Is there such a thing as a Type A INTP?

[Totenkopf]

I am definitely a type B. Honestly I cannot imagine that any INTPs could also be a Type A, but who knows.

O.K., so all you INTPs are you a type A or B?

Here is a link to the only online A/B test I could find.

http://www.psych.uncc.edu/pagoolka/TypeA-B-intro.html

Edit:
Unfortunately this test doesn't explain how to interpret the results. Here is my best guess at reading that range.

Median value 207.5

25% percentile 121.25
50% percentile 207.5
75% percentile 293.75

Anybody with 294 or higher is a Strong Type A - you'd better get some life insurance fast.

Anyone 121 or lower is Strong Type B - you'll live forever, but you're a slacker.

208 to 294 is a lesser A type.

122 to 208 is a lesser B type.

[eyebyte_atWork]

What is 252 supposed to mean?

[seba]

based on the description:

"Type A personality generally refers to hard workers who are often preoccupied with schedules and the speed of their performance. Type B personalities may be more creative, imaginative, and philosophical."i would say that this is a J/P test.

[kendoiwan]

I'm not so sure about that seba... I'm definitly a P but I'm so concerned with getting things done and out of the way... especially compared to other intps around here...

[kendoiwan]

What is 252 supposed to mean?

Type A

[jyakulis]

Heh did they just take a myers brigg questions but only steal the questions relating to j/p distinctions and then come up with their own new psychology?

[seba]

I'm not so sure about that seba... I'm definitly a P but I'm so concerned with getting things done and out of the way... especially compared to other intps around here...

view poll (http://forums.intpcentral.com/poll.php?do=showresults&pollid=530), all 100% for B (until now of course) and probably it will stay B or >80%. also see the topic of the thread.

but yes, maybe isn't a J/P maybe is also S/N or SP/SJ. but i don't think so, if you look at the J/P description, it looks similiar to me.

[Totenkopf]

I agree that it seems to be a J/P sort of thing - that's why I figured that type A INTPS would be unusual. The research into Type A/B personalities goes back to the 1940's. It was developed by a cardiologist who was concerned about increased heart disease in Type A's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenkins_activity_survey
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_A

[eyebyte_atWork]

Shit - I guess I lost.

[seba]

i've just finished the test. uh, it looks like SJ/SP imo.

[eyebyte_atWork]

Shit - I guess I lost.

[MacGuffin]

EDICT FROM ON HIGH:

Everyone that picks Type A gets banned! Back to J-land, you fiends!

[attila_the_hunny]

I got a 90. Does that mean I'm really lazy?

[Maniac]

I got a 225. A it is.

[Nighthawk]

Welcome back Totenkopf. Haven't seen you around in long time.

I'm pretty much a Type B, although the military did its best to turn me into a Type A. If I get enough adrenaline in my system, I become Type A.

Edit: Scored 165.

[booyalab]

I got 267. I already knew I was a type A though.

[MacGuffin]

I got 267. I already knew I was a type A though.We all knew that too... :whistle:

[booyalab]

We all knew that too... :whistle:
so you're saying you already knew i can kick your butt. good.

[MacGuffin]

so you're saying you already knew i can kick your butt. good.Well duh!

[jittus rye]

213. I am a slacker, but I am also a leader.

[seba]

so i guess i was wrong. 40:60, i've said >80%.

[MacGuffin]

so i guess i was wrong. 40:60, i've said >80%.Some of those are INTJs.

[euterpenc]

187/380 - That's almost dead center. *sigh*

[booyalab]

ok I know eyebyte is an INTJ.....but I got a higher type A score than him, wtf does that make me. I dont think I'm an INTJ

[MacGuffin]

ok I know eyebyte is an INTJ.....but I got a higher type A score than him, wtf does that make me. I dont think I'm an INTJ:whistle:

Seriously, were you not thinking you were maybe ENTJ at the beginning of the summer?

[booyalab]

:whistle:

Seriously, were you not thinking you were maybe ENTJ at the beginning of the summer?

yeah, but there's no ENTJ forum. :ph34r:

(so I can't compare myself to actual ENTJs and find out for sure.....also, maybe you can't be an ENTJ and have more than 3,000 posts on an internet forum)

[Rajah]

174. Does that make me almost well-balanced? :)

[seba]

yeah, but there's no ENTJ forum. :ph34r:

(so I can't compare myself to actual ENTJs and find out for sure.....also, maybe you can't be an ENTJ and have more than 3,000 posts on an internet forum)

i know an ENTJ which posts a lot on forums.

[PenguinHunter]

97

[Master O]

158. wow. higher than i would've guessed. i'm pretty laid back.

[eyebyte_atWork]

ok I know eyebyte is an INTJ.....but I got a higher type A score than him, wtf does that make me. I dont think I'm an INTJ

It makes you one mean mama jama.

[Snowflake]

I gotta 96, kickass

[PenguinHunter]

I'm not so surprised that there are B INTPs. The test asked a lot about what you actually do not what you prefer (or find it most natural to do). The Bs are just the few of us who have found it necessary to go out and do things.

