You have too much Ne to be ISTJ... Inferior functions are usually not rated too high like that, unless you're very old and have them developed. You also have too much Fi. I think you're an INFP. Try doing it again, read carefully all the questions and in multiple choices answer just the choose the option that fits better

 

Alrighty! I was also thinking the other functions were too high. :')

 

What test is this? I don't think I've seen it. (edit: Oh right, Michael Caloz.)
Mmm, but it's more like your Ne is more preferred than than your Ni, likewise greatly prefering Fi over Fe. It's hard to really gauge the function order though on this....

Your 4 primary functions appear to be: Si, Fi, Te, Ne. (Si-Ne and Fi-Te are always in axis with each other just like Fe-Ti and Ni-Se - so it'd be a choice between ISTJ, ESTJ, INFP, ENFP based on this). Mind you there's always going to be some margin of error with these tests as well. Your Thinking scores is the least skewered in one direction or another though. I don't know if the low Fe score is indicative of being Fe-inferior (IxTP) but it seems more likely you have the Te-Fi axis. Even with the inferior functions, the person has a love-hate focus on it.
Your Thinking functions might be in the middle row with your feeling where it isn't too overblown in one direction or another. The aux is usually the most balanced of someone's functions. I am kinda leaning ISTJ with this, or perhaps ENFP.

Functions take time to really figure out, tests can only help so much... But I'd recommend looking into these types I mentioned above and see which makes the most sense to you - you know yourself the best. Finding your type takes a lot of self-evaluation and trial and error usually.

 

What test is this? I don't think I've seen it.

This test: The Michael Caloz Cognitive Functions Test
You have taken this test:

https://www.personalitycafe.com/threads/how-do-you-like-this-mbti-test.1368432/#post-44353534

 

@noncomposmentis do you have your full results please?

 

Yeah.

The Michael Caloz Cognitive Functions Test

Want to better understand who you are? Unlike other 16-types tests, this one goes way beyond the usual 4 letters to explore the deeper cognitive functions.

www.michaelcaloz.com

I'll take it again anyway. :^)

 

Hi! I've been trying to figure out my MBTI type for a while, but had no success. So, I was suggested to take this test. It'd be nice to read your thoughts about it.

My first possible results were ISTJ and INTP, but I'm not too convinced. Though, I barely understand cognitive functions, so I'd appreciate some help. :')

So at the risk of being completely unhelpful, part of the reason I don't like tests is precisely for the scatterplot of data you got from that. (And, to be clear, Caloz is my favorite MBTI online at the moment.) But it's kind of anyone's guess right now, there's no clear winner as far as which function is dominant or inferior, and it's important to remember that the size of the bar doesn't necessarily correspond to how much you prefer that function. Theoretically it does, but since what it's quantifying is how many questions you answered affirmatively for that particular function, it's not a one-to-one thing. That is to say, if any test could be perfect, results wouldn't be ambiguous.

I think it's also worth noting that you can not show a distinct preference for any of Jung's dichotomies, and depending on who you ask, that's actually an ideal situation, since it means you have equally-conscious access to the whole range of human cognitive activities. So, if that is you, that's pretty neat.

Since you're new to all this, here's the definitions I typically work with that I find helpful:

• Introversion: oriented towards your inner world and away from the external world. You're introverted if you find that your mind most often and most unconsciously drifts towards getting lost in your own thoughts, focusing on what's happening inside instead of outside.
• Extraversion: oriented towards the outer world and away from the inner world. You're extraverted if you find that your mind most often and most unconsciously drifts towards attending to the external world, if you like being engaged or aware of what's going on outside you as opposed to inside your mind.

Arguably, this is the most important dichotomy, since it'll frame everything else here forward. Thankfully, it's also a pretty simple question: do you, in general, focus your attention on what's going on around you or on what's in your own head. We all do both to varying degrees, but this is just asking which one you do most easily.

Onto cognitive functions:

• Thinking: evaluating information and stimuli according to impersonal criteria: logic, reason, efficiency, that sort of thing.
• Feeling: evaluating information and stimuli according to personal criteria: emotion, tone, harmony, that sort of thing.
• Sensation: perception of the concrete aspects of a given stimulus: color, shape, texture, the feeling of your own body, that sort of thing.
• Intuition: perception of the more abstract or immaterial aspects of a given stimulus: connections, associations, symbolism, that sort of thing.

What I usually ask people when we're talking through this sort of thing is, based on those four definitions, which one do you think you tend to focus on most, and/or which one do you focus on least. If you can't answer one, the other is typically illuminating. Identifying the inferior function is kind of an underrated typing technique, since it's usually fairly obvious to most people. For me, I'm notoriously spacey and not good with details--both typical of repressed sensation. Therefore, if sensation is repressed, intuition is probably dominant.

