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人的性格倾向，就象分别使用自己的两只手写字一样，都可以写出来，但惯用的那只写出的会比另一只更好。MBTI是根据荣格的心理类型理论著成，目前已经成为权威的性格测试，Psytopic特别制作了这一在线测试，希望能帮助一些朋友。欢迎人力资源部的朋友，在招聘和任职中试用本测试；同时也可作为个人职业生涯规划分析的参考工具；为更好地帮助后来的测试朋友，如果您觉得有不合适或者遗漏的职业，欢迎一起来完善这个测试。-psytopic.com
MBTI（Myers-Briggs Type Indicator），一种迫选型、自我报告式的性格评估测试，用以衡量和描述人们在获取信息、作出决策、对待生活等方面的心理活动规律和性格类型。
由美国的心理学家Katherine Cook Briggs (1875-1968) 和她的心理学家女儿Isabel Briggs Myers根据瑞士著名的心理分析学家Carl G. Jung (荣格)的心理类型理论和她们对于人类性格差异的长期观察和研究而著成。经过了长达50多年的研究和发展，MBTI已经成为了当今全球最为著名和权威的性格测试。
理论基础: 心理学认为，“性格”是一种个体内部的行为倾向，它具有整体性、结构性、持久稳定性等特点，是每个人特有的，可以对个人外显的行为、态度提供统一的、内在的解释。MBTI把人的性格分为十六种类型，由四个维度上的不同偏好构成：
其中，“外向E—内向I”代表着各人不同的精力（Energy）来源；“感觉S—直觉N”、“思考T—情感F”分别表示人们在进行感知（Perception）和判断（Judgement）时不同的用脑偏好；“判断J—感知P”是就人们的生活方式（Life Style）而言，它表明我们如何适应外部环境。
Jung把感知和判断列为脑的两大基本功能，前者帮助我们从外部世界获取信息，后者则使我们以特定的方式做出决定。它们在大脑活动中的作用受到各人生活方式和精力来源的节制，从而对人的外部行为和态度产生各不相同的影响。正是在这个意义上，性格被视为一种人与生俱来的天性。人们显然更愿意在生活处世中顺应天性，然而个人的行为表现却注定逃不脱后天因素的影响：文化传统、教养习惯、利益目标、行动时的客观条件以至环境的种种限制……因此，尽管在理论上性格可以对行为表现作出某种“解释”，但是从行为表现出发推测性格，或者相反，从性格出发推测行为表现的努力却不得不面对太多不确定因素。换言之，就一个人个体而言，外显的行为、态度与其性格之间并没有必然的、直截了当的关联，承认这种不确定性是一种基本的科学态度，它告诉我们任何单一的逻辑都不足以确定一个人的性格或者根据性格推论行为表现，在我们真的需要这样做的时候最好还是去请教受过严格训练的专业人士。
主要应用于职业发展、职业咨询、团队建议、婚姻教育等方面，是目前国际上应用较广的人才甄别工具。
人的性格倾向，就象分别使用自己的两只手写字一样，都可以写出来，但惯用的那只写出的会比另一只更好。每个人都会沿着自己所属的类型发展出个人行为、技巧和态度，而每一种也都存在着自己的潜能和潜在的盲点。本次测试主要探讨各种性格类型与相关职业的匹配程度。
MBTI倾向显示了人与人之间的差异，而这些差异产生于：
– 他们把注意力集中在何处，从哪里获得动力（外向、内向）
– 他们获取信息的方式（实感、直觉）
– 他们做决定的方法（思维、情感）
– 他们对外在世界如何取向；通过认知的过程或判断的过程（判断、知觉）
用字母代表如下：
精力支配：外向 E — 内向 I
认识世界：实感 S — 直觉 N
判断事物：思维 T — 情感 F
生活态度：判断 J — 知觉 P
其中两两组合，可以组合成16种人格类型。
MBTI的原题目较多，Psytopic推荐这个简化测试，如果您保证在测试过程不试图去思考“这道题是测什么的”，相信这个测试依然能够达到较高的信度和效度。
点击进入测试: MBTI职业性格测试（Psytopic特别版）
