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人的性格傾向，就象分別使用自己的兩隻手寫字一樣，都可以寫出來，但慣用的那隻寫出的會比另一隻更好。MBTI是根據榮格的心理類型理論著成，目前已經成為權威的性格測試，Psytopic特別製作了這一在線測試，希望能幫助一些朋友。歡迎人力資源部的朋友，在招聘和任職中試用本測試；同時也可作為個人職業生涯規劃分析的參考工具；為更好地幫助後來的測試朋友，如果您覺得有不合適或者遺漏的職業，歡迎一起來完善這個測試。-psytopic.com
MBTI（Myers-Briggs Type Indicator），一種迫選型、自我報告式的性格評估測試，用以衡量和描述人們在獲取信息、作出決策、對待生活等方麵的心理活動規律和性格類型。
由美國的心理學家Katherine Cook Briggs (1875-1968) 和她的心理學家女兒Isabel Briggs Myers根據瑞士著名的心理分析學家Carl G. Jung (榮格)的心理類型理論和她們對於人類性格差異的長期觀察和研究而著成。經過了長達50多年的研究和發展，MBTI已經成為了當今全球最為著名和權威的性格測試。
理論基礎: 心理學認為，“性格”是一種個體內部的行為傾向，它具有整體性、結構性、持久穩定性等特點，是每個人特有的，可以對個人外顯的行為、態度提供統一的、內在的解釋。MBTI把人的性格分為十六種類型，由四個維度上的不同偏好構成：
其中，“外向E—內向I”代表著各人不同的精力（Energy）來源；“感覺S—直覺N”、“思考T—情感F”分別表示人們在進行感知（Perception）和判斷（Judgement）時不同的用腦偏好；“判斷J—感知P”是就人們的生活方式（Life Style）而言，它表明我們如何適應外部環境。
Jung把感知和判斷列為腦的兩大基本功能，前者幫助我們從外部世界獲取信息，後者則使我們以特定的方式做出決定。它們在大腦活動中的作用受到各人生活方式和精力來源的節製，從而對人的外部行為和態度產生各不相同的影響。正是在這個意義上，性格被視為一種人與生俱來的天性。人們顯然更願意在生活處世中順應天性，然而個人的行為表現卻注定逃不脫後天因素的影響：文化傳統、教養習慣、利益目標、行動時的客觀條件以至環境的種種限製……因此，盡管在理論上性格可以對行為表現作出某種“解釋”，但是從行為表現出發推測性格，或者相反，從性格出發推測行為表現的努力卻不得不麵對太多不確定因素。換言之，就一個人個體而言，外顯的行為、態度與其性格之間並沒有必然的、直截了當的關聯，承認這種不確定性是一種基本的科學態度，它告訴我們任何單一的邏輯都不足以確定一個人的性格或者根據性格推論行為表現，在我們真的需要這樣做的時候最好還是去請教受過嚴格訓練的專業人士。
主要應用於職業發展、職業谘詢、團隊建議、婚姻教育等方麵，是目前國際上應用較廣的人才甄別工具。
人的性格傾向，就象分別使用自己的兩隻手寫字一樣，都可以寫出來，但慣用的那隻寫出的會比另一隻更好。每個人都會沿著自己所屬的類型發展出個人行為、技巧和態度，而每一種也都存在著自己的潛能和潛在的盲點。本次測試主要探討各種性格類型與相關職業的匹配程度。
MBTI傾向顯示了人與人之間的差異，而這些差異產生於：
– 他們把注意力集中在何處，從哪裏獲得動力（外向、內向）
– 他們獲取信息的方式（實感、直覺）
– 他們做決定的方法（思維、情感）
– 他們對外在世界如何取向；通過認知的過程或判斷的過程（判斷、知覺）
用字母代表如下：
精力支配：外向 E — 內向 I
認識世界：實感 S — 直覺 N
判斷事物：思維 T — 情感 F
生活態度：判斷 J — 知覺 P
其中兩兩組合，可以組合成16種人格類型。
MBTI的原題目較多，Psytopic推薦這個簡化測試，如果您保證在測試過程不試圖去思考“這道題是測什麽的”，相信這個測試依然能夠達到較高的信度和效度。
點擊進入測試: MBTI職業性格測試（Psytopic特別版）
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我的測試結果: (基本屬於入錯了行，幸好嫁對了郎)
Psytopic分析：您的性格類型是“INFJ”(內向+直覺+情感+判斷)
尋求思想、關係、物質等之間的意義和聯係。希望了解什麽能夠激勵人，對人有很強的洞察力。有責任心，堅持自己的價值觀。對於怎樣更好的服務大眾有清晰的遠景。在對於目標的實現過程中有計劃而且果斷堅定。
