INTP Sites & Profiles

[Jezebel]

In Depth Profiles
The Paul James INTP Profile (http://intp.org/intprofile.html) ..........(intp.org (http://intp.org/))
Amy Elmore's INTP Profile (http://intp.org/description.html) ..........(intp.org (http://intp.org/))
Portrait of an INTP (http://www.personalitypage.com/INTP.html) ..........(personality page (http://www.personalitypage.com/))
INTP: The Wizard (http://www.geocities.com/lifexplore/intp.htm) ..........(life explore (http://www.geocities.com/lifexplore/))
INTP Wikipedia Entry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intp) ..........(wikipedia)
MSU INTP Profile (http://www.murraystate.edu/secsv/fye/INTP.htm) ..........(murray state university mbti section (http://www.murraystate.edu/secsv/fye/m-b.htm))
socionics INTp (http://www.socionics.com/prof/intp.htm) & INTj (http://www.socionics.com/prof/intj.htm) ..........(socionics (http://www.socionics.com/))
Joe Butt's INTP Profile (http://www.typelogic.com/intp.html) ..........(type logic (http://www.typelogic.com/))
From Conversations with Designer Theorizers (http://www.bestfittype.com/intp.html) ..........(bestfittype.com (http://www.bestfittype.com/))
Everything2 INTP Profile (http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node=INTP) ..........(from the everything2 website)
Rational Portrait of the Architect (http://www.personalityzone.com/view/temperament/architect.html) ..........(personalityzone.com)


Short Profiles & Lists
The Architect (http://keirsey.com/personality/ntip.html) ..........(kiersey website (http://keirsey.com/))
INTP Traits (http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/mb-types/intp.htm) ..........(team technology (http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/))
INTP: The Innovator (http://www.careerfulfillment.com/profiles/8_intp_profile.htm) ..........(careerfulfillment.com (http://www.careerfulfillment.com/))
INTP Learning Styles (http://www.careerfulfillment.com/learning_styles/lrn_8intp.htm) ..........(careerfulfillment.com (http://www.careerfulfillment.com/))
Jung INTP Type Keyword Lists (http://similarminds.com/jung/intp.html) ..........(similarminds.com (http://www.similarminds.com/))
Delta Associates INTP Profile (http://www.delta-associates.com/TypeTable030207/INTP030307.htm)..........(delta-associates.com)
INTP: The Thinker (http://compatibility.mary.com/personalities~show-INTP~sex-male.html)..........(mary.com personality section (http://compatibility.mary.com/personalities.html))
From An Engineer Rational (http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/2006/04/10/from-an-engineer-rational-intp/)..........(commonfolkusingcommonsense.com)
INTP Description (http://members.tripod.com/%7EPersonalityInstitute/INTPs.htm)..........(personality plus)
INTP Trait List (http://ome.umaryland.edu/AcademicD/INTP.html)..........(umaryland.edu)


Blogs & Articles
To Be INTP (http://homepage.mac.com/bahlberg/iblog/B1386252977/index.html)..........(blog site about intps)
How to Find the Emotional Side of INTPs (http://homepage.mac.com/bahlberg/iblog/B1386252977/C707866389/E343663288/index.html)..........(to be intp blog (http://homepage.mac.com/bahlberg/iblog/B1386252977/index.html))
How INTPs See Discussion (http://homepage.mac.com/bahlberg/iblog/B1386252977/C707866389/E1519845737/index.html)..........(to be intp blog (http://homepage.mac.com/bahlberg/iblog/B1386252977/index.html))
How ISTPs Resemble INTPs & INTJs (http://www.bestfittype.com/istp_intpintj.html) ..........(bestfittype.com (http://www.bestfittype.com/))
INTj or INTp? (http://www.socionics.com/articles/intjorintp.htm) ..........(socionics (http://www.socionics.com/))
Personal Growth for INTPs (http://www.personalitypage.com/INTP_per.html)..........(personality page (http://www.personalitypage.com/))
INTP Thinking Patterns (http://asimjalis.blogspot.com/2004/09/intp-thinking-patterns.html)..........(from the asim jalis blog)
Ten Tips on Getting the best out of being an INTP (http://www.rachelgreen.com/cgi-bin/a.pl?tips84)..........(from rachelgreen.com)


