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• Worked in police (TJs favored)
• Kept house spotless; he could even clean in his sleep (J neatness)
• Arranged everything symmetrically (J neatness)
• Tidied up messes wherever he found them (J)
• Exact about time; resented approximations (J time orientation)
• Neatly and tidily dressed in formal attire (J sharp dress, formality)
• Had OCPD (Favors ISTJ, then INTJ)
• Described as "perfectionistic" (Favors ISTJ, then INTJ; to a lesser extent INPs)
• Gave direct commands as opposed to information (NTJ favored over NTP)
• Cautious; disliked driving fast, insisted on wearing seat belts. As a child, he considered a
swing set to be a "death trap." (ITJs, 277 SJs favored for cautiousness).
• Disliked travelling (INTJs are the least interested in "international opportunities" of all
NTs) 278
• Would only drink one specific brand of bottled water (Customer loyalty favors INTJs
most) 279
• In therapy (INTJs are the NT type most willing to go into therapy) 280
• Very tight with money (INTJ particularly favored) 281
Evidence against INTJ
• Unassertive (INTJs not favored)
• Had difficulty making decisions. If asked to choose between left or right, he would go
"Left... No wait, right. Left! Right! Wait, make that left." He would only stop switching
between alternatives when someone forced him to choose. (P)
Detective Adrian Monk (INTJ) of the Los Angeles Police Department was deeply in love with
Trudy, his wife of seven years. When she was killed by a car bomb, it threw him into a mental
downspiral that culminated in a psych discharge for OCPD/OCD.
Not that Monk always had OCPD/OCD. It wasn't until after his wife was murdered that his latent
tendencies were activated (which actually happens in real life). You see, Monk was not a healthy
INTJ to start out with. He had a tightly controlled childhood. His mother numbered the family's
coffee cups so that they could all be put back in order; breaking cup #9 scarred Monk's bother for
life.
A young Monk had difficulty fitting in. He had no friends as a kid, though he tried to appear
normal by buying pop culture items, like albums of popular bands and flags for sports teams. (Not
that he was interested in them at all.) Finally, his father left when he was ten years old.
Despite many problems, by the time he reached adulthood he was fairly happy. He had a wife who
loved him and a job that fulfilled him. When both these things were taken from him, it was too
much to bear. When the time the show started, Monk was a brilliant wreck. He had all the same
mental powers that had won him a reputation as the best detective in Los Angeles, but he was also
277 Thorne & Gough, 1991
278 Myers, McCaulley, Quenk & Hammer, 1998
279 Duncan, 2008
280 Myers, McCaulley, Quenk & Hammer, 1998
281 Gerdes, 2010