MBTI

[lupinesque]

I love this stuff.

Barb wrote:

> the 
> boys are both Ns; Ron's inadvertant correct predictions (the ones 
> that make people persist in saying he might be a seer) are an 
> example of this, whereas Harry's sometimes lucky guesses also fall 
> into this category.  (Like when he suddenly remembered that Flamel 
> was mentioned on Dumbledore's Chocolate Frog card.)

Sorry, you know I can't resist a chance to nitpick (is that an INFP 
thing or just a PITA* thing? <g>).  He doesn't remember; he sees a 
second card.

Vicki wrote:

>J's have a need for order. They plan and 
>schedule and have fits if their world is disturbed. P's love 
>spontanity and change and are the type that would grab a toothbrush 
>and fly to the Bahamas at a moment's notice. 

Erk, I'm not like either of these things.  I guess they are the 
extremes.

Along those lines, David, I need both too (company and solitude).  
I'm still a strong I, but I do recall having trouble with some of the 
questions about I/E because the kind of companionship I really need, 
the kind that charges me up instead of draining me, is mostly one on 
one.  I love one-on-one conversations; a gathering with maybe 2 or 
three friends can be terrific; a party with 25 people is just a 
drag.  Or rather, I deal with the latter by finding one person and 
sitting in a corner talking only to that person!  So I had a hard 
time sometimes when the questions wanted me to choose between being 
alone or being with a group.

There are other factors besides the MBTI-measured things going into 
that, though.  One thing that stresses me out about groups is that I 
am watching out for everyone's responses.  You can do that with 3 
people; you can't do it with 20.  It isn't my MB type that makes me 
want to make sure everyone is happy--that's just plain old 
neurosis.  ;-)  (It's given rise to some useful skills, though; I'm 
very good at facilitating meetings.)

Amy

*pain in the ass