[Winterpark]

I got 267. I already knew I was a type A though.

I got 267, too.

[eyebyte_atWork]

I got 267, too.

Damn! you beat me - 252 - bitch.

[Winterpark]

http://www.puzzlesdownunder.com.au/media/Bart.jpg

[Ka.avik]

that's 41% to an instant heart-attack, I suppose :p

Some of the questions shouldn't IMHO, have been radio buttons. Such as what I do with my free time....work more, sleep, go shopping? Depends on my mood. I might choose any.

My personal opinion on a A/B or the like scale, such polls will lean towards the center, simply because us Percievers realize that in the real world, stuff needs to happen, and especially if you live alone, that means you have to do it. Judgers that are so wound up, eventually realize they need to be wound up about scheduling down time to fit into the middle of the up time. So a quiz on how you act won't reveal half as much as you might wish to learn...

[Blue]

106
+Blue

[ChristiRB]

144 (12 x 12) :D

Is that A or B? Maybe I'm both!

[Serotonin]

121. That's... low... ish.

[booyalab]

144 (12 x 12) :D

Is that A or B? Maybe I'm both!

That makes you a B.

The scores range from 38 to 380, so the boundary between A and B is at 228.

[eyebyte_atWork]

That makes you a B.

The scores range from 38 to 380, so the boundary between A and B is at 228.


I had it at about 171... how did get your number?

me(171 = (380-38)/2)

[Totenkopf]

Here is my best guess at reading that range.

Median value 207.5

25% percentile 121.25
50% percentile 207.5
75% percentile 293.75

Anybody with 294 or higher is a Strong Type A - you'd better get some life insurance fast.

Anyone 121 or lower is Strong Type B - you'll live forever, but you're a slacker.

208 to 294 is a lesser A type.

122 to 208 is a lesser B type.

P.S. I revised these values slightly after it was correctly pointed out that the scoring range is 35 to 380.

[jetboots]

Dumb test. I am type A when I need to be and type B the rest of the time. So the test would measure what % of the time I need to be hardcore rather than able to be chill.

I got right between A and B

[Bugeater]

99

[jittus rye]

Dumb test. I am type A when I need to be and type B the rest of the time. So the test would measure what % of the time I need to be hardcore rather than able to be chill.

I got right between A and B
Yes, exactly.

[cloakable]

EDICT FROM ON HIGH:

Everyone that picks Type A gets banned! Back to J-land, you fiends!
*supports the admin*

[Amaris]

105. Scores range from 35-380, guys! Do I have to get everything right myself around here?!?

[booyalab]

I had it at about 171... how did get your number?

me(171 = (380-38)/2)

edit: mwahaha I was right! it's 380 PLUS 38.

[booyalab]

105. Scores range from 35-380, guys! Do I have to get everything right myself around here?!?

edit: LOSERS

(it's too bad no one probably saw the posts oozing with humility that preceded these for a few seconds)

edit2: ok, I had the right idea but my answer was still wrong..for whatever reason.....so I retract my "losers" comment (only in theory.... I'm still leaving it there)

207

[Chall T. Dow]

I'm actually a type C, I always test at almost the exact midpoint on a 100 pt scale.

Chall T. Dow

[Hyperion]

118

Strong Type B as expected ... but can take charge when there is no alternative or when it is to my advantage to do so. :D

[Johnny]

220

I'll meet this one in the middle

[Birdsnest]

I scored 189, still a type B.

[INTrPosr]

I got 200, but considered myself today as opposed to how I usually am. Does this mean I am A/B? I coincides with the possiblity that I am 3w4 on the enneagram. Here is another test at Blogthings (http://www.blogthings.com/typeaquiz/). I found it several months ago, and think my results were Type A.

[KuJo]

104

[Mr Pink]

Seems I score an all-time low here -- 74.
I'm the slacker master. Worship me.

The slacker master has spoken.

[Leftfield]

WTF, 206...

Which is 174 short of 380 type A
and 171 above type B...

I think this test covered too specific situations, I take charge when I feel I am the appropriate leader, I exercise four+ times a week to keep my body in good shape, a lot of these questions were middle of the pack... not much of a test for people that score in the middle

[Nighthawk]

Seems I score an all-time low here -- 74.
I'm the slacker master. Worship me.

The slacker master has spoken.Mr. Pink will probably live to be 105, seeing as nothing can piss him off. Talk about a low stress life http://forums.intpcentral.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Mr Pink]

Mr. Pink will probably live to be 105, seeing as nothing can piss him off. Talk about a low stress life http://forums.intpcentral.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

I'm a compulsive drinker and smoker, so you have to make that 100.

[misutii]

127, and even that seems generous

[FescherAlsDu]

139, B

[Neppy]

I got 163. That seems to be in the middle somewhere? It doesn't say A or B. Somebody explain this to me. :(

[TPol]

176.

[MasterMerk]

Seems I score an all-time low here -- 74.
I'm the slacker master. Worship me.

The slacker master has spoken.

65 here.
Love me, for I am B.

[the_stumpycat]

234 - which probably reflects the environment I am having to work 80 hours a week in at the moment