ISTP | MBTI Personality Type
Information about the MBTI personality type ISTP. Conscious cognitive functions, shadow cognitive functions, brain research, similar types, sex and population ratio and ISTP memes, videos and more.
Table of Contents
Known As
The Virtuoso
The Crafter
1 Cognitive Functions
Conscious
Primary: Ti
Auxiliary: Se
Tertiary: Ni
Inferior: Fe
Unconscious
Opposing: Te
Critic: Si
Trickster: Ne
Devil: Fi
What are the cognitive functions for ISTP 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.
What’s the affect of ISTP’s Conscious and Unconscious Shadow cognitive functions?
Hero - Ti - I’m Heroic with What I think
Parent - Se - I’m Responsible with What others experience
Child - Ni - I’m Childish with What I want
Inferior - Fe - I’m Fearful with What others feel
Nemesis - Te - I’m Worried with What others think
Critic - Si - I’m Critical with What I experience
Trickster - Ne - I’m Unaware with What others want
Demon - Fi - I’m Demonic with What I feel
2 Type Group
3 Similar types
Ti Dominant: ISTP vs INTP
INTP vs ISTP - Type Comparison by Cognitive Personality Theory
The 16 Personalities and their Common Mistypes (INTP) by LoveWho
Se Auxiliary: ISTP vs ISFP
The 16 Personalities and their Common Mistypes (ISFP) by LoveWho
4 Statistics
ISTP is 9.4% of the population with a sex ratio of Male: 68% and Female: 32%.
In the overall population, ISTP is 13% of men and 6.1% of women.
5 Brain Research
An ISTP’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
ESTJ: Te-Si-Ne-Fi.
ISTP likes what ESTJ likes in the same amounts but for different reasons.
(Ti-Se-Ni-Fe vs Te-Si-Ne-Fi).
ENFJ: Fe-Ni-Se-Ti.
ISTP appreciates ENFJ for wanting to do what they naturally want to avoid doing.
(3rd-4th tier weaknesses Ti-Se-Ni-Fe).
INFP: Fi-Ne-Si-Te.
ISTP appreciates INFP for their skills being the total polar opposite to theirs and vice versa.
(7th-8th tier weaknesses Fi-Ne-Si-Te-Fe-Ni-Se-Ti vs Ti-Se-Ni-Fe-Te-Si-Ne-Fi).
7 Memes
Group
Individual
Romance
8 Videos
Default Videos
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By Michael Pierce
by Erik Thor
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Extensive Videos
10 minutes
Clip Videos
1 minute
Bibliography
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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).
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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).
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