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i had a worm in my hair and i slept on the worm and then i found it in my soup and i sat on a hot piece of tin and my skirt inched up and my panties got hot so i went to the freezer and I ate a big onion is that bad de doo de dee doo

Based on your results in May and in August, I'd say, you were slowly gravitating toward ESFJ.

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My new and shiny results as of January 2011:

ENTP (or possibly INTP or ESTP)

introverted Thinking (Ti) *************************************** (39.2) excellent use
extraverted Intuiting (Ne) *************************************** (39.1) excellent use
introverted Intuiting (Ni) ******************************* (31.9) good use
extraverted Sensing (Se) ******************************* (31.1) good use
introverted Feeling (Fi) ****************************** (30) average use
extraverted Feeling (Fe) ***************************** (29.9) average use
extraverted Thinking (Te) ********************* (21.7) limited use
introverted Sensing (Si) ***************** (17.7) limited use

These are very typical results for me....... Although Te is usually dead last on this test, and on other tests Fi comes out on top or even with Ne.
Generally it's: Fi>/=Ne>Ti>Ni>>Se>/=Si=Fe>Te.

My opinion of these tests is that they are just another tool for confirming or exploring your type; I don't believe they can gauge your actual function order. For instance, I think I test well on Ti because I have a preference for Ji, and there is some "overlap" in the descriptions between Ti & Fi (ie. "Fine-tune a definition or concept to support a theory, perspective or framework." - I think Fi does this also, but more in the service of ideals than dry logic).

extraverted Intuiting (Ne) ******************************************************** (56.2) excellent use
introverted Feeling (Fi) ***************************************************** (53.9) excellent use
introverted Thinking (Ti) **************************************** (40.9) excellent use
introverted Intuiting (Ni) ************************************ (36.2) excellent use
extraverted Sensing (Se) ********************* (21.6) limited use
extraverted Feeling (Fe) *********** (11.3) unused
extraverted Thinking (Te) ********** (10. unused
introverted Sensing (Si) ******** (8.9) unused


I like the descriptions better on this test, but the scoring no longer works. I'm thinking of making an excel version that scores it for you, if I ever get around to it

I'm so second-guessing my type again lately. I flip-flopped between INTP and INTJ for years. After reading a half-dozen MBTI-related books in 2009, I was 95% confident that INTJ was my best match.

Now I'm substantially less confident again. Blargh.

extraverted Sensing (Se): (9.1) - unused
introverted Sensing (Si): (24.3) - average use
extraverted Intuiting (Ne): (41.7) - excellent use
introverted Intuiting (Ni): (40.5) - excellent use
extraverted Thinking (Te): (34.4) - good use
introverted Thinking (Ti): (34.5) - good use
extraverted Feeling (Fe): (23.4) - limited use
introverted Feeling (Fi): (32.3) - good use

I always get this sort of result on function quizzes, with my scores for introverted/extraverted thinking and intuiting coming very close together. No wonder I'm confused.

My use of Fi and Fe has steadily increased over the past few years, though. I am proud of that. Maybe I have a shot at becoming a wise and balanced old lady.

Well, it's been a while since I've done this test, and I could have sworn I should have had results on this forum somewhere. The visible lack of them, combined with a few new personal revelations led me to take this test again. So, um, here we go!
Hmmmmmm. I'm a little disappointed with how comparatively low Ni is compared to how it usually is, but maybe I was just kidding myself. Odd as the latest epiphanies were definitely conceived in a 'mystical state' :p

As for Si, well, I agree with it being that high. It's getting to the point that I don't feel like I am living in the past or being held back by it anymore, but that memory is more effortless and I feel a sense of congruence and consistency that links all the selves I have been in the past to the self I am today more accurately. The sense of unity and 'oneness' is somehow liberating. It is most definitely in the service of Fi, though I am still as much of a wannabe food connoiseur as ever.

I am a little disappointed that Te is so low but then again I am not too surprised either. I realised that my desire to be logical and think objectively was more so that I could be respected and perceived by others as being an intelligent and reasonable person than out of any inwardly felt compulsion to transmute myself into an NT. I won't pretend anymore. That's not to say that I don't find the ability to be objective useful both on a personal level and when dealing with the outside world, but I can't pretend it is relevant to my self-concept anymore.

Fe is likely where it is due to the tutor job I was working at, although I rarely had to deal with more than three people at any one time save for networking events. It was certainly educational, and though the very act of feeling responsible for the well-being of others, particularly in the plural, still feels more like an awkward act than a natural state of being, I am made to wonder if I do not feel awkward simply because the concept of taking responsibility for effective strangers is daunting to contemplate.