Career Specific
INTP Careers (http://www.personalitypage.com/INTP_car.html)..........(personality page (http://www.personalitypage.com/))
How INTPs Function on Teams (http://www.bestfittype.com/intponateam.html) ..........(bestfittype.com (http://www.bestfittype.com/))
INTP Career Advice and More (http://www.wsc.edu/advising_services/career_planning/exploration/personality_careers/intp/)..........(wsc mbti career advice (http://www.wsc.edu/advising_services/career_planning/exploration/personality_careers/))
INTP Personality: The Problem Analyzers (http://www.personality-power-for-everyday-living.com/INTP-personality.html)..........(personalitypowerforeverydayliving.com (http://www.personality-power-for-everyday-living.com/words-to-describe-personality.html))
INTP Working Preferences (http://www.paladinexec.com/personality_comparison/INTP/)..........(paladin associates leadership development)


Relationship Specific
INTPs in Relationships (http://www.personalitypage.com/INTP_rel.html)..........(personality page (http://www.personalitypage.com/))
INFJ View of Relationships with INTPs (http://homepage.mac.com/bahlberg/iblog/B1386252977/C707866389/E37749891/index.html)..........(to be intp blog (http://homepage.mac.com/bahlberg/iblog/B1386252977/index.html))
How To Keep an INTP Man Happy (http://homepage.mac.com/bahlberg/iblog/B1386252977/C707866389/E1956473041/index.html)..........(to be intp blog (http://homepage.mac.com/bahlberg/iblog/B1386252977/index.html))
What an INTP Wife Wants (http://homepage.mac.com/bahlberg/iblog/B1386252977/C707866389/E1896045283/index.html)..........(to be intp blog (http://homepage.mac.com/bahlberg/iblog/B1386252977/index.html))
Iganokami's Guide to the ISFJ Female (http://homepage.mac.com/bahlberg/iblog/B1386252977/C707866389/E2092739525/index.html)..........(to be intp blog (http://homepage.mac.com/bahlberg/iblog/B1386252977/index.html))
Iganokami's Guide to the INTP Mate (http://homepage.mac.com/bahlberg/iblog/B1386252977/C707866389/E447100039/index.html)..........(to be intp blog (http://homepage.mac.com/bahlberg/iblog/B1386252977/index.html))
INTP Love Tips (http://www.lovetype.com/intptips.html)..........(Only includes INTJ, ENTJ, ENTP and INFJ, 2nd half of the page is advertising a book)


Communities
Myspace: INTP Central's Profile (http://www.myspace.com/intpcentral)
Myspace: INTP Personality Type Group (http://groups.myspace.com/joinagroupwithagroupownerwhohastimeforsuchthings)
LiveJournal INTP Community (http://community.livejournal.com/jmbt_intp/)
Stumble Upon INTP Group (http://intp.group.stumbleupon.com/)


Humor
Not Your Typical Myers-Briggs (http://www.xeromag.com/fun/personality.html)
The Five INTP Subtypes (http://homepage.mac.com/bahlberg/iblog/B1386252977/C715152919/E467503953/index.html)..........(to be intp blog (http://homepage.mac.com/bahlberg/iblog/B1386252977/index.html))


Everything Else
Either I haven't read enough of these sites to organize them into the above list yet or I just don't like them.

INTP Survival Guide (http://www.fortunecity.com/bennyhills/hardy/441/personality/intp.html)
Morriscat INTP Profile (http://morriscat.50megs.com/type/intp.html)
INTP or INTJ? (http://groups.google.com/group/alt.psychology.personality/msg/d722e6b2c2d42e9e?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF)
INTP Profile (http://www.halverson-law.com/intp.htm)
INTP Writing (http://www19.homepage.villanova.edu/karyn.hollis/prof_academic/Courses/common_files/personality_types/intp.htm)
Leadership Studies (http://www.businesspundit.com/50226711/leadership_studies_dont_work_and_im_an_intp.php)
Highschool/Undergrad Jobs for INTPs (http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=774142)
INTP & Me (http://student.vwc.edu/~mcashby/INTP.htm)
INTPs in Relationships (http://www.slideshare.net/waltonej/intps-in-relationships)..........in an odd slideshow format
INTPs and Emergent Behavior (http://intp-bird.blogspot.com/2005_06_01_archive.html)

[Birdsnest]

Thanks Jezebel, bumping this up, looks good. Someone here posted this link too, and I have to say I absolutely love this blogsite, I have learned so much from it. Thanks whoever you are, and thanks to the creator, this is marvelous information.

http://homepage.mac.com/bahlberg/iblog/B1386252977/index.html


Just found this link too, and lots of things to consider here too.
http://www.ptypes.com/

[Arioch]

I find myself liking this site (http://209.15.29.56/myersbriggs/personhome.htm)

While its not original work it is a nice summery. I also like it for the way it shows the Temperaments etc etc.

