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Child C – IQ Unmeasurable (As tested by the Stanford-Binet, 1920s version) Evidence for INTJ • Did not like to play with other children (I) • Was rated average or below average for "fondness for large groups" (I favored, or at least not contradicted.) • Favorite pastime was reading (IN favored most; more N = more reading. Reading is also a solitary pastime, indicating I.) • Described as "not very tactful in human relationships" (INTs favored most of all types) • Had encyclopedic knowledge (INTs favored most) • Favorite hobbies were "studying, general reading, sedentary games, playing alone." (INTs favored most.) • Thought that science would be the most interesting job, particularly astronomy. (NT) • C enjoyed reading "encyclopedias, biography, current events, and history." (If a child enjoys reading the encyclopedia, it's a very good bet they're an NT.) • Tended to use long words (NT favored most) • Not shy about correcting others' shortcomings and errors (NT favored) • Was elected as a class monitor by other genius-level children, who agreed that "C is just; C can make us behave." (Emphasis on justice/enforcement argues for T more than F) • One of the virtues he was consistently praised for was "reliability" (J favored over P) • Received high ratings for "prudence and forethought," "perseverance" and "conscientiousness." (J favored over P) • Earned perfect grades (Academic success favors INTJ over INTP) 197 • Decided what he would do for a living at age 9, and did go into that profession (INTJs are the most future-orientated type. 198 The long term planning and follow through is also suggestive.) • "He is a stickler for the exact; no statement is right unless it is exactly right." (Fits INTJs best of the Rationals, or ISTJ best of the Guardians.) 199 Evidence against INTJ • Although interested in science/astronomy, C decided to become a medical doctor instead. His 9 year old reasoning was as follows: "Because a man does not care much for a blazing star a million miles away if his wife is sick. Anyone cares more for a person two feet away than for a thing a trillion miles away." (Although C is right that "anyone" cares more about people than stars, this sentiment could also be taken as an argument that C is a Feeler.) • Best liked subject was English Literature; C also considered it the easiest subject (Argues most for NF) 197 Myers, McCaulley, Quenk & Hammer, 1998 198 Harrison & Lawrence, 1985 199 Thorne & Gough, 1991
Discussion It has been pretty well proven that intelligence (like type) is hereditary. Sometimes, however, it seems to spring out of thin air. This was the case for Child C, whose gifts seemed to have no precedent in his ancestry. (I couldn't say what his parents' types were.) Child C's I.Q. was measured at 188-190 when he was 9. Later, at 11 years, 10 months, he took the Stanford-Binet again and this time it was revealed that his intelligence could no longer be measured by the test. (None the questions available were difficult enough to assess the upper limit of his intelligence because he could answer them all correctly. This means that his intelligence exceeded the maximum measurement capacity of the testing instrument.) C's intelligence appeared rapidly and early. At the age of 1 year, 2 months, C began to walk; one month later he began to talk "fluently." He began learning to read "almost as soon as he talked." By age 3 he was reading "simple matter." None of this, however, seems to have suggested anything out of the ordinary to his parents. Geniuses are actually rather difficult to spot. C was put into first grade when he was 6 years old. He remained in elementary school until he was nine, the sole concession to his intelligence being that that he was bumped ahead a single grade. He received perfect grades, but his teachers considered him to be a peculiar child, and he was unhappy. At this point C was given an I.Q. test and it was discovered that he had the mental age of a superior adult. C was then transferred to a special school for people with really high IQ. Believe it or not, the fact that C got excellent grades is a good marker for Judging. One might think, "Oh, he's a genius. Of course he always gets straight As." Actually, being a Judger matters more than being a genius when it comes to grades. Perceiving geniuses are content to get Bs and Cs; they could do better, but they just don't see the point. This is a general rule, as everything in this book is; as we shall see, Isaac Newton's grades were mediocre. Here is an interesting phenomenon. When very intelligent people are kept in an environment without intellectual peers, they find it easy to be the best and come to expect it. For instance, a student who leads the class throughout elementary and high school may be surprised when they enter college or an honors course and do not receive the best grade on the test for the first time in their lives. For C, the moment came when he entered his new school: Soon after C entered the Special Opportunity Class for gifted children, another boy equaled him in an assignment and put out his hand to C, saying cordially, "Let's shake." C had never had the experience of being equaled by a fellow pupil and he turned away, refusing to shake hands. However, he has now learned to react most cordially to those who equal him, though he bitterly dislikes to be equaled or passed in mental work. For an INTJ, who values competency and strives for best possible performance, the bite of so-called mediocrity may be especially keen, despite the fact that said "mediocrity" would be considered excellent by any other standard. Like C, they will quickly learn to adapt to the experience, but the sting may never quite wear off. After all, who doesn't want to be first? NTs value exactitude in language. They dislike the inaccuracies inherent in generalizations, and are often unwilling to gloss over the complexities of a subject. Needless to say, when NTs notice others making incorrect statements, they feel a strong urge to correct such inaccuracies. But this tendency may make them unpopular. Hollingworth observed of C that, "He is a stickler for the exact; no statement is right unless it is exactly right. It is easy to see how this trait might antagonize average children of C's age, and ever teachers and others in authority." During 7th or 8th grade I was acquainted with an NT who had this trait in abundance, but was otherwise a pleasant, polite young man. Sad to say, his classmates—including those in his gifted class—were so irked by this