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我的测试结果: (基本属于入错了行，幸好嫁对了郎)
Psytopic分析：您的性格类型是“INFJ”(内向+直觉+情感+判断)
寻求思想、关系、物质等之间的意义和联系。希望了解什么能够激励人，对人有很强的洞察力。有责任心，坚持自己的价值观。对于怎样更好的服务大众有清晰的远景。在对于目标的实现过程中有计划而且果断坚定。
INFJ型的人生活在思想的世界里。他们是独立的、有独创性的思想家，具有强烈的感情、坚定的原则和正直的人性。即使面对怀疑，INFJ型的人仍相信自己的看法与决定。他们对自己的评价高于其他的一切，包括流行观点 和存在的权威，这种内在的观念激发着他们的积极性。通常INFJ型的人具有本能的洞察力，能够看到事物更深层的含义。即使他人无法分享他们的热情，但灵感对于他们重要而令人信服。 INFJ型的人忠诚、坚定、富有理想 。他们珍视正直，十分坚定以至达到倔强的地步。因为他们的说服能力，以及对于什么对公共利益最有利有清楚的看法，所以 INFJ型的人会成为伟大的领导者。由于他们的贡献，他们通常会受到尊重或敬佩。因为珍视友谊 和和睦，INFJ型的人喜欢说服别人，使之相信他们的观点是正确的。通过运用嘉许和赞扬，而不是争吵和威胁，他们赢得了他人的合作。他们愿意毫无保留地激励同伴，避免争吵。通常INFJ型的人是深思熟虑的决策者，他 们觉得问题使人兴奋，在行动之前他们通常要仔细地考虑。他们喜欢每次全神贯注于一件事情，这会造成一段时期的专心致志。满怀热情与同情心，INFJ型的人强烈地渴望为他人的幸福做贡献。他们注意其他人的情感和利 益，能够很好地处理复杂的人。INFJ型的人本身具有深厚复杂的性格，既敏感又热切。他们内向，很难被人了解，但是愿意同自己信任的人分享内在的自我。他们往往有一个交往深厚、持久的小规模的朋友圈，在合适的氛 围中能产生充分的个人热情和激情。
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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 |
心理学家倒曾经是我的梦。看来还是应该跟着感觉走，走自己喜欢的路。但在中国的升学制度下，很难选择自己喜欢的专业。
解自己理解他人还是有好处，额很多时候都在努力明白自己，明白自己的感情，对
事情和他人的反映的原因，能把自己的感觉和感情理性化是达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)的性格感情行为则是达到幸福平衡的第二
步。
这大概是这个测验对额的一点帮助
看大家对性格测试都很有兴趣。我想补充几点个人经验给大家作参考：
1. 系统的选择职业的测试，一般是将Myers-Brigs 和Strong (Interest)两个加在一起。
前者是大家测试过的那个。虽然题型各个测试中心提供的会有所不同，但都是based on Myers-Brigs, 是所谓的个性测试。后者，Strong (Interest)主要是将你的兴趣和业界成功人士（并承认自己也喜欢自己的职业）的兴趣作比较。这两个一个测人的先天倾向，一个测人的后天兴趣。两者结合，然后给出职业选择。
如果真的对自己的就业方向感到困惑的朋友，可以到所在地的各大学作相应的测试。
2。我个人经验，人的个性会变。
比如说我自己。多年前刚开始测试的时候根本就头痛得没法作。因为我自己的人格个性和父母对我的期望夹杂在一起。根本搞不清哪个是哪个。有种特别害怕自己被发现不是父母期待的那种人该怎么办的因素在里面。
基本上，人们先天都会有某种很强的倾向。这种倾向性会随着年龄越来越趋向中间。比方说，内向还是外向型。有人小时候内向。如果按百分比来算的话是80%的内向。（50%是又内向，又外向一半一半）
以后随着步入社会，与人交往，渐渐开朗起来，成了60% 内向。这时此人已经很接近50%了。性格中已经有很大程度的外向在里面。
