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answered only 6/10 questions as an Introvert. In short, the strength of each preference was ignored.<br />
However, it turns out that this information has predictive value and can actually be useful in<br />
understanding one’s own unique personality.<br />
If we put each of the traits on a spectrum, i.e. E – I, S – N, T – F, and J – P, allowing for shades of<br />
grey in the middle rather than just black and white choices, we can get a much clearer picture of an<br />
individual's unique personality. “Types” become simplified representations of the spectrum, the way<br />
a rainbow is divided up into six colors rather than a million different shades. The goal, then, is to<br />
find a scheme that adequately represents this added complexity without becoming too overdetailed<br />
to be useful.<br />
Example: An NTIJ<br />
For example. Let us suppose that a person tests with the following:<br />
• 10/10 preference for Intuition<br />
• 8/10 preference for Thinking<br />
• 8/10 preference for Introversion<br />
• 6/10 preference for Judging<br />
These preferences indicate an INTJ, but more than that, they indicate an NTIJ. This “NTIJ” has<br />
Intuition as their strongest preference and will be most skilled at making connections and seeing<br />
patterns and relationships. Compared to the other INTJ variants (INJT, TJNI, etc), this person has<br />
only a slight preference for Judging, and thus they may be almost as comfortable using Perceiving<br />
as Judging.<br />
Example: A TNJI<br />
Suppose that a person tests with the following:<br />
• 10/10 preference for Thinking<br />
• 9/10 preference for Intuition<br />
• 8/10 preference for Judging<br />
• 6/10 preference for Introversion<br />
Using our ranking system, we would identify this person as a TNJI. As a strong Thinker, the TNJI<br />
would be most skilled at logic, reasoning, and task-oriented analysis. Intuition, which was almost<br />
as favored, will also be strongly preferred, at the expense of skills in Sensing. The least favored<br />
preference, i.e. Introversion, indicates that the TNJI will demonstrate Introversion only slightly<br />
more than Extraversion. Thus, they would be better than the average INTJ at interfacing with the<br />
outer world, but they would also sacrifice something of the inner world of Introverts. Incidentally,<br />
people who have neither a strong preference for Introversion or Extraversion are called Ambiverts.<br />
Non-Preferred Functions<br />
Since we acknowledge that the strength of one’s preferences is important, and that a person with a<br />
slight preference may exhibit nearly as much of one preference as the other preference, it is good<br />
practice to note the non-preferences at the end of the basic letter code. So for example, an NTIJ is<br />
really an NTIJpefs--meaning that they will use Sensing the least of all possible preferences and<br />
Intuition the most of all. By a similar token, a TNJI is actually a TNJIepsf—meaning that this<br />
person will use Feeling the least of all their possible preferences and Thinking the most. Note that
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