INFJ型的人生活在思想的世界裏。他們是獨立的、有獨創性的思想家，具有強烈的感情、堅定的原則和正直的人性。即使麵對懷疑，INFJ型的人仍相信自己的看法與決定。他們對自己的評價高於其他的一切，包括流行觀點 和存在的權威，這種內在的觀念激發著他們的積極性。通常INFJ型的人具有本能的洞察力，能夠看到事物更深層的含義。即使他人無法分享他們的熱情，但靈感對於他們重要而令人信服。 INFJ型的人忠誠、堅定、富有理想 。他們珍視正直，十分堅定以至達到倔強的地步。因為他們的說服能力，以及對於什麽對公共利益最有利有清楚的看法，所以 INFJ型的人會成為偉大的領導者。由於他們的貢獻，他們通常會受到尊重或敬佩。因為珍視友誼 和和睦，INFJ型的人喜歡說服別人，使之相信他們的觀點是正確的。通過運用嘉許和讚揚，而不是爭吵和威脅，他們贏得了他人的合作。他們願意毫無保留地激勵同伴，避免爭吵。通常INFJ型的人是深思熟慮的決策者，他 們覺得問題使人興奮，在行動之前他們通常要仔細地考慮。他們喜歡每次全神貫注於一件事情，這會造成一段時期的專心致誌。滿懷熱情與同情心，INFJ型的人強烈地渴望為他人的幸福做貢獻。他們注意其他人的情感和利 益，能夠很好地處理複雜的人。INFJ型的人本身具有深厚複雜的性格，既敏感又熱切。他們內向，很難被人了解，但是願意同自己信任的人分享內在的自我。他們往往有一個交往深厚、持久的小規模的朋友圈，在合適的氛 圍中能產生充分的個人熱情和激情。
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U.S.A. Population Breakdown | |||
ISTJ | ISFJ | INFJ | INTJ |
ISTP | ISFP | INFP | INTP |
ESTP | ESFP | ENFP | ENTP |
ESTJ | ESFJ | ENFJ | ENTJ |
心理學家倒曾經是我的夢。看來還是應該跟著感覺走，走自己喜歡的路。但在中國的升學製度下，很難選擇自己喜歡的專業。
解自己理解他人還是有好處，額很多時候都在努力明白自己，明白自己的感情，對
事情和他人的反映的原因，能把自己的感覺和感情理性化是達到幸福平衡的第一步，
能理解和理性化他人(至少是你在意的人)的性格感情行為則是達到幸福平衡的第二
步。
這大概是這個測驗對額的一點幫助
看大家對性格測試都很有興趣。我想補充幾點個人經驗給大家作參考：
1. 係統的選擇職業的測試，一般是將Myers-Brigs 和Strong (Interest)兩個加在一起。
前者是大家測試過的那個。雖然題型各個測試中心提供的會有所不同，但都是based on Myers-Brigs, 是所謂的個性測試。後者，Strong (Interest)主要是將你的興趣和業界成功人士（並承認自己也喜歡自己的職業）的興趣作比較。這兩個一個測人的先天傾向，一個測人的後天興趣。兩者結合，然後給出職業選擇。
如果真的對自己的就業方向感到困惑的朋友，可以到所在地的各大學作相應的測試。
2。我個人經驗，人的個性會變。
比如說我自己。多年前剛開始測試的時候根本就頭痛得沒法作。因為我自己的人格個性和父母對我的期望夾雜在一起。根本搞不清哪個是哪個。有種特別害怕自己被發現不是父母期待的那種人該怎麽辦的因素在裏麵。
基本上，人們先天都會有某種很強的傾向。這種傾向性會隨著年齡越來越趨向中間。比方說，內向還是外向型。有人小時候內向。如果按百分比來算的話是80%的內向。（50%是又內向，又外向一半一半）
以後隨著步入社會，與人交往，漸漸開朗起來，成了60% 內向。這時此人已經很接近50%了。性格中已經有很大程度的外向在裏麵。
這裏要再補充說明的一點就是，為什麽有些人覺得自己外向，結果卻是內向。 這是因為內向外向的定義是：你是和人相處的時候，可以得到能量充電呢，還是獨處時更能夠幫助你恢複達到平衡。前者是內向。後者是外向型。
我自己是個典型的例子。我從來都是膽小內向的要死的人。多年前測的時候也是內向的厲害。可現在誰會說我內向呢。測試結果也表明我現在已經是外向型了。不過是很靠中間的那種（白菜，飛機，握手）
3。測試結果告訴你是某種類型，不是一刀切的。
比方說前麵提到的。內向和外向型。要是比較ESPJ和ISPJ,推薦的職業是很不一樣的。 可比如說一個人隻是55%內向。那麽，ESPJ的職業也不見得完全不適合此人。尤其這個時候，興趣就顯得格外的重要。
4。每個人（特別是個性強的）有一個主導因素。
比如說，作這個測試，有些問題的答案好像很難說是一個還是另外一個。因為在一種情況下，也許你會選擇前者，另外一種情況下，你會選擇後者。
