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INFP (Introverted iNtuitive Feeling Perceiving) is one of the sixteen personality types based on the work of C.G. Jung. The description of the various types have been developed within a number of personality type systems, each having their own measuring tools' the best known of which are the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), the Keirsey Temperament Sorter and Socionics.

Referring to Keirsey INFPs belong to the temperament of the idealists and are called Healer.

In Socionics INFps belong to the club of the Humanitarians, the beta Quadra and are named "Lyricist",Examples are Ray Bradbury or Sergei Yesenin. Another notation for INFp is IEI (which is an acronym for Intuitive-Ethical Intratim, referring to the cognitive functions).

Contents 1 MBTI cognitive functions 2 Socionics cognitive functions 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] MBTI cognitive functions

1. Introverted Feeling (Fi)
2. Extroverted Intuition (Ne)
3. Introverted Sensing (Si)
4. Extroverted Thinking (Te)
5. Extroverted Feeling (Fe)
6. Introverted Intuition (Ni)
7. Extroverted Sensing (Se)
8. Introverted Thinking (Ti)

[edit] Socionics cognitive functions

1. introverted intuition (Ni)
2. extroverted feeling (Fe)
3. introverted sensing (Si)
4. extroverted thinking (Te)
5. extroverted sensing (Se)
6. introverted thinking (Ti)
7. extroverted intuition (Ne)
8. introverted feeling (Fi)

Model A

IEI (INFp)

[edit] See also

• Keirsey Temperament Sorter
• MBTI
• Socionics

[edit] External links

MBTI and Keirsey

• http://www.geocities.com/lifexplore/infp.htm
• Description from www.typelogic.com
• Description from typetango.com
• Description from keirsey.com
• Research on INFPs

Socionics

• http://www.socionics.com/advan/prof/infp.htm
• http://socionics.com/prof/infp.htm
• http://socioniko.net/en/1.1.types/te.html
• http://www.wagele.com/infps.html
• http://socion.info/cgi-bin/index.cgi?loc=desc&type=4

Myers-Briggs Types Keirsey Temperament Sorter Types Socionics Types
ISFJ | ESFJ | ISTJ | ESTJ | ISFP | ESFP | ISTP | ESTP
INFJ | ENFJ | INTJ | ENTJ | INFP | ENFP | INTP | ENTP

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