[Shai Gar]

that site dont work arioch.

[Arioch]

that site dont work arioch.

Hmm [waves a magic wand]. I corrected it, it should work now.

[spirilis]

I find myself liking this site (http://209.15.29.56/myersbriggs/personhome.htm)

While its not original work it is a nice summery. I also like it for the way it shows the Temperaments etc etc.
The profiles are straight out of PUM II.

well, I take that back, parts of them are...

[Shai Gar]

thank you :)

[Arioch]

The profiles are straight out of PUM II.

well, I take that back, parts of them are...

Thats what I like about them. Since I don't care to spend the money to buy the real book. Maybe in the future though.

[Jezebel]

Okay, I edited in the ones I didn't have.


I find myself liking this site (http://209.15.29.56/myersbriggs/personhome.htm)

While its not original work it is a nice summery. I also like it for the way it shows the Temperaments etc etc.

the descriptions are exactly like Type Logic's (http://www.typelogic.com/intp.html), but I'm not sure who was first.

[Arioch]

Okay, I edited in the ones I didn't have.



the descriptions are exactly like Type Logic's (http://www.typelogic.com/intp.html), but I'm not sure who was first.

Ahh, but it also has other stuff, for example how NT's think of relationships, mating etc etc. I believe thats from Keirsey's book but it's not online elsewhere (to my best recollection)

[spirilis]

Yes, Keirsey talks about a lot of that stuff. Keywords for Keirsey are the "intelligence" types... e.g. SP Tactical intelligence, NF Diplomatic intelligence, SJ Logistical intelligence, NT Strategic intelligence.

[Swift]

http://www.socionics.com/prof/intj.htm

http://www.personalitytest.net/types/descriptions/intp.htm

http://www.ransdellassociates.com/INTP.htm

http://www.glendale.cc.ca.us/new/services/counseling/mbti/intp.htm

http://morriscat.50megs.com/type/intp.html

http://www.fortunecity.com/bennyhills/hardy/441/personality/intp.html

http://www.murraystate.edu/secsv/fye/INTP.htm

[Crazy]

Just saving this thread so I can come back to it later.

[garak]

I made a list a little while back: http://incise.org/intp/

[Jezebel]

Ok, so I left INTPc for a bit around the last time I posted in this thread but I finally got around to adding the other links. :grin:

[42.3]

Here is a rather...different approach:

http://www.xeromag.com/fun/personality.html

[Hermione]

thanks, Jez and the rest. nice work. (i teh love not having to do work).

[Jezebel]

Here is a rather...different approach:

http://www.xeromag.com/fun/personality.html

Added :). Also added Murray State University's INTP profile (http://www.murraystate.edu/secsv/fye/INTP.htm), which happens to be really good.

[C.J.Woolf]

This thread looks like it should be a sticky to me. Thanks, Jezebel.

[outmywindow]

Added :). Also added Murray State University's INTP profile (http://www.murraystate.edu/secsv/fye/INTP.htm), which happens to be really good.

Ooo, nice one! I especially liked the inclusion of the bit about the female INTP, despite its tendency towards persecution.

[Raina]

Here's a site with relationship advice!

http://www.lovetype.com/intptips.html

from your experience, what do you think of the advice?

[Ellipsis]

Work that does not include intellect and the opportunity for mastery soon becomes drudgery for INTPs. In fact, if a job doesn't afford the INTP such challanges, he or she will be better off seeking new employment. Otherwise, on-the-job listlessness will result, over the long term, in stress, accident proneness, and overall poor performance.

...not going to help pay me through college.....

[nagrom]

Hosted: http://morgansutherland.net/misc/mbtireference.html

[Jezebel]

Here's a site with relationship advice!

http://www.lovetype.com/intptips.html

from your experience, what do you think of the advice?

With an ENTP. I like this bit:


*Don't try to talk them out of an idea that appears foolish--if you give them enough space, they will likely talk themselves out of it.

He's always coming up with ideas and they aren't always practical. I'll put in my 2 cents if I'm asked but don't really try to talk him out of anything. I find these ideas always fizzle out before being put into action without any intervention on my part. :)

(I put the link under 'everything else' because it only included 4 types and half the page was an ad)

[Jezebel]

Decided to do a better job with the list organization. Added intp thinking patterns (http://asimjalis.blogspot.com/2004/09/intp-thinking-patterns.html), 5 intp subtypes (http://homepage.mac.com/bahlberg/iblog/B1386252977/C715152919/E467503953/index.html), jung intp keywords (http://similarminds.com/jung/intp.html), and all the sites in the community section.

