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MBTI All About ISFJ: Defender

ISFJ: The Protector (Introverted, Sensing, Feeling, Judging)

People who have ISFJ personalities tend to be reserved, warm-hearted, and responsible. Among the other personality types are ISTJ (introversion, sensing, thinking, judgment) and ENFP (extraverted, intuitive, feeling, perceiving). The ENTP (extraverted, intuitive, thinking, perceiving) personality type is the opposite of ISFJ.

ISFJs Rely on Four Key Cognitive Functions:

Dominant: Introverted Sensing

This function leads the introverted sensing types to focus on details and facts. ISFJs prefer concrete information rather than abstract theories. They are highly attuned to the immediate environment and firmly grounded in reality. Because of this tendency to focus on and protect what is familiar, ISFJs are often seen as highly traditional. When making decisions, ISFJs compare their vivid recall of past experiences in order to predict the outcome of future choices and events.

Auxiliary: Extraverted Feeling

ISFJs place a great emphasis on personal considerations. Extraverted feelers are focused on developing social harmony and connection. This is accomplished through behaviors that are viewed as socially appropriate or beneficial, such as being polite, kind, considerate, and helpful. ISFJs try to fill the wants and needs of other people, sometimes even sacrificing their own desires in order to ensure that other people are happy.

Tertiary: Introverted Thinking

ISFJs are planners and tend to be very well-organized. They utilize logic in order to understand how the world works. As ISFJs take in new information and experiences, look for connections and commonalities in order to find patterns. Rather than simply trying to understand a small part of something, they want to see how things fit together and how it functions as a whole.

Inferior: Extraverted Intuition

While ISFJs tend to be focused on the present and on concrete facts, this largely unconscious function can help balance ISFJ personality by helping the individual focus on possibilities. Taking in facts and then exploring the "what-ifs" can lead to new insights about problems.

ISFJs You Might Know

Louisa May Alcott, author

David Petraeus, U.S. Army General

Mother Teresa, nun and humanitarian

Dr. John Watson, of the Sherlock Holmes series by Arthur Conan Doyle

Kristi Yamaguchi, figure skater

Source: www(dot)verywellmind(dot)com