5 Signs You're Not An ESFP
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- The ESFP personality type - not everybody identifies with this type code, but many people who consistently receive ENFP, INFP and INFJ type results from online tests may in fact be cognitive ESFPs.
This video discards the misleading E-S-F-P dichotomies, and focuses instead on the cognitive functions in order to give you 5 clear signs you're not an ESFP.
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Hi, I'm Harry, and I'm intensely passionate about personality typing and self-development - so much so that I have created my own Jung-inspired system, taking a more high-resolution look at the factors making up personality.
Through Cognitive Personality Theory I examine the underlying mechanisms behind cognition, and the means through which a single type can have limitless individual variation - I believe type itself is just a set of cognitive predispositions that can according to the needs of the situation be overcome.
I don't believe any type is limited in what they can achieve, but have noticed sensationalist attitudes and internet trends propagating a culture in which type-development is actively discouraged in favour of conforming to simplistic archetypes. Through CPT I hope to dispel various myths and oversimplifications of what constitutes personality type, and along the way encourage a healthier attitude towards type that allows a person to become not who they are told they are, but rather who they want to be.
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00:00 - Introduction
00:57 - Cognitive Extraversion
04:08 - Extraverted Sensing Dominance
07:10 - Introverted Feeling Authority
11:13 - Introverted Intuition Oppositional
14:49 - Extraverted Thinking Auxiliary
17:59 - Introverted Thinking Blindspot
20:50 - Wrap-up
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KEY
Ni/Introverted Intuition - Broad & plethoric perception of internal world.
Ne/Extraverted Intuition - Broad & plethoric perception of external world.
Si/Introverted Sensing - Specific and concrete perception of internal world.
Se/Extraverted Sensing - Specific and concrete perception of external world.
Fi/Introverted Feeling - Subjective codec; internal emotional data & harmony.
Fe/Extraverted Feeling - Subjective codec; external emotional data & harmony.
Ti/Introverted Thinking - Objective codec; internal logical order.
Te/Extraverted Thinking - Objective codec; external logical order.
Lens - Perceives data.
Codec - Rationalises data.
Convergent - Positive, creative, enacting change and seeking novelty.
Divergent - Negative, authoritative, instilling consequence and driving utility.
For more clarification on terms see the CPT eBook!
#ESFP #16Types #CPT
I really like that you're getting more into the sensing types
Long overdue!
You are doing a sensor type!!! And MINE! CANNOT WAIT!
I hope it does you the justice you deserve!
Dude your name is so good
@@CognitivePersonalityTheory it did! There’s some subtle things you bring up that are a bit eerie that you’d know, which I always love to see in these videos. :)
@@Oogboog203 haha thanks :)
Thank you for this detailed and more comprehensive definition of the ESFP. I struggled with finding my type as I related more with definitions of the "intuitive" types, since I pick up information fairly quickly and rather unconsciously. I was mistyped as *NFP before finally settling on ESFP. The ESFP stereotypes of the party animal didn't resonate - though I do enjoy a good party from time to time! - but I find this more nuanced definition provided by you, Joyce Meng, and others to really shed light on my cognitive processes. Indeed, a "sensing" type can be more "intuitive" in many respects than is typically given them credit! Thank you!!
My absolute pleasure!
My stepfather scored as ESFP, and he has ADHD. He's usually hyperfixating on something or seeking some form of stimuli. But socially he's actually rather shy. He can be quite uncomfortable in social situations he's new to, but he can adapt if there's some sort of activity he enjoys. Cooking and eating, for example. Music as well- he's a self-taught musician. Learned by ear, doesn't know how to read music, and I'm sure he has perfect pitch. Genuinely one of the best people I know. He's treated me so much better than either of my parents have. Being an INTP I get overwhelmed by how active and loud he can be sometimes, but I appreciate his nature nevertheless. The world would be so boring without people like him.
ISFP very likely
I'm an ENFJ & I think re Se agency & hyperfixation I'd agree with you on this point it might be why I have trouble task shifting to some extent & that Ni authority can be relentless
My Se dom way of describing Se dom- I’m always scanning, and this is happening very quickly. I don’t see everything at once. But I see things very quickly and love to react to it right then and there (Se-Te combo!).