[Gaupa]

5 intp subtypes - strange joke. Does anyone find a match?

[Ponderous]

Particularly exquisite INTP description: http://www.purdue.edu/usp/pdfs/mbtiresources/INTP.pdf
(Though bits seem identical to other resources.)

Other type descriptions from the same source:
http://www.purdue.edu/usp/exploring/mbtidescriptions.shtml

[Seanan]

Added :). Also added Murray State University's INTP profile (http://www.murraystate.edu/secsv/fye/INTP.htm), which happens to be really good.

Thanks... I think that's one of the best I've seen.

[_idiosyncracies]

I don't know if any of these have been posted yet. I'm too lazy to check.

http://web.archive.org/web/20061023125834/http://humaninterest.typepad.com/human_interest/2006/08/notes_on_intp.html

http://www.wsc.edu/advising_services/career_planning/exploration/personality_careers/intp/

http://www.interweave-consulting.com/h/An-INTP-Profile.html
http://www.seamuscasey.com/about/intp/

http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/the-16-mbti-types.asp

http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/2006/04/10/from-an-engineer-rational-intp/

http://www.advisorteam.org/the_four-temperaments/temp_rational_architect.html

http://members.tripod.com/~PersonalityInstitute/INTPs.htm

http://ome.umaryland.edu/AcademicD/INTP.html

And I'm too lazy to wrap the links properly.

[mancroft]

In case you have not seen this.

Amusing and accurate.

http://www.xeromag.com/fun/personality.html

[outmywindow]

Threads Merged.

And yeah, that's been posted somewhere around here before. Dunno where.

[chris1207]

"their followers express appreciation for the ENFJs by signing over all their worldly possessions and giving up their wives and daughters to the ENFJ's "special care.""

:)

[Jezebel]

http://web.archive.org/web/20061023125834/http://humaninterest.typepad.com/human_interest/2006/08/notes_on_intp.html
The page loads, but it keeps giving a password prompt that has to be canceled several times.

http://www.wsc.edu/advising_services/career_planning/exploration/personality_careers/intp/Already there.

http://www.interweave-consulting.com/h/An-INTP-Profile.htmlA copy of the profile on intp.org


http://www.seamuscasey.com/about/intp/A copy of the profile on the wikibooks site.


http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/the-16-mbti-types.aspNot much information here.


http://www.commonfolkusingcommonsense.com/2006/04/10/from-an-engineer-rational-intp/Added to OP under short profiles.


http://www.advisorteam.org/the_four-temperaments/temp_rational_architect.htmlI don't know who was first, but I added the same profile from this site (http://www.personalityzone.com/view/temperament/architect.html) since I find it more visually appealing.


http://members.tripod.com/~PersonalityInstitute/INTPs.htm (http://members.tripod.com/%7EPersonalityInstitute/INTPs.htm)Added to OP under short profiles.


http://ome.umaryland.edu/AcademicD/INTP.htmlAdded to OP under short profiles.

[Dr. Haight]

Thanks, Jezebel!

[Mostly]

OH... this is very nice! Thank you Jezebel! I look forward to reading the ones I've not been to before once I've had some proper :zzz:.

One I didn't see that I've been hoping to find is an essay I read a few years back about INTP or INTJ, but it was not the socionics one. I'll find it again one of these days...

[The Phantom]

Thanks Jezebel

Was reading on INTP subtypes and this is the most accurate description of me as an INTP subtype.

5) Cynical Realist:
This type of INTP has seen the world, and realized that they want no part of it, except where they can get knowledge, experience, and entertainment from it. They see life for what it is, a big cosmic joke, and often wonder if they should laugh or cry, but otherwise just say the hell with it, and go get laid. They tend to be sarcastic and funny, are world travelers, and can blend in to any environment, and they tend to get laid a lot. They also tend to be fairly well educated, yet stuck in worthless and meaningless jobs, both because the people around them are idiots and because they don't have the mindless compulsion to kiss ass to move up in life. They are the street philosopher, the beat poet, the writers, and fountains of knowledge and wisdom. They tend to play multiple instruments, and just generally look cool and sexy. Their experience is as wide as their knowledge is deep, and tend to be very observant, and get laid a whole lot. They shower regularly, dress well yet comfortably, tend to be sexy in a low key sort of way, and tend to score easily with members of the opposite sex. Although their living quarters tend to appear disorganized, it is an organized disorganization, arranged in such a way as to be easy to get from the bed to the door, and back without interruption. This subtype also tends to like to party, likes to go out for drinks, can get along with pretty much anyone, and tends to get laid more than any other subtype of INTP.