我建議你不妨多做幾次。每次對拿不準的問題可以作不同的回答。然後比較結果。這裏麵那個不變的參數就是你個性的主導因素。
我自己和我家阿貝就特別明顯。我們倆別的因素都差不多，可在這個主導因素上基本是一個人占了一頭，另一個人占了另外一頭。我們多年來矛盾最多，受益最大的基本都是和這個因素有關的事情。
我個人以為，你現在作的職業，如果沒有和你這個主導因素撞車就沒什麽大問題。但如果你想更上一層樓的話。當然作進一步的反思也是有益的。
最後，祝大家家庭幸福，事業愉快，心想事成
握手握手，咱們是少數派，很珍貴耶
謝謝評論, 人文主義和社會學的東西是很重要，人要是連自己和他人的基本思想行為感覺都不能
理解和明白，那其他還有什麽意義呢
妹妹你和三豐子一樣也
哪吒是“INFP”(內向+直覺+情感+知覺) ,是結果他當畫家當對了
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您適合的領域有：創作性、藝術類 教育、研究、谘詢類等
您適合的職業有：
· 心理學家
· 心理輔導和谘詢人員
· 人力資源管理
· 翻譯
· 大學教師（人文學科）
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· 插圖畫家
· 詩人
· 小說家
覺得這個還真挺有道理，我個美國朋友專門送了我一本書，一直逼著我測，說他覺得
我是INFJ，但我看那書太厚一直沒行動，結果還真是挺準
頂!
覺得挺準的
A technology-and-money-driven society we are in, those names of social scientists and humanitarian oftentimes are overshadowed by the glories of scientists and businessmen. However, we’re probably still struggling in the dark age without all those great social theories that constitutes the core of human’s rationality.
Thanks for the sharing!
準嗎？
準嗎？
餅餅，都忘了還不再做一遍，嗬嗬
熱情洋溢、富有想象力。認為生活是充滿很多可能性。能很快地將事情和信息聯係起來，然後很自信地根據自己的判斷解決問題。很需要別人的肯定，又樂於欣賞和支持別人。靈活、自然不做作，有很強的即興發揮的能力 ，言語流暢。
ENFP型的人充滿熱情和新思想。他們樂觀、自然、富有創造性和自信，具有獨創性的思想和對可能性的強烈感受。對於 ENFP型的人來說，生活是激動人生的戲劇。 ENFP型的人對可能性很感興趣，所以他們了解所有事物中 的深遠意義。他們具有洞察力，是熱情的觀察者，注意常規以外的任何事物。ENFP型的人好奇，喜歡理解而不是判斷。 ENFP型的人具有想象力、適應性和可變性，他們視靈感高於一切，常常是足智多謀的發明人。ENFP型的 人不墨守成規，善於發現做事情的新方法，為思想或行為開辟新道路，並保持它們的開放。在完成新穎想法的過程中，ENFP型的人依賴衝動的能量。他們有大量的主動性，認為問題令人興奮。他們也從周圍其他人中得到能 量，把自己的才能與別人的力量成功地結合在一起。 ENFP型的人具有魅力、充滿生機。他們待人熱情、彬彬有禮、富有同情心，願意幫助別人解決問題。他們具有出色的洞察力和觀察力，常常關心他人的發展。 ENFP型的 人避免衝突，喜歡和睦。他們把更多的精力傾注於維持個人關係而不是客觀事物，喜歡保持一種廣泛的關係。
您適合的領域有：未有明顯的限定領域
您適合的職業有：
· 人力資源經理
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我忘記我是那一型的
好像是很幽默的那個，跟歌兒的一樣
As an INFJ, your primary mode of living is focused internally, where you take things in primarily via intuition. Your secondary mode is external, where you deal with things according to how you feel about them, or how they fit with your personal value system.