这里要再补充说明的一点就是，为什么有些人觉得自己外向，结果却是内向。 这是因为内向外向的定义是：你是和人相处的时候，可以得到能量充电呢，还是独处时更能够帮助你恢复达到平衡。前者是内向。后者是外向型。
我自己是个典型的例子。我从来都是胆小内向的要死的人。多年前测的时候也是内向的厉害。可现在谁会说我内向呢。测试结果也表明我现在已经是外向型了。不过是很靠中间的那种（白菜，飞机，握手）
3。测试结果告诉你是某种类型，不是一刀切的。
比方说前面提到的。内向和外向型。要是比较ESPJ和ISPJ,推荐的职业是很不一样的。 可比如说一个人只是55%内向。那么，ESPJ的职业也不见得完全不适合此人。尤其这个时候，兴趣就显得格外的重要。
4。每个人（特别是个性强的）有一个主导因素。
比如说，作这个测试，有些问题的答案好像很难说是一个还是另外一个。因为在一种情况下，也许你会选择前者，另外一种情况下，你会选择后者。
我建议你不妨多做几次。每次对拿不准的问题可以作不同的回答。然后比较结果。这里面那个不变的参数就是你个性的主导因素。
我自己和我家阿贝就特别明显。我们俩别的因素都差不多，可在这个主导因素上基本是一个人占了一头，另一个人占了另外一头。我们多年来矛盾最多，受益最大的基本都是和这个因素有关的事情。
我个人以为，你现在作的职业，如果没有和你这个主导因素撞车就没什么大问题。但如果你想更上一层楼的话。当然作进一步的反思也是有益的。
最后，祝大家家庭幸福，事业愉快，心想事成
握手握手，咱们是少数派，很珍贵耶
谢谢评论, 人文主义和社会学的东西是很重要，人要是连自己和他人的基本思想行为感觉都不能
理解和明白，那其他还有什么意义呢
妹妹你和三丰子一样也
哪吒是“INFP”(内向+直觉+情感+知觉) ,是结果他当画家当对了
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觉得这个还真挺有道理，我个美国朋友专门送了我一本书，一直逼着我测，说他觉得
我是INFJ，但我看那书太厚一直没行动，结果还真是挺准
顶!
觉得挺准的
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!
准吗？
准吗？
饼饼，都忘了还不再做一遍，呵呵
热情洋溢、富有想象力。认为生活是充满很多可能性。能很快地将事情和信息联系起来，然后很自信地根据自己的判断解决问题。很需要别人的肯定，又乐于欣赏和支持别人。灵活、自然不做作，有很强的即兴发挥的能力 ，言语流畅。
ENFP型的人充满热情和新思想。他们乐观、自然、富有创造性和自信，具有独创性的思想和对可能性的强烈感受。对于 ENFP型的人来说，生活是激动人生的戏剧。 ENFP型的人对可能性很感兴趣，所以他们了解所有事物中 的深远意义。他们具有洞察力，是热情的观察者，注意常规以外的任何事物。ENFP型的人好奇，喜欢理解而不是判断。 ENFP型的人具有想象力、适应性和可变性，他们视灵感高于一切，常常是足智多谋的发明人。ENFP型的 人不墨守成规，善于发现做事情的新方法，为思想或行为开辟新道路，并保持它们的开放。在完成新颖想法的过程中，ENFP型的人依赖冲动的能量。他们有大量的主动性，认为问题令人兴奋。他们也从周围其他人中得到能 量，把自己的才能与别人的力量成功地结合在一起。 ENFP型的人具有魅力、充满生机。他们待人热情、彬彬有礼、富有同情心，愿意帮助别人解决问题。他们具有出色的洞察力和观察力，常常关心他人的发展。 ENFP型的 人避免冲突，喜欢和睦。他们把更多的精力倾注于维持个人关系而不是客观事物，喜欢保持一种广泛的关系。
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我忘记我是那一型的
好像是很幽默的那个，跟歌儿的一样
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.