[Ankitrn]

great links :)

[composer]

Here's a new one (x-posted to Careers) - excellent, excellent description.

http://introvertedpersonalitytypes.com/the-intp/

I wonder if we should archive this data here on the site, so it doesn't get lost.

[MacGuffin]

Here's a new one (x-posted to Careers) - excellent, excellent description.

http://introvertedpersonalitytypes.com/the-intp/

I wonder if we should archive this data here on the site, so it doesn't get lost.

I believe that comes from here originally:

http://personalityjunkie.com/the-intp/

[composer]

Found another one

http://personalitycafe.com/intp-forum-thinkers/611-intp-portrait.html

Themes

For Deisgner Theorizers life is a process of becoming an expert. And they almost never feel quite expert enough. They enjoy reflecting on how things work, why they work that way, and what makes them not work and then really solving a problem, not just fixing it for now. They also enjoy generating ideas and seeing new patterns and elegant connections. These new connections activate their talent for design and continual redesign. The clarity they bring to defining problems as well as words helps them go straight to the essence of a problem, a situation, or a concept.

Their thought processes seem random, yet they are logically coherent. It is as if they hold a matrix in their minds with multiple connections, and their conceptualization and design work often involves crossing the arbitrary boundaries of thought and disciplines to activate the imagination and picture the patterns. Making discoveries is a better form of nourishment than food, for without these, their intellect would starve. These are the people who reflect on the process of thinking itself and seek to produce an elegant design to solve social as well as technical problems. Flashes of insight truly energize them.

In the interpersonal realm, they also engineer connections - connecting people with new ideas and information and sometimes with others. For being such basically solitary people, they have a surprising abilty to network people with people, usually around expertise. They know who knows what and how well.

Their most satisfying relationships often come from sharing knowledge. Even then, they frequently detach to analyze a situation or problem before re-engaging. Others often misread this detachment as not caring, when often the analysis and problem solving are done on behalf of the other person.

They often say they struggle with attending to the physical world - like filing papers, dealing with repairs, deciding what to wear, or maintaining their own bodies. Even more, finding the right words to use to convey their clarity of thought often eludes them.

Relationships

For Designer Theorizers, relationships are a lot about expertise. They enjoy having a joint area of interest and expertise to share. They often seek out relationships to have different thoughts and experiences. Disruption that comes with conflict and strong emotion keeps them from thinking clearly, so they avoid confrontation unless it is neccesary. Frequently they may find themselves lacking the interpersonal skills they need, and relationships can become competitive. Their penchant for precisely defining words, clarifying ideas, and pointing out inconsistencies can be wearing at times even if it is in the best interest of the other person, the group, or the project. A calm, conflict-free enviroment is preferred, and consultative relationships are preferred over hierarchical ones.

In their close relationships, they need autonomy, with the perspective that nobody has the right to "let" them do or not do anything. The notion that there is a role they are supposed to serve can be a surprise and a shock, and a relationship can feel like bondage if too many traditional roles are imposed. Traditional roles can interfere with their intellectual needs. The challenge for them in a relationship is to not be robotic and preoccupied with constant analysis and work or hobby interests. They may self-sacrifice for the relationship, sticking with one person in spite of difficulties. They can be very supportive about giving each other independence and going the extra mile to support that independence.

[JamesGold]

We need an INTPc facebook group. Unless there are is one...

checking...

Hmmm, there's a group called INTP Central. Is this us?

[1104]

^ (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30003527&op=1&o=global&view=global&subj=2207272615&id=1577370033)

[Zelda]

Great info to be had in the OP.

[lucyintheskies]

lispy.wordpress.com/2008/08/25/do-you-know-any-programmers-that-exhibit-these-personality-traits

This thinly veiled self-disclosure is both amusing and poignant.

[composer]

Another one

http://www.themindbehind.net/mbti/types/INTP.html

This bit is something that is true but that I haven't seen elsewhere


Often really confusing to beginners who try to read INTPs is that they seem extremely precise about very tiny details, yet they are big picture thinkers. However, they’re not precise because they look at the details; on the contrary, they do that because they have a very deep understanding of a lot of things and know that that tiny detail is very important to the big picture. They will never look at unimportant details and can get really annoyed when people get too deep into these.

[Rhu]

http://www.themindbehind.net/mbti/types/INTP.html

As I was reading it, I was thinking, "The author makes some rather unusual digressions into informal grammatical structures. I wonder if they realize..."

And then I saw the "report language mistake" link, and laughed.

[amthcaictm]

[QUOTE=42.3;656942]Here is a rather...different approach:




hilarious!