1. Melville Arueyingho’s Personality Portrait: INTP
Introverted Thinking with Extraverted Intuition
Characteristics:
 Logical,analytical,andobjectivelycritical
 Detachedandcontemplative
 Mentallyquick,insightful,andingenious
 Intenselycuriousabout ideas,theories,andwhatmakesthingswork
“INTP’squicklysee inconsistenciesandillogicalityandenjoytakingapartandreworkingideas”
LearningStyle:
 Intenselycurious
 Global and abstract thinker
 Understandtheoriesandunderlyingprinciplesquickly
CommonPerceptionsof INTP’s
 Quiet,contained,calm,anddetachedobservers
 Independent,valuingautonomy
“INTP’sprize precisionincommunicationanddislikeredundancyorstatingthe obvious…theyare more
interestedinthe challenge of findingsolutions.”
Limitations
“If INTP’sdonot finda place where theycanuse theirgiftsandbe appreciatedfortheircontributions,
theyusuallyfeel frustrated.”
Source:Myers,I.B. (1998). IntroductionstoType,6th
Ed.