INFJs are gentle, caring, complex and highly intuitive individuals. Artistic and creative, they live in a world of hidden meanings and possibilities. Only one percent of the population has an INFJ Personality Type, making it the most rare of all the types.
INFJs place great importance on havings things orderly and systematic in their outer world. They put a lot of energy into identifying the best system for getting things done, and constantly define and re-define the priorities in their lives. On the other hand, INFJs operate within themselves on an intuitive basis which is entirely spontaneous. They know things intuitively, without being able to pinpoint why, and without detailed knowledge of the subject at hand. They are usually right, and they usually know it. Consequently, INFJs put a tremendous amount of faith into their instincts and intuitions. This is something of a conflict between the inner and outer worlds, and may result in the INFJ not being as organized as other Judging types tend to be. Or we may see some signs of disarray in an otherwise orderly tendency, such as a consistently messy desk.
INFJs have uncanny insight into people and situations. They get "feelings" about things and intuitively understand them. As an extreme example, some INFJs report experiences of a psychic nature, such as getting strong feelings about there being a problem with a loved one, and discovering later that they were in a car accident. This is the sort of thing that other types may scorn and scoff at, and the INFJ themself does not really understand their intuition at a level which can be verbalized. Consequently, most INFJs are protective of their inner selves, sharing only what they choose to share when they choose to share it. They are deep, complex individuals, who are quite private and typically difficult to understand. INFJs hold back part of themselves, and can be secretive.
But the INFJ is as genuinely warm as they are complex. INFJs hold a special place in the heart of people who they are close to, who are able to see their special gifts and depth of caring. INFJs are concerned for people's feelings, and try to be gentle to avoid hurting anyone. They are very sensitive to conflict, and cannot tolerate it very well. Situations which are charged with conflict may drive the normally peaceful INFJ into a state of agitation or charged anger. They may tend to internalize conflict into their bodies, and experience health problems when under a lot of stress.
Because the INFJ has such strong intuitive capabilities, they trust their own instincts above all else. This may result in an INFJ stubborness and tendency to ignore other people's opinions. They believe that they're right. On the other hand, INFJ is a perfectionist who doubts that they are living up to their full potential. INFJs are rarely at complete peace with themselves - there's always something else they should be doing to improve themselves and the world around them. They believe in constant growth, and don't often take time to revel in their accomplishments. They have strong value systems, and need to live their lives in accordance with what they feel is right. In deference to the Feeling aspect of their personalities, INFJs are in some ways gentle and easy going. Conversely, they have very high expectations of themselves, and frequently of their families. They don't believe in compromising their ideals.
INFJ is a natural nurturer; patient, devoted and protective. They make loving parents and usually have strong bonds with their offspring. They have high expectations of their children, and push them to be the best that they can be. This can sometimes manifest itself in the INFJ being hard-nosed and stubborn. But generally, children of an INFJ get devoted and sincere parental guidance, combined with deep caring.
In the workplace, the INFJ usually shows up in areas where they can be creative and somewhat independent. They have a natural affinity for art, and many excel in the sciences, where they make use of their intuition. INFJs can also be found in service-oriented professions. They are not good at dealing with minutia or very detailed tasks. The INFJ will either avoid such things, or else go to the other extreme and become enveloped in the details to the extent that they can no longer see the big picture. An INFJ who has gone the route of becoming meticulous about details may be highly critical of other individuals who are not.
The INFJ individual is gifted in ways that other types are not. Life is not necessarily easy for the INFJ, but they are capable of great depth of feeling and personal achievement.
