SENSOR - S and INTUITIVE - NEXTROVERSION AND INTROVERSION ARE HOW WE PRESENT ourselves to the world ...

1. Meyers-Briggs (Personality) Type Inventory (MBTI)
SENSOR - S and INTUITIVE - N
EXTROVERSION AND INTROVERSION ARE HOW WE PRESENT ourselves to the world around us.
Sensor and Intuitive (Intuition) are how we perceive information and they are as different as night
and day. A high scoring Sensor and a high scoring iNtuitive have an extremely difficult time
communicating with each other. Unless one or the other is a very patient and understanding person,
then this can lead to serious conflict in peer-to-peer interactions but even more so in a superior-
subordinate relationship.
Sensors, as the name implies, draw their information from the five senses; hearing, feeling, seeing,
smelling, and tasting. There is no intermediate step between physically sensing the bit of
information, converting it in brain, and understanding what it is. For an iNtuitive, there is such an
additional step. Once the information is perceived, it gets lost with all of the other bits of information
and understanding derives from the "intuitive" process of combining all of the information together
in the subconscious.
For example, if you tell a Sensor it is "hot outside".they may look at a thermometer or ask you what
the temperature is. If you cannot provide them that information, then they will probably go outside
to check it out. Tell the iNtuitor the same thing and they may agree with you because they already
know 1) it is July, 2) it is noon, and 3) you are in Florida; who needs to see a thermometer or know
the temperature to understand the statement to be true. Sensors are from Missouri and iNtuitives
are not (assuming you are old enough to know the reference.)
FEELER - F and THINKER - T
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CHARACTERISTIC, how do you process the information you have? Do you let your emotions take
over, 'F', or do you use logic to figure things out, 'T'? As with the others, this is situational, but
maybe more so. My score makes me a very weak 'T', a score of 1 or 2 if I remember correctly. When
I am writing my hubs, i tend to use the Thinking side of this personality trait, but when I dealing
personnel issues with my company, I process information through my "heart" as they like to say. The
stronger a 'T' I am, however, the less likely it is that you will let emotion cloud your decision making.
Likewise, the higher the score on the Feeling side, the "rationale" your decisions are. Although they
may be perfectly good decisions, they will befuddle a strong Thinking type.
JUDGER - J and PERCEIVER - P
THIS IS A TRICKY ONE. WHILE THE FIRST three personality types come straight from work by the
scientist Carl Jung, this last one is a creation of Myers and Briggs. This characteristic sort of circles
back to how you present your decision-making to the outside world. If you are a Judger, 'J', you
relate to the world as an F-T, the processing function, if you are a perceiver, then S-N would be your
style as they relate to gathering. That doesn't mean those (S-N or F-T) are what your scores came
out to be, it is just how you prefer to come across to others.
Judgers are: planners, list-makers, and sure-footed in their judgement. Perceivers are
procrastinators, always looking for more information, indecisive.

2. FINDING YOUR MBTI SCORE
I HAVE TAKEN THE MBTI SEVERAL TIMES over the past 30 years, and it has been consistently the
same. I found a site for this Hub where you can take the survey yourself, if you choose. It is at
HumanMetrics.com. It is a quick, 72-question survey (the real on is about 120 questions long) and
only takes a few minutes.
I took it again and received these results:
Introvert(100%) iNtuitive(75%) Feeling(12%) Perceiving(33)%
You have strong preference of Introversion over Extraversion (100%)
You have distinctive preference of Intuition over Sensing (75%)
You have slight preference of Feeling over Thinking (12%)
You have moderate preference of Perceiving over Judging (33%)
That is the first time the result has changed, I must be getting soft in my old age; the third category,
Feeling over Thinking used to be reversed by about the same amount. Also, my Perceiving score is
normally higher. (They used a percent scale instead of a 1 - 9 scale). If you look at my 'I' score, you
can see why I write hubs rather than give lectures. The N-P combination explains why most of my
hubs contain polls of one sort or another.
THE POINT OF THIS HUB
SPEAKING OF POLLING, THAT IS WHY I WROTE THIS HUB, to gather information. INTPs or INFPs
both "wonder" a lot; they are curious about a lot of things and I am no exception. What follows is an
increasing number of polls (as I think of questions to ask) to see if I can determine certain
relationships between MBTI scores and other human characteristics; you will see what I mean when
you get to the questions.
You, dear reader, are my subjects in this experiment, if you so choose to be. That, in and of itself will
introduce some bias because people with certain combination of MBTI functions have already found
this Hub boring and have gone elsewhere, some aren't interested in HubPages at all, for that matter.
Over time, however, I should get enough answers to see if my hypotheses are correct; hypotheses
which I will keep to myself for the time being (so as not to influence the outcome), but will publish
later at an appropriate time.
So Please, keep coming back.
The first percentage are those that fall into that category on a national basis; the second percentage
is what the current Hub survey results.
Extrovert Responses: 13 (Its been 13 (months since I started this project and have received about 5 -
6 responses per month, of which 1 a month has been from an Extravert!. Further, of the Extraverts,
one finally came in as a Sensor (~1/8/15) while only 7 Introverts have been Sensors.)
ESFJ (12%) -0

