# Keirsey Temperament Types

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperament-types/74920>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 4, 2001, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperament-types/74920 "2001-08-04T18:25:33Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Syzygy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Syzygy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syzygy)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperament-types/74920/41 "2001-08-06T15:22:23Z")

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Like **deepbluesea** , I test either INTJ or ISTJ.

I find the tests used to determine these types are more difficult for me than most tests I have taken. The questions are straightforward enough; I wonder what the problem is. I tested as INTJ consistently through college. It was only after college that I began to test ISTJ at all. I still think the description provided with the INTJ profile is more fitting, but I’ve learned to take the results of such tests lightly.

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**Author:** ![Simetra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/278dde/32.png) [@Simetra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simetra)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperament-types/74920/42 "2001-08-06T15:31:19Z")

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I was an **INFP** in high-school… I probably should take it again. Thing is though… I don’t believe in personality types. Pardon me for being cognitave, but if there are personality “types” then there are 6 billion of them… IMHO.

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**Author:** ![berdollos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@berdollos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/berdollos)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperament-types/74920/43 "2001-08-06T15:39:40Z")

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INTP, although I am moving in the direction of becoming an  
INTJ.

Remember, Jung said the types can change over a lifetime.

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**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperament-types/74920/44 "2001-08-06T18:45:02Z")

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I have taken the online versions a few times. The only aspect that isn’t just about 50% is I. I’m damn near completely introverted.

This last time was INTP.

I don’t like the false dichotomy that a lot of the questions have. A lot of them are “do you X or Y?”, when X and Y aren’t mutually exclusive, and I do both.

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**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperament-types/74920/45 "2001-08-06T19:27:13Z")

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Huh. ISTP–a Crafter.

Anybody who makes a joke about my tool is going to get it…

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**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\
**Post date:** [August 6, 2001, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keirsey-temperament-types/74920/46 "2001-08-06T20:04:30Z")

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Am I the only Extrovert around here??

ESTJ – the Keirsy called me an “SJ Guardian.” Many of the things they claim are _really_ important to this category – like family events – I don’t give jack shit about. So, I for one, am not convinced. Personally, I more match the description of the traditional Gemini than the ESTJ.

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