Jungian functional preference ordering:
Dominant: Introverted Intuition
Auxilliary: Extraverted Feeling
Tertiary: Introverted Thinking
Inferior: Extraverted Sensing
Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging
by Joe Butt
Profile: INFJ
Revision: 3.01
Date of Revision: 6 Mar 2005
Beneath the quiet exterior, INFJs hold deep convictions about the weightier matters of life. Those who are activists -- INFJs gravitate toward such a role -- are there for the cause, not for personal glory or political power.
INFJs are champions of the oppressed and downtrodden. They often are found in the wake of an emergency, rescuing those who are in acute distress. INFJs may fantasize about getting revenge on those who victimize the defenseless. The concept of 'poetic justice' is appealing to the INFJ.
"There's something rotten in Denmark." Accurately suspicious about others' motives, INFJs are not easily led. These are the people that you can rarely fool any of the time. Though affable and sympathetic to most, INFJs are selective about their friends. Such a friendship is a symbiotic bond that transcends mere words.
INFJs have a knack for fluency in language and facility in communication. In addition, nonverbal sensitivity enables the INFJ to know and be known by others intimately.
Writing, counseling, public service and even politics are areas where INFJs frequently find their niche.
Functional Analysis:
Introverted iNtuition
Introverted intuitives, INFJs enjoy a greater clarity of perception of inner, unconscious processes than all but their INTJ cousins. Just as SP types commune with the object and "live in the here and now" of the physical world, INFJs readily grasp the hidden psychological stimuli behind the more observable dynamics of behavior and affect. Their amazing ability to deduce the inner workings of the mind, will and emotions of others gives INFJs their reputation as prophets and seers. Unlike the confining, routinizing nature of introverted sensing, introverted intuition frees this type to act insightfully and spontaneously as unique solutions arise on an event by event basis.
Extraverted Feeling
Extraverted feeling, the auxiliary deciding function, expresses a range of emotion and opinions of, for and about people. INFJs, like many other FJ types, find themselves caught between the desire to express their wealth of feelings and moral conclusions about the actions and attitudes of others, and the awareness of the consequences of unbridled candor. Some vent the attending emotions in private, to trusted allies. Such confidants are chosen with care, for INFJs are well aware of the treachery that can reside in the hearts of mortals. This particular combination of introverted intuition and extraverted feeling provides INFJs with the raw material from which perceptive counselors are shaped.
Introverted Thinking
The INFJ's thinking is introverted, turned toward the subject. Perhaps it is when the INFJ's thinking function is operative that he is most aloof. A comrade might surmise that such detachment signals a disillusionment, that she has also been found lacking by the sardonic eye of this one who plumbs the depths of the human spirit. Experience suggests that such distancing is merely an indication that the seer is hard at work and focusing energy into this less efficient tertiary function.
Extraverted Sensing
INFJs are twice blessed with clarity of vision, both internal and external. Just as they possess inner vision which is drawn to the forms of the unconscious, they also have external sensing perception which readily takes hold of worldly objects. Sensing, however, is the weakest of the INFJ's arsenal and the most vulnerable. INFJs, like their fellow intuitives, may be so absorbed in intuitive perceiving that they become oblivious to physical reality. The INFJ under stress may fall prey to various forms of immediate gratification. Awareness of extraverted sensing is probably the source of the "SP wannabe" side of INFJs. Many yearn to live spontaneously; it's not uncommon for INFJ actors to take on an SP (often ESTP) role.
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Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging
by Marina Margaret Heiss
Profile: INTJ
Revision: 3.0
Date of Revision: 27 Feb 2005
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To outsiders, INTJs may appear to project an aura of "definiteness", of self-confidence. This self-confidence, sometimes mistaken for simple arrogance by the less decisive, is actually of a very specific rather than a general nature; its source lies in the specialized knowledge systems that most INTJs start building at an early age. When it comes to their own areas of expertise -- and INTJs can have several -- they will be able to tell you almost immediately whether or not they can help you, and if so, how. INTJs know what they know, and perhaps still more importantly, they know what they don't know. INTJs know what they know, and perhaps still more importantly, they know what they don't know. ( This is very true of me)
INTJs are perfectionists, with a seemingly endless capacity for improving upon anything that takes their interest. What prevents them from becoming chronically bogged down in this pursuit of perfection is the pragmatism so characteristic of the type: INTJs apply (often ruthlessly) the criterion "Does it work?" to everything from their own research efforts to the prevailing social norms. This in turn produces an unusual independence of mind, freeing the INTJ from the constraints of authority, convention, or sentiment for its own sake.