I really liked how you described Sign 2. Very spot on.
That's it! Se-Te locks on exactly in this manner. Cheers!
ESFPs are one of my favorite types out of the 16 others! It's nice to see a sensor video on this channel!
I really enjoyed making it!
Pls make a "5 signs you´re not" video for the ENTJ
Aaand he did :)
Yessssssssssssss! I was already mostly certain of my type, but I’ve been “certain” a few times with INTP and ESTP, so this confirms it! My favorite parts were about how Ni-Fi sneaks up on ESFPs with revelations they don’t necessarily see the source of, which is astonishingly accurate, along with how the ESFP thought process (referring to using Ti) is often experienced as a hum. Everything was accurate, but those little details really got me. I also liked how you addressed the ESFP stereotypes. I thought I was an introvert for years and get overwhelmed in busy places, so that among other things made it quite a journey typing myself. Do you have ESFP friends you got data from or is this a result of your internal framework for CPT? Insightful and accurate! Thank you :D
Thank you so much for this comment! I have the pleasure of having a couple of ESFPs friends in real life, but the bulk is a combination of data from elsewhere and CPT/Ti frameworks aye :)
Yup, you absolutely nailed me too with the thinking hum, and delightful surprise revelations that seem to appear out of no where🤣
I’ve been silently watching your channel for almost a year now. The comprehensive and unique perspectives you offer are truly intriguing. Hope you’re doing well.
Thank you :)
A very good video, better than most internet memes
Haha, thank you
I'm an ESFP who mistyped as ISTP for the first couple of years of being into mbti. Really good video!
Thanks so much!
I mistyped as INFJ and INTJ then ISTP. Once I learned enough (mainly from CPT) to know how and why I was interpreting the questions wrong, I got ESFP. Then, I learned most of the internet are ral jerks about ESFPs, which is a clear sign that it must be true I am one.
My favorite of this series so far! Related a lot with the self realization and the sense of wonder. The way you described Ti blind spot into a strength of open mindedness was an illuminating way to look at that function.
Hey thanks Rob!
This video is soooo me it doesn't even make sense! I think I truly am ESFP (you should do ESTP next just so I can be sure)
I've switched around from so many ExFx and even xNTP because I just thought party animal didn't really fit me. "I can quickly understand how things work! I can be manipulative (rarely tho) and adapt to the social atmosphere, and generally always follow what feels authentic to me! (I've gotten many compliments on people seeing my intense passion for certain things and my overall "honest" ways, even though they're practically second nature for me!)
Nope, the way you've explained here makes it so much less doubt-able for me!
I DO admire sophisticated things! It's a "these details, it's function, this is quite cool to simply admire" thing!
And intense focus on external things? Don't get me started! Learning to solve a Rubix cube, building the components of a desktop from scarp parts (I don't really like coding tho, not very stimulating), playing Need For Speed, gardening, storm-tracking and of course nature photography, all these things are external things I focused intensely on for months and even years as I grew in teen years!
The logic thing is also very true, while my logic can be quite extensive in things I understand well, MANY times I simply use tutorials and search "best ways to do XYZ" or "best XYZ." My logic is indeed also driven by Fi, many times unconsciously. It is at times inconsistent, and I am called out by ENTJ I know for inconsistent logic during debates as well as many others in general for "small things that don't add up logically" (I can barely explain how I got there myself). 😂
Everyone around me says my type couldn't be more obvious despite my doubt, but now I see they're correct, just not for the stereotypical reasons! Thank you so much good sir!! 🙏🏾
I've always felt like an ESFP but seeing myself thinking deeply about who I am and what I want to become and I've never been the typical loud and funny ESFP made me question my type. But now I realized the fact that I think about myself and my beliefs makes me an ESFP. I'm happy lol
Same
So grateful for this. I've mistyped myself!