It's easy to overcomplicate this stage, so don't overthink it too much. Go with your gut.

Once you've identified whether you're an introvert or extravert, and then what your dominant function is, all you have to do is combine them. So for me, I know I'm an introvert and intuition is dominant. Your dominant function will match your intro/extravert preference, so I'm Ni-dominant. That also means I have inferior Se. After that, it's just a matter of figuring out which function supports your dominant. This is a bit more complex for a couple of reasons that aren't really relevant right now, but you shouldn't be looking for whether your auxiliary is Te or Ti--try to keep it big picture. If your dominant function is, say, Se, your next question only needs to be if you think it's supported by T or F. Or, if your dominant function is Fe, if it's supported by N or S.

Part of the reason I'm typing all of this out is because, based on the results you posted, I have no flipping idea how to type you. You seem to have preferences for Te, Ne, Fi, and Si, but it's not like your scores for Ti, Ni, Fe, and Se are particularly weak, either. Again, it's why I think figuring out which function is your dominant (outside of it's I or E affiliation) is most important, because that'll make most of the rest of it fall into place. Even if we assume that Te, Ne, Fi, and Si are accurate, that still means you could be an ESTJ, ISTJ, ENFP, or INFP, depending on the particular arrangement of those functions. I don't see enough of a pronounced preference in your results to feel comfortable choosing any of those. My gut's kind of telling me that you're an introvert of some kind (maybe even an ISFJ?--Fe/Fi is a common mistype), but I don't have any real concrete reason for thinking that.

Long-winded reply all aside: based on the definitions I offered, what do you think your dominant or inferior function is?

 

Thanks for taking the time to write. Seeing such a long response makes me a bit excited.

I think it's also worth noting that you can not show a distinct preference for any of Jung's dichotomies, and depending on who you ask, that's actually an ideal situation, since it means you have equally-conscious access to the whole range of human cognitive activities. So, if that is you, that's pretty neat.

That sounds pretty cool, but I doubt that's my case.

Long-winded reply all aside: based on the definitions I offered, what do you think your dominant or inferior function is?

With your explanation, I'm starting to consider intuition as a possible dominant function. But I'd like to investigate this further, just to be sure :>

 

Thanks for taking the time to write. Seeing such a long response makes me a bit excited.

That sounds pretty cool, but I doubt that's my case.

With your explanation, I'm starting to consider intuition as a possible dominant function. But I'd like to investigate this further, just to be sure :>

Lol, glad it excites you.

So if you think intuition is dominant, that means sensation is probably inferior to the same degree. All that inferior means is that you're generally not very proficient with the function, have some difficulty with it, its use is relatively unrefined and potentially immature in certain aspects. It'll still exert influence in your cognition, but it can be a bit subtler than your other traits. If you're an extravert, then you'd have dominant Ne and inferior Si. If you're an introvert, then Ni-Se. Here's some traits typical of inferior Se or Si:

Se:

• You tend to be rather inattentive in the external world. When you do have to focus outside yourself, you tend to focus on your immediate sensory perceptions, but doing say takes significant effort, and you often find yourself slipping back into your inner dialogue without really noticing.
• You can find physical sensations to be a bit overwhelmingly intense: good food can taste extremely good, endorphins after exercising are extremely powerful. Whatever your preferred sensations, they can feel a bit overwhelming at times.
• You have a bit of an all-or-nothing relationship with external physical stimuli. You can either be ascetically detached from physical pleasure, or you can indulge them wantonly and excessively. Discipline with sensation probably isn't necessarily your strong suit; even if you tend to not eat excessively or indulge in vices, it's not necessarily because you're good at denying yourself, you're usually so absorbed in your own head that you don't think about it.

Si:

• You tend to be rather inattentive to your inner world. When you do focus inside yourself, your focus tends to drift towards concrete experiences, impressions, and inner sensations. You might have a rather impressionistic memory, as memories are composites of the details of the experience itself as well as your impressions, emotions, and subjective experience. But focusing inside yourself in this way takes effort, and you find yourself seduced back to your perceptions of the external world easily.
• You can be strongly in tune with your inner physical state. You might notice that you're getting sick well in advance of any obvious symptoms, or you might experience inner sensations with a particular degree of vividness. Of course, this is inferior, so the experience of those sensations can be intense, unrefined, and a bit overwhelming at times.
• You're almost desperately inattentive to details. Trying to focus on them is like trying to mix oil and water, as any kind of dealing with details makes you naturally start wondering what's possible based on them and how you might explore those ideas. Bureaucratic work, schedules, even deadlines in some cases, all seem pointless and menial because they distract you from your exploration of the outer world. (This one is kind of a combination of ENxP both repressing their detail-oriented function and their extraverted judgment; the reason INxJs tend to be better about this point is because they have a conscious Te or Fe, which can compensate for their lack of Se, whereas an ENxP has dominant Fi or Ti, which has its uses, but managing the details of life is, unfortunately, usually not it.)