INTJs are known as the "Systems Builders" of the types, perhaps in part because they possess the unusual trait combination of imagination and reliability. Whatever system an INTJ happens to be working on is for them the equivalent of a moral cause to an INFJ; both perfectionism and disregard for authority may come into play, as INTJs can be unsparing of both themselves and the others on the project. Anyone considered to be "slacking," including superiors, will lose their respect -- and will generally be made aware of this; INTJs have also been known to take it upon themselves to implement critical decisions without consulting their supervisors or co-workers. On the other hand, they do tend to be scrupulous and even-handed about recognizing the individual contributions that have gone into a project, and have a gift for seizing opportunities which others might not even notice.
In the broadest terms, what INTJs "do" tends to be what they "know". Typical INTJ career choices are in the sciences and engineering, but they can be found wherever a combination of intellect and incisiveness are required (e.g., law, some areas of academia). INTJs can rise to management positions when they are willing to invest time in marketing their abilities as well as enhancing them, and (whether for the sake of ambition or the desire for privacy) many also find it useful to learn to simulate some degree of surface conformism in order to mask their inherent unconventionality.
Personal relationships, particularly romantic ones, can be the INTJ's Achilles heel. While they are capable of caring deeply for others (usually a select few), and are willing to spend a great deal of time and effort on a relationship, the knowledge and self-confidence that make them so successful in other areas can suddenly abandon or mislead them in interpersonal situations.
This happens in part because many INTJs do not readily grasp the social rituals; for instance, they tend to have little patience and less understanding of such things as small talk and flirtation (which most types consider half the fun of a relationship). To complicate matters, INTJs are usually extremely private people, and can often be naturally impassive as well, which makes them easy to misread and misunderstand. Perhaps the most fundamental problem, however, is that INTJs really want people to make sense. :-) This sometimes results in a peculiar naivete', paralleling that of many Fs -- only instead of expecting inexhaustible affection and empathy from a romantic relationship, the INTJ will expect inexhaustible reasonability and directness.
Probably the strongest INTJ assets in the interpersonal area are their intuitive abilities and their willingness to "work at" a relationship. Although as Ts they do not always have the kind of natural empathy that many Fs do, the Intuitive function can often act as a good substitute by synthesizing the probable meanings behind such things as tone of voice, turn of phrase, and facial expression. This ability can then be honed and directed by consistent, repeated efforts to understand and support those they care about, and those relationships which ultimately do become established with an INTJ tend to be characterized by their robustness, stability, and good communications.
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Functional Analysis
by Joe Butt
Introverted iNtuition
INTJs are idea people. Anything is possible; everything is negotiable. Whatever the outer circumstances, INTJs are ever perceiving inner pattern-forms and using real-world materials to operationalize them. Others may see what is and wonder why; INTJs see what might be and say "Why not?!" Paradoxes, antinomies, and other contradictory phenomena aptly express these intuitors' amusement at those whom they feel may be taking a particular view of reality too seriously. INTJs enjoy developing unique solutions to complex problems.
Extraverted Thinking
Thinking in this auxiliary role is a workhorse. Closure is the payoff for efforts expended. Evaluation begs diagnosis; product drives process. As they come to light, Thinking tends, protects, affirms and directs iNtuition's offspring, fully equipping them for fulfilling and useful lives. A faithful pedagogue, Thinking argues not so much on its own behalf, but in defense of its charges. And through this process these impressionable ideas take on the likeness of their master.
Introverted Feeling
Feeling has a modest inner room, two doors down from the Most Imminent iNtuition. It doesn't get out much, but lends its influence on behalf of causes which are Good and Worthy and Humane. We may catch a glimpse of it in the unspoken attitude of good will, or the gracious smile or nod. Some question the existence of Feeling in this type, yet its unseen balance to Thinking is a cardinal dimension in the full measure of the INTJ's soul.
Extraverted Sensing
Sensing serves with a good will, or not at all. As other inferior functions, it has only a rudimentary awareness of context, amount or degree. Thus INTJs sweat the details or, at times, omit them. "I've made up my mind, don't confuse me with the facts" could well have been said by an INTJ on a mission. Sensing's extraverted attitude is evident in this type's bent to savor sensations rather than to merely categorize them. Indiscretions of indulgence are likely an expression of the unconscious vengeance of the inferior.