INTP (Thinking Scholar)
1. Summary
INTPs are creative people with
imaginative and deep thoughts. They are easily distracted, and their minds
never stop running but have infinite creativity. A penchant for abstract
concepts and a deep understanding makes them deliberately engage in any work that
is creative and challenging. They are indifferent and easy-going rational people,
and most of them are slow in nature.
2. Analysis
The personality type of INTP is rare,
accounting for a small proportion of the population, about 1%-2%, and their own
characteristics are easily ignored by people.
The four letters I, N, T, and P all have
a slight tendency to leave the current world. For example, I may mean staying
away from the crowd and enjoying loneliness; N may mean abstraction and stay
away from the sensory world; T means into things and not people; the last is P,
which may mean having a relatively indifferent attitude. When these four
letters are combined, INTP will show a very detached attitude.
This detached attitude makes them the
most informal of the 16 personality types. Almost both men and women don't pay
much attention to their clothes, and their appearance will give people a casual
feeling. In study and life,
like all NPs, it is common to lose things and make low-level mistakes; at the
same time, like most NTs, prefers things that require exploring principles, and
do not like memorization of subjects. Generally speaking, INTPs do not like
foreign languages, but they are more interested in abstract thinking subjects
such as physics and mathematics.
Special Note: If reality allows, I am
afraid that most of them will eventually choose to escape from the world, be a
hermit or hide in a corner to observe the laws of the world, and build their
own world of thought.
3. Traits and characteristics
For INTPs, the outside world is
wonderful, but it sometimes interferes with the INTP's inner world of
introspection. They are impulsive, have ideas, and are very creative. Sometimes
these ideas can also get INTPs lost because they always have new ideas popping
up.
INTPs run into gender issues, and the
specifics vary. For INTP women, they are often faced with a dilemma: society's
traditional definitions of women are always at odds with their natural
preferences. For example, INTPs may be independent, anti-authoritative,
argumentative, and sometimes socially impaired (this is related to their Introversion
degree), and they tend to be dismissive of social traditions and conventions.
They are not against social traditions, but out of their own preferences, they
may show neglect of traditional customs. When these are combined with their INT
traits of intelligence, nonchalance, etc., we can imagine the predicament that
INTP women can find themselves in. This dilemma is compounded by the inability
to articulate INTP women. In situations that require intellectual input, INTP
women may win, but at the cost of alienating others.
In general, INTPs do a lot of
preparation before deciding to put someone on a project. This is because,
first, they don't want to be underwhelming; second, these
preparations—research, reading, planning things out are what INTPs love to do;
and third, INTPs need a good entry point.
In an environment that doesn't
appreciate or even doubt I, the situation for women can be even harder. People
will look up to someone who is sharp and calm, but if it's a woman, people will
think she's a little cold and unfeeling, like a pedant, without the tenderness
of a woman.
The situation for INTP men is relatively
easy, because calmness is what society demands of men. Even so, they will
encounter some problems. For example, their easy-going and mercurial
personalities can be at odds with TJ managers in most businesses. INTPs are
often reminded to keep their feet on the ground, "Stop daydreaming and get
back to work" or "Hope you play by the rules."
Another problem is that INTPs lack
social awareness. Usually INTPs are not good at socializing. This is more
pronounced in men, and it is relatively easier for women to adjust. INTPs may
have little enthusiasm for company parties or other social events, which can
make colleagues feel like they don't fit in. It's not that they don't want to
be involved, they may even enjoy it if they find the party tolerable, but if
the event goes on for too long or there's nothing meaningful to them about
conversations and exchanges, they will feel it is a waste of time. Therefore,
INTPs may end up feeling guilty because they have not fulfilled their social
responsibilities. But if they have to fulfill this responsibility, they may
think "I'm in trouble again".
At work, INTPs are a source of ideas,
they are most productive when they work alone, and are often creative,
energetic, and fun. They love new projects and brainstorming, but get
frustrated when too many details are required or deadlines are imposed. When
deadlines are met, they keep asking for extensions. For INTPs, life and work
are an intellectual challenge to think twice before doing something. They like
to be clear and precise in words, and cannot tolerate ambiguous views, or
inconsistent theoretical statements, such as both for and against.
INTPs believe that the mark of true
maturity is being able to think through something from start to finish.
Rigorous logic and consistency are the arts that are admired by INTPs. The
great theories of the past and present, whether they are relativity or
personality theory, evolution, and even various rules and laws, are attractive
to INTPs. Even if your ideas are impractical or even wrong, if you use good
logical thinking in the process, INTPs will find it worth listening to.
