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Types of Personality in Psychology

INFJ - The Protector
INFJ - The Protector

INFJ: The Protector If you’ve arrived at this page without taking the personality test you can take the test at this link. INFJ (introverted, intuitive, feeling, judging) is a four-letter code used to represent one of the 16 personality types identified by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. This personality assessment was created by Isabel ...

INFP - The Idealist
INFP - The Idealist

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INTJ - The Scientist
INTJ - The Scientist

INTJ Personality (“The Architect”) It’s lonely at the top, and being one of the rarest and most strategically capable personality types, INTJs know this all too well.

INTP - The Thinker
INTP - The Thinker

INTP Feeling Extraverted Feeling, or “Fe” for short, is the inferior function of the INTP. This tends to be an area where INTPs struggle and trip up in day-to-day life.

ISFJ - The Nurturer
ISFJ - The Nurturer

ISFJ (introverted, sensing, feeling, judging) is one of the 16 personality types identified on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. People who have ISFJ personalities tend to be reserved, warm-hearted and responsible.

ISFP - The Artist
ISFP - The Artist

ISFP personality types are true artists, but not necessarily in the typical sense where they’re out painting happy little trees. Often enough though, they are perfectly capable of this. Rather, it’s that they use aesthetics, design and even their choices and actions to push the limits of social convention.

ISTP - The Mechanic
ISTP - The Mechanic

ISTP (introverted, sensing, thinking, perceiving) is one of the 16 personality types identified by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. People with ISTP personalities enjoy having time to think alone and are fiercely independent.

Melancholic
Melancholic

A: According to the Organizational Development Portal, people with melancholic personalities are introverted and thoughtful, with significant capacity for artistic creativity. The same source notes that perfectionism is a common trait in the melancholic.

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Sanguine
Sanguine

Modern psychology is not much kinder to four temperaments concept and, in general, dismisses most personality theories altogether. Despite that, usage of terms — sanguine, phlegmatic, choleric, and melancholic — persists in both scientific and everyday language.