Dominant Introverted Thinking
Analyzing and Deciphering
Use Definitions and Factual Principles
INTP & ISTP
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"How and why does this work?" Ti types enjoy problem solving, taking things apart to understand, and putting pieces together to create a whole. They like cleverness, competency, conceptual perfection, and self-mastery. They use words with the precision of a scalpel. Ti types often disregard authorities and rules. Ti types enjoy creating theories, seeing how things fit into a framework. Ti types use facts to prove ideas, and focus on own ideas and analysis of the world, not external observations. They think in outlines.Ti types are objective -- often oblivious to people's feelings and needs, even their own. |
Introverted Thinkers like to spend their time in quiet reflection, considering the world's chaos and pulling out reliable universal truths and principles to build strategies and structure, solve life's mysteries, figure out how things work, and where / how they fit together. They excel at identifying inconsistencies, and love solving problems by taking things or ideas apart. They enjoy refining and improving what they consider important. They make decisions with their head rather than their heart, and are far more at home in the world of things (systems, organizations, society as an organism, products/objects, ideas) than in the world of people (individuals, relationships, subjective values, emotions).
They love to analyze, including figuring out what will logically happen next. They thrive on objectivity, dispassionate dissection of ideas, concepts, systems or theories depending on their specific type. They have a knack for explaining complex systems objectively, such as physics, politics, technology, and economics. Rather than stay on the surface, they go into the depths and intricacies of these systems. They look for how the specific is inconsistent with the system, general concept, theory or principle, and seek to identify that precise point to adjust that will create the most good and efficiency, with the least damage. Their internal reasoning process reflects their natural tendency toward structure and layers of depth -- they process through creating internal outlines of whatever system, theory or process they are studying:
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As "I" types, they are predictably slow to speak about these "truths" or take action on them. They prefer staying in their internal world, seeking understanding, rather than taking their ideas out into the world in a leadership role. They consider their words carefully, speaking slowly and thoughtfully, because they use language with precision. Words are precise tools for them - they understand and appreciate the nuances of words, and take their time in selecting the one that means exactly what they intend to convey.
As "T" types, they are hesitant to discuss their ideas unless their sense of competence is protected -- a boss they respect, a discussion partner they trust, or fairly high confidence that they have arrived at the "truth."
To others, Ti types appear even-tempered, objective to the point of being impersonal. They have little time for people they view as having lesser credibility, knowledge or expertise than themselves, and so people around them can find themselves feeling dismissed, disliked, or that they somehow came up on the short end of the stick without really understanding why they feel that way. Even as children, Tis are fiercely independent. Not naturally social or relationally connected, they are prone to forget or ignore standard social rules and traditions. When they do connect with someone, they are interested in the depth and complexity of that person, and you may find yourself feeling a bit like an insect pinned to the tray, objectively studied. They will either find you sufficiently interesting, and want to understand you further, or you will be casually dismissed. Often, they find acquaintance-type relationships simply a waste of their time.
