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"antagonistic" trait that they decided to mock and disparage him constantly to teach him a lesson.<br />
The last I saw of him, he was an angry person who bitterly defied a teacher in front of the rest of the<br />
class. People do not like having their errors corrected.<br />
C passed without difficulty through college and went on to earn an M.D. He does not appear to<br />
have had any further difficulties with the school system.<br />
Child L – IQ 199 (As tested by the Stanford-Binet, Form L)<br />
Evidence for INTJ<br />
• A personality test found that he "tends to be alone," "solitary," "independent," and "nonsocial"<br />
(I)<br />
• Disliked the thought of occupations that required him to deal with large groups of people (I)<br />
• Favorite pastimes were reading, chess, and checkers (NTs like chess the most of all<br />
temperaments, and reading is a good marker for IN, emphasis on the N.)<br />
• Had the childhood nickname "Professor" (Suggests NT)<br />
• Possessed encyclopedic knowledge, continually thirsty for more (NT)<br />
• Fondness for science and "greatly interested" in mathematics (NT favored most)<br />
• Deduced trigonometric principles before they were taught in class (NT favored most)<br />
• A personality test found that he rarely asked for sympathy or encouragement (ITs probably<br />
favored most)<br />
• Tended to ignore advice of others (INTs are known for this)<br />
• A personality test found that L tended to dominate in face-to-face situations (TJ dominance,<br />
but ETJ favored more than ITJ)<br />
• Received excellent grades (J favored over P)<br />
• Wanted most to become a college mathematics professor (INTJ probably favored most; the<br />
Judging to Perceiving ratio of professors is 2:1) 200<br />
• A personality test found that L "rarely substituted daydreaming for action" (INTJ favored<br />
over INTP, but this could also be an excellent argument for any number of deed-oriented<br />
rather than mind-oriented types, i.e. ESTP, ESTJ, etc. Even the ENTs would be a better fit<br />
for this than the INTs.)<br />
• Described as wholesomely self confident (INTJs favored over INTPs)<br />
Arguments Against INTJ<br />
• A personality test found that L was "independent" (INTPs and a few other personalities<br />
favored most, 201 but this trait is also more characteristic of INTJs than of the rest of the<br />
population.)<br />
Admittedly the case for INTJ over INTP is rather weak, but I am confident enough that L is an INTJ<br />
that I have included him anyway.<br />
Discussion<br />
Unlike child C, who had no particularly gifted relatives, child L had a veritable slew of talented<br />
professionals in his ancestry: an architect, two rabbis, a physician, a writer and a mathematics<br />
200 DiTibeiro; Sears, Kennedy, & Kaye in Beckham 2012<br />
201 Myers, McCaulley, Quenk & Hammer, 1998
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