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• INTJs generally believe that there is a right way and a wrong way to do things (i.e. there is
one right way to fold shirts or one specific place to keep the hairbrush) while INTPs neither
seem to care about nor notice any particular method or sequence. 48
• INTJs hold onto their conclusions more strongly than INTPs. INTPs are less sure about
their conclusions and more open to new data that may overturn them.
• INTJs tend to be naturally punctual; INTPs tend to be naturally late.
• INTJs get started early; INTPs wait to start.
• INTJs tend to make statements of opinion, i.e. "I think, I like, I dislike." INTPs tend to
make open-ended statements that imply, but do not directly show, their opinion. INTJ: "The
economy needs to be fixed." INTP: "The economy is in bad shape." INTJ: "They should
change the timing on this stoplight." INTP: "This stoplight sure has weird timing.” 49
• INTJs sound more confident than INTPs in their speech.
• INTJs tend to phrase their commands as direct orders, i.e. "Do this, go there, do not do this."
INTPs tend to phrase their commands as implied suggestions, "This needs to be done, can
you head over there?, I wouldn't do that if I were you." INTJs give directives, while INTPs
give information. 50
• INTJs tend to put regular amounts of time in each day on a project; INTPs tend to work in
sporadic bursts of energy with one giant effort right before the looming deadline.
• INTJs don't like surprises; INTPs do.
• INTJs use and complete to-do lists; INTPs make to-do lists but may not ever finish them.
• INTJs feel compelled to finish what they start; INTPs don’t mind leaving things half
complete.
• INTJs tend to dress more neatly than INTPs, but both types will dress unfashionably.
• INTJs are less playful than INTPs. 51
• INTJs have a higher need for control than INTPs.
Various Differences
• INTJs excel at creating elaborate plans with timelines more than INTPs do; INTPs excel at
organizing timeless systems more than INTJs do. 52
• INTJs are more likely to carry their ideas out in the real world. INTPs are content simply to
come up with an idea and work out the design; they do not really feel the need to carry it
out.
• Associated with the item above, INTJs are seen as more hardworking than INTPs.
• INTJs seem more “cool” 53 or less “nice” than INTPs. The impassive, unblinking INTJ
“stare” is more penetrating and discomfiting than the equivalent INTP stare.
• INTJs are less creative than INTPs. 54
• INTJs tend not to be very stressed out about their children, whereas INTPs tend to be
stressed out about their children. 55
• INTJs are more conventional than INTPs 56
48 Kroeger & Thuesen, 1994
49 Kroeger & Thuesen, 1994
50 Keirsey, 1987
51 Myers, McCaulley, Quenk & Hammer, 1998
52 Keirsey, 1998
53 Tieger & Barron-Tieger, 2000
54 Cheng, 2007
55 Myers, McCaulley, Quenk & Hammer, 1998
56 Thorne & Gough, 1991