I'll try to keep this brief but you asked several questions so there's a lot to go over
1. J and P
The names of those don't make sense. But basically J/P asks the question "how does this person spend energy?" Do you randomly do things or do you like to plan your decisions in advance? Js like to have questions settled, they like to make a commitment and mostly stick with it, Ps like to keep their options open and not commit right away (You never know when some new piece of information might come along and change your decision. So let's not commit just yet; let's cross that bridge when we come to it.).
In exaggerated form the J-P conflict is illustrated in The Odd Couple. Oscar the sob is a P and Felix the neat-freak is a J.
The other basic questions: I vs. E Do you get more energy through time alone (Introvert) or time with other people (Extrovert).
N vs. S Do you gain information about the world through your senses (Sensing) or through feelings and ideas (iNtuition). (Ss spend most of their time living in the present moment absorbing information through their senses. Ns spend most of their time ignoring their senses -- or at least paying only minor attention to them. Ns prefer to think about ideas and feelings -- i.e. they daydream most of the time)
F vs. T Do you make decisions based on logic (Thinker) or emotion (Feeler).
Let me me be quick to point out that none of these are right or wrong in and of themselves. Any one of these traits taken to the extreme can cause problems. We all need a little balance.
2. Combining letters (NF, SJ, NT and SP)
Reread my post above that lists the type for WENN characters. I discussed those briefly.
To make things similar (or more straight forward as to what these letter mean) Keirsey has renamed them as follows (shown with links to more information about each group)
1. J and P
The names of those don't make sense. But basically J/P asks the question "how does this person spend energy?" Do you randomly do things or do you like to plan your decisions in advance? Js like to have questions settled, they like to make a commitment and mostly stick with it, Ps like to keep their options open and not commit right away (You never know when some new piece of information might come along and change your decision. So let's not commit just yet; let's cross that bridge when we come to it.).
In exaggerated form the J-P conflict is illustrated in The Odd Couple. Oscar the sob is a P and Felix the neat-freak is a J.
The other basic questions:
I vs. E
Do you get more energy through time alone (Introvert) or time with other people (Extrovert).
N vs. S
Do you gain information about the world through your senses (Sensing) or through feelings and ideas (iNtuition). (Ss spend most of their time living in the present moment absorbing information through their senses. Ns spend most of their time ignoring their senses -- or at least paying only minor attention to them. Ns prefer to think about ideas and feelings -- i.e. they daydream most of the time)
F vs. T
Do you make decisions based on logic (Thinker) or emotion (Feeler).
Let me me be quick to point out that none of these are right or wrong in and of themselves. Any one of these traits taken to the extreme can cause problems. We all need a little balance.
2. Combining letters (NF, SJ, NT and SP)
Reread my post above that lists the type for WENN characters. I discussed those briefly.
To make things similar (or more straight forward as to what these letter mean) Keirsey has renamed them as follows (shown with links to more information about each group)
Guardian (SJ) http://keirsey.com/4temps/guardian_overview.asp
Rational (NT) http://keirsey.com/4temps/rational_overview.asp
Idealist (NF) http://keirsey.com/4temps/idealist_overview.asp
Artisan (SP) http://keirsey.com/4temps/artisan_overview.asp
You, being an iNFj, are an Idealist.
(see next post, LJ wouldn't let me post it all)
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