ESFP | MBTI Personality Type
Information about the MBTI personality type ESFP. Conscious cognitive functions, shadow cognitive functions, brain research, similar types, sex and population ratio and ESFP memes, videos and more.
Table of Contents
Known As
The Entertainer
The Performer
The singular word I use to describe ESFP
Jubilant
1 Cognitive Functions
Conscious
Unconscious
Opposing: Si
Critic: Fe
Trickster: Ti
Devil: Ne
What are the cognitive functions for ESFP 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
Explorers
The Explorers group is made up of Extroverted Sensing dominant or auxiliary users.
They are ESTP, ISTP, ESFP and ISFP.
This is a group of people who want to be interacting with the physical world.
For more information about the Explorers, checkout their article:
3 Similar Types
Se Dominant: ESFP vs ESTP
The 16 Personalities and their Common Mistypes by Love Who (1.5 minutes)
How to Tell Apart ESTP and ESFP by blank boy (10 minutes)
4 Things ESTPs think are normal (but aren’t) #16types #estp #cognitivefunction #mbti by Joyce Meng (1 minute)
3 Things ESFPs think is normal (but isn’t) by Joyce Meng (1 minute)
Fi Auxiliary: ESFP vs ENFP
4 Statistics
ESFP is 5.1% of the population with a sex ratio of Male: 44% and Female: 55%.
In the overall population, ESFP is 4.6% of men and 5.7% of women.
5 Brain Research
An ESFP’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
ISFJ: Si-Fe-Ti-Ne
ESFP likes what ISFJ likes in the same amounts but for different reasons.
(Se-Fi-Te-Ni vs Si-Fe-Ti-Ne).
INTJ: Ni-Te-Fi-Se
ESFP appreciates INTJ for wanting to do what they naturally want to avoid doing.
(3rd-4th tier weaknesses Se-Fi-Te-Ni vs Ni-Te-Fi-Se).
ENTP: Ne-Ti-Fe-Si
ESFP appreciates ENTP for their skills being the total polar opposite to theirs and vice versa.
(7th-8th tier weaknesses Se-Fi-Te-Ni-Si-Fe-Ti-Ne vs Ne-Ti-Fe-Si-Ni-Te-Fi-Se).
7 Enneagram
Type 7, Type 8, Type 3, Type 4
8 Memes
Group
Individual
Romance
9 Videos
Inside The Mind Of The ESFP (+ playlist) by Love Who
ESFP Shots playlist by MBTI SHOTS
Primary: Se
Auxiliary: Fi
Tertiary: Te
Inferior: Ni
The 16 Personalities' 4th Function Appearing as the Angel on Their Shoulder by dear Kristin
Those With A Sensing Dominant Function Explained by WeAreJungians and Joyce Meng
ESTP and ESFP: Ni Inferior (Introverted Intuition) by Type Cast Heroes
Opposing: Si
Critic: Fe
Trickster: Ti
Devil: Ne
10 Bibliography
Love Who. October 24, 2022. "The 16 Personalities and their Common Mistypes." YouTube. Link (archive).
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 ESFP in 2 Minutes... by Love Who
Inside The Mind Of The ESFP (+ playlist) by Love Who
The Sixteen Types: ESFP by Michael Pierce
Revisiting the Types: ESFP by Michael Pierce
ESFP Personality Type in a Nutshell by It's Just Kevin
Day in the life of an ESFP 🤣 by MBTI Humans
The 16 Personality Types - Best of ESFP #1 by It's Just Kevin
3 Things ESFPs think is normal (but isn’t) by Joyce Meng
ESFP Shots playlist by MBTI SHOTS
16 Personalities Through the Eyes of the ESFP by dear Kristin
ESFP tier-ranking the 16 personalities by dear Kristin
5 Signs You're Not An ESFP by Cognitive Personality
Primary (Hero): Se
Stress and Personality Type ESFP and ESTP by Matt Sherman - Geek Psychology
ESTP and ESFP: Se Hero (Extroverted Sensing) by Type Cast Heroes
Auxiliary (Parent): Fi
ENFP and ESFP: Fi Parent (Introverted Feeling) by Type Cast Heroes
Tertiary (Child): Te
Te (Extroverted Thinking) - How does it show up in your Cognitive Stack? by Personality Guy
ENFP and ESFP: Te Child (Extroverted Thinking) by Type Cast Heroes
Inferior: Ni
ESTP & ESFP Personality Types Struggle To See Long-Range Implications by Personality Hacker
The 16 Personalities' 4th Function Appearing as the Angel on Their Shoulder by dear Kristin
Those With A Sensing Dominant Function Explained by WeAreJungians and Joyce Meng
ESTP and ESFP: Ni Inferior (Introverted Intuition) by Type Cast Heroes
Opposing: Si
Critic: Fe
Trickster: Ti
How Does Your Trickster Function Work? | EgoHackers by EgoHackers
Devil: Ne