About 3 years ago I discovered Myers-Briggs theory. My first time I tested INTP. I started looking through the internet all about these things about Myers-Briggs, Jungian,type analyses and that led me to find PerC. After a lot of research I wasn't entirely sold on INTP. For a brief month or so about 2 years ago I registered myself as ENTP. I've been back and forth ever since, a couple of times going INTJ and one time going ENTJ (the other ENTJs called me out on that one.) I did some type analysis searches like I usually do, and I found this one: http://personalitycafe.com/entp-forum-visionaries/96816-entp-jungian-analysis.html
The more they experiment on people and receive negative results, the more ENTPs will learn to be more cautious in their early interactions with new people. Because dominant Ne can never really be sure if its peculiar brand of humor will entertain, upset, or simply confuse new people, Ne dominants (and especially ENTPs) often develop less immediate social ability than other extroverted types. In many cases, it can become a difficult chore to differentiate between ENTPs and INTPs in this regard, hence the ENTP reputation for being "the most introverted extrovert."
When I was younger I was a clear extrovert. I was always bouncing ideas and thoughts of my friends and family and awaiting their reactions. But, like the paragraph says, although most of these responses were positive, the negative responses I did recieve made me a little more timid, to the point to where when I had taken the test, I was so cautious in my social endeavors that I deemed myself and introvert.
It's important to remember that, despite relatively common social difficulties, ENTPs are still extroverts, and they still identify chiefly with the external object, thus leading them to require continual feedback and reassurace from others. While many ENTPs (especially the young ones) may fervently deny their dependence on using others as a springboard for their ideas, in truth they suffer the same problem that plagues many ENFPs: they often have no idea whether their ideas have any real merit until they receive feedback from others.
This is a clear difference between the ENTP and INTP. Whereas INTPs only needs their ideas to stand consistent with logic and rationality, ENTPs need most of their ideas to be reflected off people. and the average reaction is what determines the worth of the idea.
Ideally, Fe development should occur once Ti recognizes that there is a valid and inherently consistent reason for collectivized moral judgment to arise and guide the structure of interpersonal relationships. Earlier in life, it's all too common for ENTPs to expect continual validation, encouragement, and attention from the people they find interesting, but without the balancing influence of Fe, they rarely recognize the imbalance between how much they take and how much they give to the people closest to them.
The most obvious difference between INTPs and ENTPs: the Ti-Fe loop. As an ENTP, through various interactions with people (Ne) and our analysis of those interactions (Ti) we notice a large moral structure in the world (Fe) that we find has to be followed. In the INTPs world, these process doesn't quite take place. Instead they analyze everything (Ti) and store this information for use (Si) and they use these stored analyses and apply them to external patterns (Ne). As a result, the Fe of the INTP goes to the wayside because cultural expectations don't apply logic or rationality, only gut feelings and the reasoning of "it has always been done this way".
One common manifestation involves the dreaded Ne dominant burnout: when too much exploration too fast results in a string of difficult failures, inferior Si may actually develop a painful aversion to dominant Ne's treasured sense of exploratory freedom. By overextending in too many different directions at once, the inferior function can actually step in as a defense mechanism against the negative experiences of trying new things and failing too many times in a row with not enough reassuring successes (note the general dependence on external validation) to balance it out. The effects on the depressed ENTP's worldview can be catastrophic: frozen in place by fear of failure, Si may push his entire lifestyle into a risk-averse and sedentary mindset that shuts off the area of cognition which makes him feel most fulfilled.
ENTPs, like INTPs, can display high levels of Si. I've had this feeling, where the Ne does too much, puts too much expectation on itself in a way that causes it to flee from itself because it realizes that the possibilities that its creating will most likely end in rejection and failure. ENTPs that have received large amounts of rejection will build a wall of Si. They learn what doesn't work and stop doing it. The use of Si for the INTP is much different. The Si is a fundamental process for storing their ideas and principles and later using them for social application, rather than a defensive mechanism against your external ideas.
Through all this reading I came to the conclusion that I am an ENTP. I'm already tossing the idea away in my head right now because I know deciding removes all other possibilities. That's how I know I'm right. Consider this yourself.
The more they experiment on people and receive negative results, the more ENTPs will learn to be more cautious in their early interactions with new people. Because dominant Ne can never really be sure if its peculiar brand of humor will entertain, upset, or simply confuse new people, Ne dominants (and especially ENTPs) often develop less immediate social ability than other extroverted types. In many cases, it can become a difficult chore to differentiate between ENTPs and INTPs in this regard, hence the ENTP reputation for being "the most introverted extrovert."
When I was younger I was a clear extrovert. I was always bouncing ideas and thoughts of my friends and family and awaiting their reactions. But, like the paragraph says, although most of these responses were positive, the negative responses I did recieve made me a little more timid, to the point to where when I had taken the test, I was so cautious in my social endeavors that I deemed myself and introvert.
It's important to remember that, despite relatively common social difficulties, ENTPs are still extroverts, and they still identify chiefly with the external object, thus leading them to require continual feedback and reassurace from others. While many ENTPs (especially the young ones) may fervently deny their dependence on using others as a springboard for their ideas, in truth they suffer the same problem that plagues many ENFPs: they often have no idea whether their ideas have any real merit until they receive feedback from others.
This is a clear difference between the ENTP and INTP. Whereas INTPs only needs their ideas to stand consistent with logic and rationality, ENTPs need most of their ideas to be reflected off people. and the average reaction is what determines the worth of the idea.
Ideally, Fe development should occur once Ti recognizes that there is a valid and inherently consistent reason for collectivized moral judgment to arise and guide the structure of interpersonal relationships. Earlier in life, it's all too common for ENTPs to expect continual validation, encouragement, and attention from the people they find interesting, but without the balancing influence of Fe, they rarely recognize the imbalance between how much they take and how much they give to the people closest to them.
The most obvious difference between INTPs and ENTPs: the Ti-Fe loop. As an ENTP, through various interactions with people (Ne) and our analysis of those interactions (Ti) we notice a large moral structure in the world (Fe) that we find has to be followed. In the INTPs world, these process doesn't quite take place. Instead they analyze everything (Ti) and store this information for use (Si) and they use these stored analyses and apply them to external patterns (Ne). As a result, the Fe of the INTP goes to the wayside because cultural expectations don't apply logic or rationality, only gut feelings and the reasoning of "it has always been done this way".
One common manifestation involves the dreaded Ne dominant burnout: when too much exploration too fast results in a string of difficult failures, inferior Si may actually develop a painful aversion to dominant Ne's treasured sense of exploratory freedom. By overextending in too many different directions at once, the inferior function can actually step in as a defense mechanism against the negative experiences of trying new things and failing too many times in a row with not enough reassuring successes (note the general dependence on external validation) to balance it out. The effects on the depressed ENTP's worldview can be catastrophic: frozen in place by fear of failure, Si may push his entire lifestyle into a risk-averse and sedentary mindset that shuts off the area of cognition which makes him feel most fulfilled.
ENTPs, like INTPs, can display high levels of Si. I've had this feeling, where the Ne does too much, puts too much expectation on itself in a way that causes it to flee from itself because it realizes that the possibilities that its creating will most likely end in rejection and failure. ENTPs that have received large amounts of rejection will build a wall of Si. They learn what doesn't work and stop doing it. The use of Si for the INTP is much different. The Si is a fundamental process for storing their ideas and principles and later using them for social application, rather than a defensive mechanism against your external ideas.
Through all this reading I came to the conclusion that I am an ENTP. I'm already tossing the idea away in my head right now because I know deciding removes all other possibilities. That's how I know I'm right. Consider this yourself.
