Hey...I posted this in the main forum but maybe this is cool if I post it here too? It's quite long...sorry :/
So over 6 years I have changed from an INFJ to an INFP and back to an INFJ.
My initial test was in college in 2004 an the results were INFJ. Later on in 2005 my results were INFP. But I'm wondering if it's because I went through a lot of life experience and believed that I should change my thought process and open to ideas etc..
My results over the years...
1:08am Saturday, Dec 8, 2007
Introverted (I) 58.97% Extroverted (E) 41.03%
Intuitive (N) 68.42% Sensing (S) 31.58%
Feeling (F) 62.07% Thinking (T) 37.93%
Perceiving (P) 56.1% Judging (J) 43.9%
10:36pm Monday, Jun 11, 2007
Introverted (I) 54.29% Extroverted (E) 45.71%
Intuitive (N) 57.58% Sensing (S) 42.42%
Feeling (F) 61.76% Thinking (T) 38.24%
Perceiving (P) 57.5% Judging (J) 42.5%
January 26th/2008
Introverted (I) 65.63% Extroverted (E) 34.38%
Intuitive (N) 65% Sensing (S) 35%
Feeling (F) 56.25% Thinking (T) 43.75%
Perceiving (P) 52.5% Judging (J) 47.5%
And the most recent results which is sorta the zinger/ catalyst for this new post...
Results - 41 Questions
July 2010
Introverted (I) 76.47% Extroverted (E) 23.53%
Intuitive (N) 66.67% Sensing (S) 33.33%
Feeling (F) 70.59% Thinking (T) 29.41%
Judging (J) 68.57% Perceiving (P) 31.43%
So here are some examples..
That my first impression of a person may not be correct (I learned this and regretted typing a person right off the bat once I got to know them).
My habits of organization concerning my room is fairly organized I guess. I make sure I kept all my receipts...I sort them etc. There is a filing system in my room and I keep a 4 month calendar. When I was younger (say around 8 years) I had my life planned out when I was going to move out of my parents house and what age I'd be when I was going to get married. Before I went to college I had gone to their open house 4 times!!
I do enjoy being spontaneous once an a while but most of the time I already have plans!!! So there is no room to be spontaneous. If I'm hanging out with people and something doesn't work out, I'm open to doing something else. Ie/ movie theater ran out of tickets...so lets go play some pool.
OK so I've been reading that from the INFJ or INFP? a closer look site...
"The directing types are inclined to "tell, ask, urge." They are "moving forward" and they sound "definite." The informing types, on the other hand, tend to "inform, inquire, explain, describe." They are "flowing, open, eliciting." INFPs sound patient while INFJs sound impatient. INFPs tend to perpetuate conversations; INFJs often kill them. INFJs focus on time and task, while INFPs focus on the emergent process. INFPs can sometimes be longwinded; INFJs can sometimes be short-winded (both to their own detriments!)."
The following article is much of an interest of mine...
Can Your Myers-Briggs Type Change?/Neuroplasticity: The Adaptable Brain | AnnHolm.net
Ok now I'm going to try to learn something. If I'm off, please help me. I'm trying to understand this as people are saying that the J and P aren't really the deciding factors but it is Cognition? Anyways, I really want to learn more about what this is etc...but before I educate myself and ruin the results...I like to think the less I know about a subject the less I'm able to manipulate the output...
Here are my results from Keys 2 Cognition:
Cognitive Process Level of Development (Preference, Skill and Frequency of Use)
extraverted Sensing (Se) ********** (10.3)
unused
introverted Sensing (Si) ****************************** (30.6)
good use
extraverted Intuiting (Ne) ****************************** (30.6)
good use
introverted Intuiting (Ni) ********************************************* (45.7)
excellent use
extraverted Thinking (Te) ********************************* (33.7)
good use
introverted Thinking (Ti) ************* (13.3)
unused
extraverted Feeling (Fe) ************************************* (37.6)
excellent use
introverted Feeling (Fi) ************************************** (38.6)
excellent use
INFJ vs INFP
Dominant- Ni- 45.7 Fi- 38.6
Auxiliary- Fe- 37.6 Ne-30.6
Teriary (less developed) Ti- 13.3 (unused) Si-30.6
Inferior(less developed Se-10.3 (unused) Te-33.7
The results said:
"If these cognitive processes don't fit well then consider these types: ENFJ, or INTJ
If these results are different from what you know of yourself, you might consider why your developmental pattern does not align with your expectation. You might also consider exploring this result as a possible better fit."
INFP wasn't even something that they suggested...
I know that there are people who have been on this site for quite a while and can probably lend me some insight into this little dilemma of mine... Groans...