I love how Ni sneaks in and helps Fi fill the void. It's like the Ni vision chooses me and I lock onto it, even getting somewhat obsessive over the concept, while some of the Se aspects of it might change over time. However when applying Se- Te in the moment to something I'm passionate about, it can make things super perfectionistic on occasion because the Ni in the background pictured it a certain way. This can apply even to short term things such as cooking if I lock onto it enough. Leaving a mess strewn around, but focusing on the main thing which is the food itself, steamrolling through to the end result. Without the Fi- Ni I can become very directionless, and resort to a divergent state scrolling the internet waiting for something to pop out at me to strike my interest.
I noticed Ni dialogue can often manifest in thinking of all the things I could say next to someone, in a one-to-one manner which corrolates with something I'm trying to get across/express, or something I'm trying to work towards.
Damn you described my entire thought process
Love this, thank you for sharing!
I'm so glad to see a new video from you. Very insightful as usual, and I really enjoyed it.
I've got several thoughts about it that I might want to comment here later, but I'm in the middle of working on something so I just want to say this right now: thanks so much for pointing out that ESFP is an underrated and highly misunderstood type. I know some ESFPs (including my brother) who are much more complex and intelligent than this type is usually stereotyped to be.
Cheers; I couldn't agree more! :)
Please add experiences and examples to your videos. This is really hard to understand as someone who's pretty sure he's a Se dom. It just feels like concept after concept after concept expecting us to connect the dots and retrieve our own experiences but that's not really what works for me or other Se doms I assume.
Very valid point!
Once again great video Harry. It doesn't look like I'm an ESFP. I would love to see you make a video like this on ENTJs.
I absolutely love your videos and look for them every time I get on youtube. I love the "5 signs," series, and as much as I want to beg you to do my type (ENFP) next...I am WAY more interested to hear you cover my husband's type (ESTP) as I don't think you've done any videos on that type yet. I guess I'm just going to beg you to do ENFP and ESTP next, in whichever order you prefer, since this is YOUR youtube channel after all ;-) Thank you so much for the exceptional content!!!
I feel like, now, having done ever so much research and talked to so many people, that this video has finally become very enjoyable to me. Thank you for all your help and insight.
Ok, cool. I finally understand what it is to have a “Ti blind spot” (Which I also have, as an ENFP).
I failed Algebra twice because although I often knew the correct answers to the problems I could not “show my work”.
I really did not know what this Ti blind spot was and I thought it was something to be more scared of or concerned by. Like I shouldn’t ever trust my own logic. Now I see it’s a lack of tracing my logic back and articulating those steps. What a relief! I’ve never been able to do that and have made peace with it. Thanks Harry.
Interesting, because in math, I did the same thing as an INTP, yet my Ti and Ne is glaringly obvious in my art, ideas, interests, and other things.
Thanks Molly, happy to have provided clarity!
@@andyroobrick-a-brack9355 were you/are you good at chess? I was really talented at chess as a kid and everyone was surprised because I was “bad at math”.
After this video, I was thinking about which cognitive function combinations could make the best chess players.
@@heartpoint5289 Not talented, but I had a fascination with it at least for a short Ne period of time. Same with music and resin casting.
@@andyroobrick-a-brack9355 It seems like your artistic side is something you value and find joy in. And it is not always in the mainstream description of your INTP type.
And I seem to surprise myself and others with a more rational and logistical side of myself, which is not often described in mainstream definitions of my ENFP type.
This deff the top 3 in my faveorite Esfp youtube videos you nailed it!
Thank you!!
I clicked very fast.. always nice to hear about personality types.
I appreciate it!
this actually helped me so much!! i always doubted that i was an esfp because im never aware of everything happening sround me and im rather shy with new people! thank you so much!!!!
I've noticed in xSxP types in general the ability to enjoy, fight through, and actively seek out sensory challenges for their own sake. This actually has a lot of benifit, because even the more stereotypically slacker "stoner" Se type demonstrates this "moment by moment" adaptiveness, and its amazing to watch this sensorily reactive state unfold, especially as someome who hates, or at least prefers control over, new sensory input and experiences. Thisbsi even noticable to a lesser extent from ky observation in Ne doms end extroversion in general, such as my ENTP brother, yet Se concious types just seem to be so adept at plowing through sensory input of any kind regardless of stimulation problems, or at least extroverted varieties.
