I'm a feeler, and have the capacity to think logically.
• I don't want kids.

 

[INFPtheQuietOne]

infp emo, bookworm, fairy
isfj girly girl, nice guy, leech?
esfj mom, queen bee
istj dad,
infj psycho, Hitlers
intp nerd
estp macho

 

[vaulttec]

ANALYSTS

>INTJ
Gods. All the respect and admiration.
>ENTJs
My superiors at work.
>ENTPs
I have fun debating with them
>INTPs
Cute little scientists. My favorite.

Diplomats

>INFJ
The wizard guy. I like him.
>INFP
Ideal house wives.
>ENFJ
Very cool people
>ENFP
Liberals. They can burn.

Sentinels

>ISTJs
My loyal subordinates
>ESTJs
The best type by far.
>ISFJ
Good housewives but not as good as the INFP
>ESFJ
Useless and annoying.

Artisans

>ESTP
Badasses
>ISTP
Often liberals but they're cool because they're calm
>ISFP
Don't know them very well. Would rather not say a thing
>ESFP
Apes. The worst of all. They can all burn in a giant furnance and I'd pay to watch that live.

 

[vaulttec]

I never really thought of NT's like that at all, but now that you mention it..

jp. gg.

What's wrong with being mysoginistic or racist? I thought NFs were all about respecting other opinions

 

[Forever]

What's wrong with being mysoginistic or racist? I thought NFs were all about respecting other opinions

Jp means just playing. Gg means good game. It's kind of old. I don't have biases towards NT's in general