What are the Differences Between INTJs and INTPs?
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Kevin’s hot topics on Quora are history, free market economics, philosophy, and Myers Briggs typology, and many others. The following is one of his recent answers to the question, “What is the Difference Between the INTJ and INTP?” Here’s that answer…
There are actually several differences between the INTJ and the INTO. I’m going to discuss , what I believe to be, the most prominent differences.
Just as a reminder of the letters and their meaning — the INTJ stands for Intuitive, Introverted, Thinker, and Judging. Meanwhile, the INTP stands for Intuitive, Introverted, Thinker, Perspective.
One of the biggest difference is the Driver process (or the dominant cognitive function) between the INTP and INTJ. The Driver process is the very first point of contact in a person’s mind and the primary way he or she look at all things.
For an INTJ, this dominant process is technically called Introverted Intuitive, which is also called Perspectives. This ability to understand perspectives is demonstrated through seeing patterns in their own mind and also see them in others. It is the “patterns of the patterns.”
It is this ability that allows the INTJs to see what will happen with the decisions others (or they) will make. It also allows them to project…. (read more)