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The Secret Lives of INTJs by Anna M
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Table of Contents A Dark Confession
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Mate Selection.....................
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School.............................
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Preface & Caveat Lector A Dark Conf
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General When an INTJs gets excited
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A survey of type and American polit
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name I can no longer recall was sho
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Leisure Favorite Pastimes Believe i
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following the principles the INTJ h
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observed that the Rational temperam
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One further note on giving. I suspe
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were seen as not being "facially an
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answer—the test subjects were muc
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2. North Carolina 3. Georgia 4. Uta
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As it so happens, I have an INTJ fr
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How to Tell INTJs Apart From INTPs
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• INTJs generally believe that th
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• INTJs enjoy exercise more than
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Fictional INTJs Why study fictional
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It is better to rely on information
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Archetypes If you've ever spent tim
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INTJs in Love Problems with Studyin
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• Rationals were 65% satisfied wi
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4. Similar parenting styles 5. Spen
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• Mutual support All NFs chose th
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"sentimental" presents. Rationals d
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neither party will retreat from the
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Least Important Values The research
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Guardians like giving and receiving
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scientists, who named a mouse phero
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"...there was a mixture of sweetnes
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Rational, I have very high standard
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"Then," observed Elizabeth, "you mu
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animated." When Darcy learned that
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evening in this way! I declare afte
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emarried than average, and also had
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The finished contract will look som
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You’re sort of like a journal in
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"St. John had a book in his hand—
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one of bettering their race—of ca
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people, i.e. more like themselves.
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"He [Van Helsing] stepped over and
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For this reason, Van Helsing was th
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good at planning trips. • Secrecy
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This probably argues against ENTJ.)
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INTJs in Charge Keirsey (1987) call
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Page 118 and 119: INTJs like reading and working on t
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Page 130 and 131: minutes for the task, and an additi
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The symptoms he assessed were as fo
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INTJ Detectives and Personality Dis
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person can be 10% OCPD, 30% OCPD, 5
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saddled with innumerable compulsion
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school she attended. Besides this,
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Hercule Poirot and His Little Grey
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square fireplace in the square room
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• Often gave direct commands (NTJ
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simulator) and roleplay as a hard b
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Prison, Criminal Masterminds, and t
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something...reading, writing or doi
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here), so the stereotypes may very
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himself into an INTJ. Maybe INTs ar
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Could this be an isolated finding?
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memorandum-book in which he had scr
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A Brief Note About Holmes I've seen
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Appendix 1: Why Didn't You Include
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and unprovable. Ni was, in fact, th
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the lower-case non-preferences will
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the bigot's personal life "proving"
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Bibliography Ackroyd, P. (2006). Ne
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of Psychological Type. Kanai, C., I
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expression of geographic variation
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