3. ESFP (9%) - 0
ESTJ (9%) - 1 (2%)
ESTP (4%) - 0
ENFJ (3%) - 2 (3%)
ENFP (8%) - 3 (5%)
ENTJ (2%) - 4 (7%)
ENTP (3%) - 3 (5%br>
The first percentage are those that fall into that category on a national basis; the second percentage
is what the current Hub survey results.
Responses: 45
ISFJ (14%) - 1 (2%)
ISFP (9%) - 5 (9%)
ISTJ (12%) - 1 (2%)
ISTP (5%) - 1 (2%)
INFJ (2%) - 10 (17%)
INFP (4%) - 6 (10%)
INTJ (2%) - 11 (19%)
INTP (4%) - 10 (17%)
It is interesting to note the bolded percentages are what is found in the general population; and the
percentages on the right is the representative sample of hubbers who take the survey and answer
these polls. Even though there are only 52 results so far (11 Extravert reports), the deviation for
INFJs and INTJs is rather astonishing as is the total lack of ESxx, which normally account for 34% of
the general population! It makes a pretty clear statement about the characteristics of people who
enjoy Hubpages and this kind of information.
HYPOTHESIS #1 - HANDEDNESS
My first survey has to do with whether or not there is any relationship between handedness and
certain aspects of our personality traits; specifically how we gather and process information. I
believe it is fairly well established that there are measurable differences between right-handed and
left-handed people. I want to see if it shows up in the MBTI.
Based on the Previous Poll, I Need to Ask This One

4. CONSIDERATIONS FOR HANDEDNESS RESULTS
One source I found said that 7-8% of people in the non-US world are left-handed, while 9-10% of
Americans are lefties. Another source suggests that 10-11% of Americans are southpaws of which
9.7% are male and 12.5% are female. The common number used is 10%.
Using this information, if handedness was evenly distributed among MBTI groups, then around 10%
of each of the above categories would report being left-handed; this is an "unbiased" result. To the
degree the actual outcomes vary from this indicates a bias toward that handedness for that
particular group.
Right now, with only 46 respondents all you can surmise is a potential result, there isn't really
anything statistically you can say about it. Once there are 40 results (an average of 5 results per
choice), then very broad statistical interpretations can be made. And guess what, we are there.
Based on the tables below and the facts that 1) E and I were left out, 2) that there is a major under
representation of Extraverts in the sample so far, and 3) there appears to be a bias toward lefties in
the S-N, F-T groups, I added a new poll asking for the handedness of Extraverts and Introverts. So if
you are reading this part to see what is new but have taken the polls already, please go back and
take this new poll. Thank you.
Of The N = 46 Respondents, What % Are
RIGHT-HANDED
LEFT-HANDED
S-Sensor
13%
0%
N-iNtuitive
67%
20%
F-Feeler
39%
9%
T-Thinker
41%
11%

5. TABLE 1
With N=41, For Each MBTI, What % Are ...
RIGHT-HANDED
LEFT-HANDED
S-Sensor
100%
0%
N-iNtuitive
77%
23%
F-Feeler
82%
18%
T-Thinker
78%
22%
Overall
80%
20%
TABLE 2
HYPOTHESIS #2 - INTELLIGENCE and MBTI
People can be intelligent in many different ways. Normally we think of a high IQ (intelligence
quotient) being related to scientists, but that is necessary the case. You can have geniuses in
advertising, art, entrepreneurs, etc; each one of those have a different combination of of MBTI
functions. This is what I am trying to ferret out here.
To take this survey, you need to know your MBTI and have an idea of what your IQ score is. It
doesn't need to be exact for I am just looking at ranges with 100 being "normal". This will be a series
of three polls as I am testing for various personality functions.