Now with all that said, here's more specific traits of the dominant intuitive functions to be on the lookout for. Also recognize that my descriptions are probably going to be colored by my experience of my own functions (Ni-Te-Fi-Se). I'll try to filter out as much, but it's rather difficult to describe these things in a vacuum.

Ne:

• You probably feel yourself drawn towards the novel, zany, or unique, and you probably have a creative or artistic bent as well. You're easily bored by routine and can get kind of existential if you have to do the exact same thing two or even three days in a row. You're a go with the flow kind of person as well; you don't necessarily focus on accomplishing a particular goal, but you instead feel like more of an explorer. You want to see what's out there, what's possible, what all things could be.
• Your primary attention is directed towards perceiving possibilities inherent to the external world. This can take the form of imagery in your mind, but it has a rather energetic character to it; any external stimulus unleashes a flood of ideas, inspirations, interpretations, possibilities, at the expense of the stimulus' physical characteristics. You're not so much concerned with experiencing reality as it is, but discovering what reality could be. You can be a bit ravenous your exploration as well, and you might find reality disappointing in some ways, since it's not possible for you to explore everything that you want to explore. You might also come across as a bit distractible to others; not because you necessarily are, but because once you've explored the possibilities you want to explore, you naturally move onto other things.
• You might find that expressing yourself is generally pretty easy. This can be partly because you don't feel bound to any one particular type of expression for very long--you'll express yourself the way you want to today, and then when something better or new comes along, you have few qualms discarding the old and putting on the new. Sometimes it can feel like there's little barrier between your thoughts and the external world; rather, you might sometimes feel like there's a merging of the two--your thoughts and ideas bubble out of you in your words and actions, and you take great delight in watching them enter the world and seeing what new potential they unleash.
• You live in the moment, with a tendency towards the future; that is, things that aren't settled and concrete. You dislike things that are settled because it can feel like there's no more to be said on the matter, and you can be especially frustrated by people who seem too quick to close the book on something when there's so much left to interpret or explore. You can be extremely insightful, as your thinking is always a shotgun blast of insights, and development of your auxiliary and tertiary function has taught you how to perceive which perceptions have the most potential.

I'm going to apologize here. Ne is hard for me to describe and think about, and I've done my best, but I invite all Ne-users to critique and refine the way I've described it.

Ni:

• You probably feel yourself drawn towards the strange, mysterious, and unknown, and likely have a creative or artistic bent as well. You like mysteries, symbols, and probably find yourself intrigued by mysticism or spirituality in some form or another. The compulsion towards these things has a lot to do with their inner mark they leave on you--things that mysterious and esoteric stay with you, as you ruminate on their meanings for a long time, and they may even seem like they hold the key to understanding life in some way or another.
• Your primary attention is directed towards perceiving your inner dialogue. This inner dialogue tends to take the form of an intuitive stream of consciousness; you might not necessarily need to consciously think. Rather, your inner life is a swirl of images, impressions, and formless thoughts, all of which you can intuitively and immediately understand. You may not, however, always notice that what you're perceiving is directly related to yourself or what's going on around you, as you're so fascinated by the unfolding stream. You might enjoy things like nature walks because they allow you to engage your body while still directing your attention towards your inner perceptions. You're highly reflective and contemplative.
• Trying to explain what goes on in your head can be extremely difficult because of how abstract the inner perceptions are, and you may have even learned not to really talk about it with other people, since they might think you're a bit nutty if you did. That doesn't necessarily bother you, though; as much as having someone who understands how your brain works would be nice, the exact nature of your inner life is for you and you alone. Self-expression, in general, is can be rather difficult.
• You tend to ruminate on things unconsciously for a long time. You might realize the answer to a question a decent amount of time after it was posed, or you might only understand your reaction to something well after the event has passed. Rarely are you consciously processing any of these things; you have a tangential awareness of it in the back of your mind, but you don't often do much deliberate reasoning through your experiences. Rather, understanding and insight can tend to just come to you, and you've learned that you do your best thinking when you stay out of the way and just let it happen. You can be extremely insightful, both about yourself and others, it can tend to happen (not all the time, just tend to happen) rather suddenly, like when you or someone else does the thing that helps you put it all together. You can make correct conjectures off of (seemingly, to yourself and others) little evidence.

Hope that helps!