INTPs express their thinking very
clearly. INTPs are born writers, editors, and they use words to describe life.
They have an extraordinary ability to articulate what's on their minds and help
others achieve that. The brains of INTPs are like a melting pot where they can
absorb conversations and re-express them to perfection. In general, they can
repeat other people's words well. If someone tries to kill them with something
like "let's talk about it later", the INTP will definitely come back
to them after a while.
Plus, they're always passionate about
what they're doing. Sometimes the characteristics of I make them unable to
fully express their thoughts on a matter. However, INTPs can rearrange their
ideas and express them in a perfect artistic way. For INTPs this is natural,
but for other types it is an "inside perspective".
INTPs have deep thoughts and are very
attracted to complex and mysterious things. Complexity seems to be an inherent,
unproven value to INTPs. They will instinctively ignore the simple things that
they can see through at a glance and instead focus on the complex things that
require careful thinking to understand and penetrate. That's why INTPs are
probably the type 16 most interested in metaphysics.
In general, it is easier to work with
INTPs, they like to have fun at work, think independently, and like work that
is self-reliant. They see life as learning. Therefore, any activity that can
develop intelligence is extremely valuable, from hands-on disassembly to drafting
project proposals, it is an opportunity to learn and grow. This is the main
driver that motivates INTPs.
Another interesting feature of INTPs is
that they are addicted to various intellectual games, especially those that
require complex thinking and are highly challenging to intelligence. This is
the same for both male and female INTPs. They like to quietly brainstorm, but
don't like to debate, although INTPs are good at debating, because they are
often very keen to point out where the other party is illogical or inaccurate.
If you and the INTP are close friends, your intelligence will be constantly
challenged because they feel that being friends should constantly improve each
other's intelligence. In modern society, INTPs will like to play games, especially
those games with high intellectual challenges. Games that require complex
thinking will be very attractive to INTPs. From a professional perspective,
INTPs are very suitable for those jobs that require the establishment of
various abstract systems, or the need to explore new knowledge. For INTPs, it
is very important whether they need to do more complex thinking in their work,
and their work is best knowledge-centric.
Finally, let's talk about the possible
disadvantages of INTP. The so-called disadvantage is to look at a person's
advantages from the opposite perspective. The detached attitude of INTPs leads
them to live a life of isolation. Many INTPs will appear to be particularly
"homebound", even a little detached from reality and society; there
is one thing that INTPs are very similar to ISTPs, that is, the ability to
express themselves is below standard, the wisdom of INTPs is sometimes so
complex and profound that they often find themselves unable to explain their
thinking clearly to others, which is why there are many scientists in INTPs,
but if you want to be a good teacher will encounter even greater obstacles,
such as Einstein is good example - although they are really good, but they are
in a mess in class, because their interest in subject knowledge may be far
greater than For students' interest,
This makes them
less willing to sacrifice theoretical precision to suit students'
understanding, and the result is that many abstract and complex problems are so
obvious to them that students do not always understand what they are saying. .
Finally, INTPs may be more interested in knowledge than in people, and they are
easily attracted to things with complex structures, so they are very
insensitive to pure emotional needs, and can even be said to be a little dull,
pure emotional appeals are not easy to attract the attention of INTPs, which
may be understood as apathy or even ruthlessness in the eyes of many
F-preferred people.
4. Preferred career fields
Preferred career fields: computer
application and development, theoretical research, academic fields,
professional fields, creative fields, etc.
Preferred typical occupations:
architect, computer software designer, network specialist, website designer,
systems analyst, information service developer, financial planner, venture
capitalist, investigator, financial analyst, economist, university professor,
knowledgeable Property lawyers, musicians, neurologists, analytical
psychologists, corporate finance lawyers, etc.
5. Advantages and disadvantages at work
1. Advantages of INTPs at work may include:
a) Ability to understand very complex and highly abstract concepts
b) Outstanding creative problem-solving skills
c) Independent, adventurous spirit, creative awareness and courage to overcome difficulties
d) Ability to synthesize and use large amounts of information
e) Intellectual curiosity, unique insight in gathering required information
f) Analyze things logically even in stressful situations
2. Disadvantages of INTPs at work may include:
a) Doing things may be unclear and prone to confusion
b) May use their abilities and social experiences inappropriately
c) Impatience with narrow-minded and stubborn people
d) Dislikes doing things in a traditional, formulaic way
e) Once the problem is solved, the interest ceases to exist
f) May be overly theoretical while ignoring reality
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