ALL ABOUT MBTI TYPES

MBTI All About INTP: Logician

INTP: The Thinker (Introverted, Intuitive, Thinking, Perceiving)

People who score as INTP are often described as quiet and analytical. They enjoy spending time alone, thinking about how things work and coming up with solutions to problems. INTPs have a rich inner world and would rather focus their attention on their internal thoughts rather than the external world. They typically do not have a wide social circle, but they do tend to be close to a select group of people.

INTPs Rely on Four Key Cognitive Functions:

Dominant: Introverted Thinking

This function focuses on how people take in information about the world. INTPs express this by trying to understand how things work. They often like to break down larger things or ideas in order to look at the individual components in order to see how things fit and function together. INTPs tend to be highly logical and efficient thinkers. They like to have a complete understanding of something before they are willing to share an opinion or take action.

Auxiliary: Extraverted Intuition

INTPs express this cognitive function by exploring what-ifs and possibilities. They utilize insight, imagination, and past experiences to form ideas. They often go over what they know, seeking patterns until they are able to achieve a flash of inspiration or insight into the problem. They tend to spend a great deal of time thinking about the future and imagining all the possibilities.

Tertiary: Introverted Sensing

INTPs tend to be very detail-oriented, carefully categorizing all of the many facts and experiences that they take in. As they collect new information, they compare and contrast it with what they already know in order to make predictions about what they believe will happen next.

Inferior: Extraverted Feeling

INTPs tend to seek harmony in groups. While they are introverted, INTPs can be quite outgoing when they are around people with whom they are familiar and comfortable. In situations where they feel stress, however, INTPs shut down their feelings and struggle to connect with others. Under stress, they tend to rely on logic rather than feelings.

INTPs You Might Know

Albert Einstein, scientist

Dwight D. Eisenhower, U.S. President

Carl Jung, psychoanalyst

Tiger Woods, golfer

Sheldon Cooper, The Big Bang Theory

Source: www(dot)verywellmind(dot)com