ENFJ | MBTI Personality Type
Information about the MBTI personality type ENFJ. Conscious cognitive functions, shadow cognitive functions, brain research, similar types, sex and population ratio and ENFJ memes, videos and more.
Table of Contents
Known As
The Protagonist
The Champion
1 Cognitive Functions
Conscious
Unconscious
Opposing: Fi
Critic: Ne
Trickster: Si
Devil: Te
What are the cognitive functions for ENFJ and what do they mean?
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a widely used personality assessment tool basing it’s conscious cognitive functions on Carl Jung's theories of psychological types. The original test was developed by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers during the mid-20th century.
The MBTI framework is built upon four pairs of dichotomies, resulting in 16 possible personality types. Extraversion (E) vs. Introversion (I), Sensing (S) vs. iNtuition (N), Thinking (T) vs. Feeling (F), and Judging (J) vs. Perceiving (P).
Later on, other psychologists and researchers have added to the original Carl Jung framework alongside Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers, such as the psychologist John Beebe and author Linda Berens. Beebe and Berens have developed what is known as the shadow cognitive functions which are the parts of one’s personality which often arise under stress or during times of personal growth.
For pages discussing the scientific validity of MBTI, it’s comparison to the big 5 and other psychology tests, checkout this page: About.
2 Type Group
Diplomats
The Diplomats group is made up of Feeling + Intuition as dominant or auxiliary users.
They are ENFJ, INFJ, ENFP and INFP.
This is a group of people who want to be having novel experiences with their feelings.
For more information about the Diplomats, checkout their article:
3 Similar types
Fe dominant: ENFJ vs ESFJ
ESFJ vs ENFJ - Type Comparison by Cognitive Personality
Ni Auxiliary: ENFJ vs ENTJ
4 Statistics
ENFJ is 2.3% of the population with a sex ratio of Male: 30% and Female: 70%.
In the overall population, ENFJ is 1.4% of men and 3.2% of women.
5 Brain Research
An ENFJ’s brain, as researched in Dario Nardi’s university research lab, shows:
A full breakdown of the regions can be seen here:
6 Similar but different
INFP: Fi-Ne-Si-Te
ENFJ likes what INFP likes in the same amounts but for different reasons.
(Fe-Ni-Se-Ti vs Fi-Ne-Si-Te).
ISTP: Ti-Se-Ni-Fe
ENFJ appreciates ISTP for wanting to do what they naturally want to avoid doing.
(3rd-4th tier weaknesses Fe-Ni-Se-Ti vs Ti-Se-Ni-Fe).
ESTJ: Te-Si-Ne-Fi
ENFJ appreciates ESTJ for their skills being the total polar opposite to theirs and vice versa.
(7th-8th tier weaknesses Fe-Ni-Se-Ti-Fi-Ne-Si-Te vs Te-Si-Ne-Fi-Ti-Se-Ni-Fe).
7 Enneagram
Type 2, Type 7, Type 3, Type 9
8 Memes
Group
Individual
Romance
9 Videos
Inside The Mind Of The ENFJ (+ playlist) by Love Who
ENFJ Shots playlist by MBTI SHOTS
Primary (Hero): Fe
POV: extroverted feeling is your dominant cognitive function #enfj #esfj #mbti #mbtipersonality by Personality 101
Auxiliary (Parent): Ni
Tertiary (Child): Se
Inferior: Ti
Opposing: Fi
Critic: Ne
Trickster: Si
Devil: Te
10 Bibliography
Storm, Susan. November 15, 2019. "How Rare Is Your Myers-Briggs® Personality Type?" Psychology Junkie. Link (archive).
James, Frank. September 13, 2021. "Is INFJ STILL the Rarest of the 16 Personalities? (NEW Statistics)." YouTube. Link (archive).
James, Frank. September 20, 2021. "What Are the Rarest 16 Personalities Types in Men vs Women?" YouTube. Link (archive).
Isabel Briggs Myers, Mary H. McCaulley, Naomi L. Quenk, and Allen L. Hammer. 2018. "MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments 4th Ed - PDF." The Myers-Briggs Company. Link (archive).
Isabel Briggs Myers, Mary H. McCaulley, Naomi L. Quenk, and Allen L. Hammer. 2018. "MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments 4th Ed - PDF." Library of Congress Catalog. Link (archive).
Nancy A. Schaubhut, Richard C. Thompson, Michael L. Morris, Justin J. Arneson. 2019. "Germany (German) Supplement to the MBTI® Manual for the Global Step I™ and Step II™ Assessments." The Myers-Briggs Company. Link (archive).
Isabel Briggs Myers, Mary H. McCaulley, Naomi L. Quenk, and Allen L. Hammer. 1998. "MBTI manual: a guide to the development and use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 3rd ed." Open Library. Link (archive).
Isabel Briggs Myers, Mary H. McCaulley, Naomi L. Quenk, and Allen L. Hammer. 1998. "MBTI manual: a guide to the development and use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 3rd ed." Internet Archive. Link (archive).
Nardi, Dario. January 1, 2011. "Neuroscience of Personality: Brain Savvy Insights for All Types of People." Goodreads. Link (archive).
Nardi, Dario. January 1, 2011. "Neuroscience of Personality: Brain Savvy Insights for All Types of People." PDF Room. Link (archive).
Personality Studies. January 31, 2016. "MBTI’s Highest Activity Regions on Electroencephalogram (EEG)." Link (archive).
5wings4birds. January 9, 2023. "Data from Neuroscience of Personality by Dr.Dario Nardi for those saying that MBTI is just like @str0l0gy . Very interesting!" Link (archive).
Love Who. November 10, 2024. "I Analysed EVERY Enneagram & 16 Personalities Combination." YouTube. Link.
How To Spot an ENFJ in 2 Minutes... by Love Who
Inside The Mind Of The ENFJ (+ playlist) by Love Who
The Sixteen Types: ENFJ by Michael Pierce
Revisiting the Types: ENFJ by Michael Pierce
ENFJ Personality Type in a Nutshell by It's Just Kevin
Day in the life of an ENFJ 🤣 by MBTI Humans
The 16 Personality Types - Best of ENFJ #1 by It's Just Kevin
3 Things ENFJ think are normal (but aren’t) #16types by Joyce Meng
ENFJ Shots playlist by MBTI SHOTS
16 Personalities Through the Eyes of the ENFJ by dear Kristin
Primary (Hero): Fe
POV: extroverted feeling is your dominant cognitive function #enfj #esfj #mbti #mbtipersonality by Personality 101
Fe (extroverted feeling) display in your personality type (upper stack only) by Personality Guy
ENFJ and ESFJ: Fe Hero (Extroverted Feeling) by Type Cast Heroes
Auxiliary (Parent): Ni
ENTJ and ENFJ: Ni Parent (Introverted Intuition) by Type Cast Heroes
Tertiary (Child): Se
ENTJ and ENFJ: Se Child (Extroverted Sensing) by Type Cast Heroes
Inferior: Ti
The 16 Personalities' 4th Function Appearing as the Angel on Their Shoulder by dear Kristin
ESFJ and ENFJ: Ti Inferior (Introverted Thinking) by Type Cast Heroes
Opposing: Fi
Fi in the Shadow Stack by Personality Guy
Critic: Ne
Trickster: Si
How Does Your Trickster Function Work? | EgoHackers by EgoHackers
Devil: Te
Te (Extroverted Thinking) - How does it show up in your Cognitive Stack? by Personality Guy