Introverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving
by Joe Butt
Profile: ISFP
Revision: 3.0
Date of Revision: 23 Feb 05
ISFPs are the first to hear the different drummer. Many eagerly
plunge into new fashions, avant garde experiences, 'hip' trends--some
even setting the trends.
More in touch with the reality of their senses than their INFP
counterparts, ISFPs live in the here and now. Their impulses yearn to
be free, and are often loosed when others least expect it. The ISFP who
continually represses these impulses feels 'dead inside' and may
eventually cut and run. (One ISFP friend has become nonambulatory
within the past few years. He will still, on impulse, leave home in the
middle of the night and go to Las Vegas or wherever, regardless of the
difficulties of his physical condition.)
ISFPs may be quite charming and ingratiating on first acquaintance,
flowing with compliments which may (or may not) be deserved. On other
occasions, the same individual may be aloof and detached. Some ISFP
males are fiercely competitive, especially in sport or table games, and
may have great difficulty losing. This competitive nature, also seen in
other SP types, sometimes fosters 'lucky,' 'gut' feelings and a
willingness to take risks.
Organized education is difficult for the majority of ISFPs, and many
drop out before finishing secondary education. Their interest can be
held better through experiential learning, at which many excel. ISFPs
will practice playing an instrument or honing a favored skill for hours
on end, not so much as practice as for the joy of the experience.
Differential diagnosis:
ISFPs are less fantasy-oriented than INFPs. These types are often
confused, however, INFPs lean strongly to daydreams, poetry, prose and
more philosophical pursuits; ISFPs often live out 'id' experiences
rather than writing or even talking about them.
ISFJs are driven by the conventional, by 'should's and 'ought's; ISFPs
internalize their Feeling (by nature a judging function) which bursts
out spontaneously and leaves as quickly and mysteriously as it came.
Because of these variant expressions of Feeling judgement, ISFPs are
sometimes confused with ESFJs, but keep themselves more aloof, more
often concealing the feelings that ESFJs are so apt to expose.
ESFPs express thoughts more readily (and, in the main, skillfully).
ISFPs can and do perform admirably in the spotlight, but generally have
little to say about the performance. For example, few ISFPs would be
disc-jockeys, a field strongly represented by ES_Ps.
Introverted Feeling
Feeling, unbridled by the external forces of society and substance, is
the dominant function. ISFPs spontaneously develop their own codes and
credos, about which they are quite sober and intense. ISFPs are questors,
driven to find the pure and ideal, as personally and individually defined.
Feeling may temporarily turn outward, but cannot be long sustained beyond
its cloistered home.
If the individual has values greater than herself, feeling may express
itself in valiant acts of selflessness. Turned in upon self, however, it
becomes an unscrupulous, capricious enigma, capable even of heinous acts
of deception and treachery.
Extraverted Sensing
ISFPs keep a finger on the pulse of here and now. They are more
adept at doing than considering, at acting than reflecting, at
tasting than wondering. As do most SPs, ISFPs keenly sense color,
sound, texture, and movement. It is not unusual for ISFPs to excel in
sensory, motor, or kinesthetic abilities.
ISFPs cherish their impulses. Some of the most beautiful, graceful,
and artistic performances are the result of this drive for physical,
sensate expression.
Introverted Intuition
Tertiary intuition works best in the background of the ISFP's inner
world. Perhaps this is the source of the "gut feeling" SPs consult in
matters of chance. However "lucky" the ISFP may be, intuition as a
means of communication is a poor servant, evidenced in spoonerisms, and
non sequiturs and mixed metaphors.
Extraverted Thinking
The ISFP may employ Extraverted Thinking in external situations
requiring closure. As is the case with inferior functions, such
Thinking behaves in an all or nothing manner. Thus, as with other FP
types, the ISFP's Extraverted Thinking is at risk for a lack of
context and proportion. In most cases, persons of this type enjoy
greater facility operating in the open-ended style of sensing,
implying the opinions of feeling values in the indirect fashion
characteristic of introverted functions.
Famous ISFPs:
Marie AntoinetteAuguste Rodin
- U.S. Presidents
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Millard Fillmore, "The American Louis Philippe"
- Warren G. Harding
Marilyn Monroe
Liberace
Elizabeth Taylor
Yogi Berra, professional baseball player
Dan Rather
Orrin Hatch, U.S. Senator
Ervin "Magic" Johnson, NBA basketball star
Dan Quayle, U.S. Vice President, 1988-1992
Paul McCartney
Christopher Reeve
Michael Jackson
Kevin Costner
Greg Louganis, U.S. Olympic gold medalist
Britney Spears
John Travolta
Ashton Kutcher
Donald Trump
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