6. It will a while before I get enough responses to draw any conclusions regarding the IQ
characteristic. But, you might start drawing your own conclusion regarding the IQ of the Hub
audience who likes to read these kind of Hubs and to take/respond to these surveys. Definitely on
the upside when you consider 100 is a well establish average (and not very many people are
fudging).
HYPOTHESIS #3 - TOLERANCE vs E, I, S, N, J, and P
In the earlier discussion I observed that a strong S and a strong N will have a very hard time
understanding the other and can become rather frustrated over the others behavior. The frustration
arises from the fact that each simply doesn't understand nor picture the process the other is using to
gather information. This can lead to difficult situations and I am wondering if there are MBTI
combinations that might lend themselves to these to types working together.
Again, it is a series of polls, one for Extroverts and the other for Introverts. Beyond that, the
questions are the same.
A LITTLE ANALYSIS TOLERANCE OF OTHERS
CURRENTLY, 16 EXTROVERTS AND 32 INTROVERTS HAVE RESPONDED to this question; there
are several ways to cut it. So let's get into it. From the table below, a few numbers should pop out at
you, the three in the bottom right corner.
What I am trying to discern is if certain personality types believe they are more or less "tolerant" of
others. At first blush, that may be the case, but don't take it to the bank just yet. It would seem at
the moment that a N or iNtuitive-type personality think they are pretty good at handling situations
where each side looks at an issue from differing perspectives without getting bent out of shape.
BREAKING DOWN THOSE WHO THINK THEY GET "FRUSTRATED" EASILY
YES
NO
S
10%
2%
N
33%
54%
-
-
-

7. J
25%
23%
P
18%
33%
HYPOTHESIS #4 - "DETAILEDNESS" vs E, I, S, N, J, and P
IN MY OBSERVATIONS, THERE IS AN UNMISTAKABLE DIFFERENCE between people who are
detailed oriented and those who are not (at least one commenter, who prompted this question, and
myself aren't). These next few surveys are to try to discern what characteristics to look for, say when
you are hiring somebody to do data entry work, something my company is in great need of.
EXTRAVERTS seem a little uncertain as to whether or not they are detailed oriented (although I
wouldn't take much stock in just 7 responses). INTROVERTS, on the other hand are much more
certain as to what they are, they are just split as to whether they are detailed-oriented or not.
It is way too soon to tell whether SENSORS are detailed-oriented or not, but INTUITORS are
starting to lean toward not being so much.
FEELERS seem, at first blush, to be leaving details to others while the jury is still out for
THINKERS.
The fact the JUDGERS are leaning slightly toward less detailedness surprises me. We will see what
time will tell. PERCEIVERS, on the other hand, are split; which also surprises me.
HYPOTHESIS #5 - YOUR MBTI INFLUENCES YOUR POLITICAL AFFILIATION
IT SEEMS TO ME THAT POLITICAL AFFILIATIONS SHOULD sort themselves out into MBTI
categories. When you read through the definitions of E-I, S-N, F-T, and J-P I get a sense of which
ones those leaning Right and Left may be associated with. For those of us who think they. as a rule,
don't lean either way, it may be harder to determine.
Let's find out.
POLITICAL LEANINGS vs EXTROVERT-INTROVERT
I thought I would start keeping track of how these numbers develop over time. Initially -
N = 9
And 2 Extraverts and 7 Introverts responded so far.
If one were foolish enough to draw a conclusion from this small sample, one would think:

8. Extraverts tended to lean to the Left
Introverts tended to be thoughtful or lean to the Right
With N = 24
Extraverts still tending to lean toward the Left
Introverts are now lean toward the Left while staying thoughtful.
We will see what the next period brings.
POLITICAL LEANINGS vs SENSOR-FEELER (SF) or INTUITIVE-FEELER (NF)
N = 5
with 1 Sensor-Feeler and 4 Intuitor-Feelers
Again, if one were foolish enough to draw a conclusion from this very small sample, one would think:
Sensor-Feelers tend to lean to the Right
Intuitor-Feelers tend to be thoughtful or lean to the Left
N = 11
Sensor-Feelers are now split one each
Intuitor-Feelers are starting to lean heavily to being thoughtful or to the Left (but still don't read
much into it)
We will see what the next period brings.
POLITICAL LEANINGS vs SENSOR-THINKER (ST) or INTUITIVE-THINKER (NT)
N = 5
Here, we have no Sensor-Thinkers yet, therefore there are 5 Intuitor-Thinkers at the moment.
If one were still foolish enough to draw a conclusion from this small sample, one would think:
Sensor-Thinkers (don't like to take polls?)
Intuitor-Thinkers tend to be thoughtful or lean to the Right
N = 12
Sensor-Thinkers still don't like taking polls
Intuitor-Thinkers is more or less undetermined at this point.

9. We will see what the next period brings.
POLITICAL LEANINGS vs JUDGMENTAL (J) or PERCEPTIVE (P)
N = 10
And 6 Judgers and 4 Perceivers responded so far.
One more time, if one were foolish enough to draw a conclusion from this small sample, one would
think:
Judgers tend to lean to the Right
Perceivers tend to be Thoughtful or lean to the Left
N = 18
Judgers are starting show they know who they are, either Right or Left, and clearly aren't flip-
floppers
Perceivers are still leaning heavily to being thoughtful or to the Left (but also don't read much into
this either)
We will see what the next period brings.
IS WHAT WAS SAID REALLY WHAT WAS MEANT
ANOTHER INTERESTING AREA IN LIFE that seems to always cause problems is the well known
rule that "What you say, is rarely what they heard". I was writing hub on a different subject when
this question popped up.
ACCEPTING WORDS WITH NUMBERS AT FACE VALUE
HOW MUCH COMPANY DO YOU HAVE
BELOW IS A TABLE OF THE FREQUENCY of the various MBTIs taken from the U.S. Population. If
everything were absolutely random, then each 4-letter group would account for 6.25% of the
population (there are 16 4-letter groups). Things, as you will see, are not random; within human
nature there is a preference for one type as opposed to others. Can you guess why we have evolved
this way?
S-T (30.0%)
S-F (43.4)
N-F (16.4%)
N-T (10.2%)
I-J (29.0%)

10. ISTJ - 11.6%: Inspectors
ISFJ - 13.8%: Protectors
INFJ - 1.5%: Counselor
INTJ - 2.1%: Strategist
I-P (21.8%)
ISTP - 5.4%: Craftsmen
ISFP - 8.8%: Artists
INFP - 4.4%: Dreamer
INTP - 3.3%: Philosopher
E-P (24.0%)
ESTP - 4.3%: Pursuaders
ESFP - 8.5%: Entertainers
ENFP - 8.1%: Advocates
ENTP - 3.1%: Innovators
E-J (25.2%)
ESTJ - 8.7%: Overseers
ESFJ - 12.3%: Supporters
ENFJ - 2.5%: Mentors
ENTJ - 1.8%: Leaders
THE BOLDED CELLS ARE HIGHER THAN RANDOMNESS WOULD PREDICT
From The Above, You Can Calculate The Following
% E - 49.2
% S - 73.4
% F - 59.8
% J - 53
% I - 50.8

11. % N - 26.6
% T - 40.2
% P - 47
Compare The General Public With Those Who Took The Survey
% E - 22%
% S - 17%
% F - 46%
% J - 52%
% I - 78%
% N - 83%
% T - 54%
% P - 48%
How Do Hubbers Who Like These Surveys Compare?
Observations:
Clearly, whether you are a Judger or Perceiver makes no difference in your interest in these types of
Hubs.
Also, Feelers and Thinkers both seem to enjoy mental exercises like this.
The differences show up between Extraverts/Introverts and Sensors/Intuitors. At the moment, these
show up in the simple fact that neither Extraverts nor Sensors even make it this far. In other words,
Hubs of this genre hold very little interest to Extraverts or Sensors.
That is all for now, but will add more as I (or YOU through your comments) can think of them.
For those of you who participated, thank you very much, for those of you who didn't, thank you for
taking the time to read this hub and consider its results.
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