In any case, I could've done with a few more Ni points, perhaps, but otherwise I agree completely with the rest

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We are beyond our own ability to define ourselves - we can only describe what we think we are.

extraverted Sensing (Se) (17.1)
limited use
introverted Sensing (Si) (25.9)
average use
extraverted Intuiting (Ne) (38.3)
excellent use
introverted Intuiting (Ni) (38.1)
excellent use
extraverted Thinking (Te) (14.8
unused
introverted Thinking (Ti) (30)
average use
extraverted Feeling (Fe) (31.2)
good use
introverted Feeling (Fi) (44.4)
excellent use

Apparently i'm retarded when it comes to extraverted thinking. not that surprising really
and no i'm not my type, i prefer curvy women over short, scraggly men

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"...he must bring forth values which are an equivalent substitute for his absence in the collective personal sphere. Without this production of values individuation is immoral and, more than that, suicidal..." Jung

Cognitive Process Level of Development (Preference, Skill and Frequency of Use)

introverted Intuiting (Ni) ********************************************** (46.1)
excellent use
extraverted Intuiting (Ne) ******************************************** (45)
excellent use
introverted Sensing (Si) ************** (14.2)
unused
extraverted Sensing (Se) *********** (11.4)
unused
introverted Thinking (Ti) ********************************************* (45)
excellent use
extraverted Feeling (Fe) ******************************** (32.6)
good use
introverted Feeling (Fi) ************************ (24.4)
average use
extraverted Thinking (Te) ********************* (21.7)
limited use




Summary Analysis of Profile
By focusing on the strongest configuration of cognitive processes, your pattern of responses most closely matches individuals of this type: INTP


Wowza, looks like I just might be an INTP - who enjoys intuiting and is unable to -not- crash into stationary objects. Or air. How is my Ni higher than my Ne? O.O

Also, I think I need to develop my Te and Fi a bit more. I've noticed that the self-imposed rules I apply concerning the treatment of human beings (and other beings), for some reason, don't apply towards myself, even though logically I should be treated fairly just as anyone else - since my my belief is that everyone should be treated fairly, and last checked I'm sort of a part of "everyone." A lack of Fi, with more Fe... ?

Some of the questions on this test see Ni as far too mystical for my liking.

As I understand it, at heart Ni is essentially a convergent process that hones in on the underlying relationship(s) that connect(s) seemingly disparate concepts (compared to Ne, which is essentially a divergent process that uses the relationships an idea suggests to generate new ideas - An analogy I've found useful is that Ni is like a bunch of tributaries and streams that eventually coalesce into one single river, whereas Ne is like a tree that starts off as a single trunk and then splits off into many different branches).

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What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet. - Gerard Manley Hopkins

It's really interesting that you pointed that out. A sub-function of Fe has to do with empathy. I think you score high enough on empathy - that feeling of oneness with others - to suggest to me that your type may be xNTP (INTP or ENTP). Right now, I am betting your cognitive predisposition is Ne over Ti or ENTP, also possibly due to type development of Ne if your core type is really INTP. Also note how Fe is even better used than Si - which is more the case for ENTPs than INTPs.

My understanding leans toward ENTP because of how you use Fe. Do you take comfort in reverting to thoughts of empathy, and yet feel that your caring side is somehow naive and easily taken advantage of by others? In my understanding of functional analysis, an ENTP under chronic stress - from failure to effect the fruits of an ideal Ne-world vision - may turn to Fe-led behaviors of empathic caring to effect the cosmic harmony that Ne envisions. In an ENTP, a little bit of cynical Te may inform Fe and help it wisen up, so to speak.

Thing is, based on my own shifts of cognitive functions, functional analysis of your first four cognitive lenses is not enough to pin down which MBTI type is really your best fit. Because functional analysis shifts with me depending on which cognitive function I'm developing.

And I hate to further confuse you, but your equally strong Ni and Ne sound like a case of ambiversion to me, which is a good thing in my book.

Since cognitive types are ultimately brain-based, it may simply be that you have multiple cognitive strengths based on well-developed areas of the brain. And that should be seen more as an advantage than a disadvantage.

I think there is room enough for the likes of you and me and sciski and other INxPs on this forum in the sphere of cognitive typing.

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My latest results:

introverted Feeling (Fi) ***************************************************** (53.7)
excellent use
extraverted Intuiting (Ne) ********************************************* (45.7)
excellent use
introverted Sensing (Si) ************************************** (38.4)
excellent use
introverted Thinking (Ti) ************************* (25.1)
average use
extraverted Thinking (Te) *********************** (23.1)
limited use
extraverted Feeling (Fe) ********************* (21.2)
limited use
introverted Intuiting (Ni) ****************** (18.9)
limited use
extraverted Sensing (Se) ************* (13.1)
unused

So by the looks of things, the only big change since the last time I took the test has been with my Si.

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What would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet. - Gerard Manley Hopkins

Wait, what?
extraverted Sensing (Se) *********************************** (35) good use
introverted Sensing (Si) ******************** (20.5) limited use
extraverted Intuiting (Ne) ************************************ (36.7) excellent use
introverted Intuiting (Ni) ***************************** (29.9) average use
extraverted Thinking (Te) ********************** (22.6) limited use
introverted Thinking (Ti) ************************** (26. average use
extraverted Feeling (Fe) ************************************** (38. excellent use
introverted Feeling (Fi) **************************** (28.9) average use

ENFJ???
Help me, Obi-Wan!

also - the variance in the individual scores seems low - 20.5 to 38.8. Am I blandman?