For sure!
Hey Harry, just wanted to let you know I'm about halfway through your book and really enjoying it. Would highly recommend it to anyone (especially if you find it hard to keep up with words like convergent, divergent, plethoric, etc. Harry has some great videos on that stuff but I've found it a lot easier reading a paragraph over and over to solidify a concept). I might be a rarity but I never thought I might be an INFJ until your explanation of the INFJ cognitive stack. I'm not married to being that type (largely thanks to how you talk about the fluidity of cognition) and am just happy to observe my cognitive functions and let the type flow organically out of that.
I did have a couple of notes that you might find helpful.
1. You might want to consider using a broader scope of types when giving examples of the interactions of functions as you normally use yourself as a reference. This is helpful for *me* 'cause I identify strongly with the INFJ stack, but I imagine it would be more helpful to use a broader range of types. Kind of like how it can help when demonstrating musical concepts by not always using the C major scale. (Obviously this suggestion doesn't apply to videos like this. I just wanted to post it on your most recent video)
2. Would love if the contents page of your book was set up (atm it has a contents page but no hyperlinked navigation so you have to manually go to the page you want).
3. Would also love it to be readable on Kindle. Currently, if I try and download it on my kindle it says that my device doesn't support the format which hasn't happened to me before.
4. I understand your hesitance in using metaphor and behavioural examples in type descriptions and that CPT emerges in resistance to stuff like that. However, I think it could help to use some examples. For instance, I understand convergence and divergence now. However, I'd love some brief example of, say, what it looks like to use Te convergently. Not to ascertain anyone's type behaviourly, but to have more of an idea of the "sort of thing" it is to convergently utilise Te."
But overall, loving your work! I hope you're able to keep doing this youtube stuff with the fuzzy job climate and all :). I'm 26 and I've dabbled into this stuff since I was 13, always ending up extremely frustrated by the inability of anyone to clearly explain these concepts (and thus giving up). Your intentional neglect of behavioural descriptions was *exactly* what I never knew I needed!
He has a book?
@@greatwavefan397 he's the author of CPT, there's a site for buying the book in a link in his channel description. :)
5 signs you're not an ESTP next? 😁
Oo maybe!
yes please !!
YES
this was such a useful video! ive been struggling with esfp/enfp and this completely confirmed that i am an esfp!!
I would love to see a "Signs you are not an ISFP" video.
It would be a great day to see one of such vides on ENTJs.
Wow you look great, like a total rocker. Love it.
About the video well i was waiting for this one. Now i think you have to make a video about ESTP and you will have touched every personality "in depth".
Heh, thank you!!
I can't wait to cover the ESTP!
NEW CPT VIDEO LET'S GO
Oo ra!
Here I am, 17:26, contemplating whether I really am a mistype- rather, the most unhealthy ESFP on Planet Earth. Then you bring up Ti and suddenly i’ve been holding a map upside down for twenty minutes.
Interesting!
I think you nailed the thinking part at the end there. From an ESFP friend: "I guess I feel like I'm thinking loudest (and therefore more clearly) when I'm talking."
Ti blindspot/insecurity from the ESFP POV: agnosticism. I just don’t think anyone can really truly *know* the truth of something. But I realize now that’s likely just my weak Ti. 😝
Relatable. 🤪
I appreciated also that he mentioned that we do access Ti but in an unconscious way that's linked more to a Te outcome. I can recognize this when I'm doing some kind of research project that requires deep digging of information -- Ti is there but it's being directed for a specific project or outcome.
@@lorganiste definitely not a consistent or inherent process, but it does EXIST. 😝
I don't believe cognitive functions account for every philosophical stance one might have. Type is not worldview. I don't think agnosticism and a strong Ti are mutually exclusive, as much as I don't think a less developed Ti forces you into relativistic positions.
@@marcodallolio9746 that’s probably the case. There’s a lot of non-function stuff that creates our world views. I’d imagine this is the case for many people with Ti blindspot/PoLr/trickster, though.