 

I did this test last night, didn't take screenshot, but still ESTJ.

Probably the best test I have tried.

 

I did it yday too and I get INTP🤔

 

Yeah.

The Michael Caloz Cognitive Functions Test

Want to better understand who you are? Unlike other 16-types tests, this one goes way beyond the usual 4 letters to explore the deeper cognitive functions.

www.michaelcaloz.com

I'll take it again anyway. :^)

Fi Si Ne Te.
To me this stack makes perfect sense on its own it's just not matching the standard stacks.

I did it yday too and I get INTP🤔

I retook and I was still ISTP...

 

Fi Si Ne Te.
To me this stack makes perfect sense on its own it's just not matching the standard stacks.


I retook and I was still ISTP...

it's ISTJ though.
I think the test got that right

 

SI = I have tummy ache
NI = I have a snake in my tummy

 

 

Confirmation only. I've always been an ENTP.

• You're amazingly open-minded. You have endless ideas, and you're great at playing devil's advocate (sometimes even just with yourself in your head). You love debate, and it can be hard when you want to argue for fun but other people are offended or misinterpret your intentions.
• You like keeping your options open, and you don't want to have to commit to one single path or task. It can be tough to stick to one of your ideas or projects long enough to actually finish it (either because you're a perfectionist or you just get bored).
• You hate dealing with bureaucracy and logistics. And you feel drained when you're boxed in or bored—when it feels like there's no room for innovation and you're not allowed to fully express your thoughts or explore different approaches or perspectives. The brainstorming phase of a new project is the best, and you'd hate to be brought in afterward and just told to finish setting up the logistics for someone else's ideas.
• You struggle with balancing logic and your subjective perceptions on one hand with other people's feelings and social conventions on the other. This can manifest in a number of ways: You might like messing with people, or you might look down on them. You might be overly concerned with looking good, or you might sacrifice your needs to care for others. All this can also make you wonder sometimes if you're actually an introvert (ENTPs are one of the most introverted extrovert types).

Your natural gifts make you:

• Innovative
• Adaptable
• Curious
• Energetic
• Persuasive

Common challenges:

• Follow-through, finishing projects
• Difficulty with routine, logistics, bureaucracy
• Tendency to debate too often
• Insensitivity (prioritizing "harsh truth" over feelings)
• Overthinking, analysis paralysis

 

INTP

 

Test typed me as INFP. Not too surprised by my results, I grew up with an ISFP mom, and being around her Fi all the time and her strictness toward me had caused me to develop Fi, even if I'm supposed to be an INFJ.


INFP (38 points)
ISFP (33 points)
INFJ (32 points)
INTP (30 points)
ENFP (28 points)
ENFJ (24 points)
ISTP (24 points)
ESFP (24 points)
INTJ (24 points)
ISFJ (24 points)
ENTP (19 points)
ENTJ (16 points)
ESTP (15 points)
ISTJ (15 points)
ESFJ (14 points)
ESTJ (5 points)

 

I did this test last night, didn't take screenshot, but still ESTJ.

 

I don't like the Michael Caloz test and I don't know if I ever expressed my displeasure with it in its relevant thread. One of its problems is that it goes quite far with its latter assumptions. A common mistake these tests make is over extrapolate Fe. They think that thinking about feeling in an extroverted manner automatically = group harmony. Granted, while Fe people think about decisions that affect groups at large- especially decisions that focus on their feelings, whether those decisions are 'harmonious' or not is a separate matter.

How else can one get to caring about harmony? If I am typed correctly, you can use me as an example. I care about group harmonies because that is a personal value, and I take actions to ensure that that because I am thinking about how individuals feel within their groups. However, unlike Fe doms, my focus (you could say my awareness) of the individual is generally not something I can ignore.

Let's think about gift-giving. My ESFJ friends will give without conscious thought to how giving that gift costs them. It's like their individual self has disappeared. Contrast that with me. When I give a gift, I notice how getting the gift for them affects me. And then I decide to give it away. Like, I could be rather happy if I kept this bag of coffee, but I'm giving it away because that's what I'm going to do. Meanwhile, I think the ESFJ is focused on the outcome more. Giving gift makes them happy.

The Michael Caloz test has me as ISTJ, INTP, and some other third type. INFP was forth.

Instead, I'd like to recommend you give the Sakinorva Cognitive Function Domains Test a go. You'll get an idea of how people online might type you, some information as to the different systems typists refer to, and various answers as what your type might be. It's a good starting point.

 

Instead, I'd like to recommend you give the Sakinorva Cognitive Function Domains Test a go. You'll get an idea of how people online might type you, some information as to the different systems typists refer to, and various answers as what your type might be. It's a good starting point.

I'll check it out. Thanks