@@sirbradfordofhousejones statistically speaking you are almost certainly right
UA-cam didn't tell me you posted a video until 15 hours after the fact, how rude. I'm glad you went over the Ti blindspot bonus, since I had no conception of how that worked when I saw the 8 ESFP cognitive functions for the first time. I'm certain I can learn a few things from ESFPs, especially as it relates to the Se homework you gave me this morning. I'm not allowed to face palm over that Shire joke, because I literally just made a LotR quip, myself. D: That Patreon Discord is mighty tempting, sir. If the other LotR videos don't get me first, that might. - Amanda
Thanks Amanda, the video had good timing indeed!
Hahaha thank you :')
Yaaaaaaaay! Been anticipating another vid ^^
Happy to supply!
this was really great thank you!:)
Finally, thank you. I now realize, that I am an Esfp. They say Zander off of Buffy the vampire slayer is an Enfp. Also Dawn Buffy’s sister is too. They have the same kind of sense of humor. And as you have already stated, that Enfps are actually introverts. And I certainly am never mistaken for an introvert. Although I do tend to need some time with my thoughts like an Infj. Your insight is right on amazing, because when I had first taken the mbti test. I got on Infj as a result. And after that, I kept getting that as a result repetitively. Eventually I realized that I am more of an extrovert. I hate too much Fe it drains me. Fe in little bursts, in an energetic environment can be fun though. I guess I thought that I was an Enfp mainly because of the fact that I am witty. And I believed the stereotypes of Esfp. So then I thought, no way that doesn’t even come close to me. The list for the reasons, that I didn’t relate to the stereotypes of Esfp’s goes as this. They need to be the center of attention. No thank you, I like self expression, but too much attention makes me cranky. They are self absorbed. How can I be, when I am worried about strays? And when I feel bad if someone accidentally gets excluded, who didn’t deserve it. They are a natural comedian. I am not a comedian, but I am quite witty. Yet I still can’t understand how my wit works. And when I am dealing with something. I then desire to be alone, but my humor still pops out naturally. I don’t understand why or how this works. Because this can also occur at such delicate times. And it doesn’t ever match up to my emotional state at the time either. Ok, back to the list. I don’t really care to much about fashion. I am not a class clown. I am not dingy, or a dumb blonde, etc. I am very happy to finally know my personality type. That’s what I get for taking the free test. An identity crisis. Lol 😂. Can you explain the Esfp’s possible sense of humor? People always find me charming, and I don’t quite get it. I went through a lot in my life. And alot of people have, but that doesn’t make my loses, and traumatic experiences any less valid. One day a shall write a book on my experiences. But for now I am in a healing process. And I am glad to say that I have truly come along way. Wow, 😯 Your like the Albert Einstein of the cognitive functions. Sorry It’s like 3:00am so I am exhausted. But I stumbled on your video, because of course I was also wired. I get energized by new researches.
Even when I am sleepy, It doesn’t matter I must investigate. I just can’t resist new insights. Which come to think of it; is another reason, that I believed that I was an Enfp. Ok I keep going off on my perfectionistic tangents. Time to get some rest. One more thing do you think that I have high Ne? I ask this because my thoughts jump from one idea to another, when I am talking. It’s like this thing, connects to this thing, connects to this thing. Maybe it could be that I have high Te sort of like an Enfp. Plus others have said, that Enfps and Esfp’s have similar interactive styles at times. So I don’t know the answer to this puzzling question. But I would like to know. Sorry my great grandfather was a district attorney, so I think that explains some of my inherited thinking/ processing information. And taking after this particular great grandfather is one of the very reasons I ever got involved with the mbti. I just want to understand my thinking better, which in turn will help me understand me better. I also memorize words and phrases without fully understanding them. And they like to come out when I am talking or writing. What is that all about? And many people have told me throughout my life; that I ask questions, like I am questioning them like a lawyer. For instance all of my friends say, that I will ask the same question trying to get a particular answer. But from my point, I am actually trying to get every possible scenario within that particular question. So what do you think all of this entails about my personality? Thanks so much.
"So, contrary to popular belief extraverted function is not the doing everything at once, bouncing off the wals, function." LOL LOL LOL LOL I don't know how I misssed that before.
I don't know if this really applies to what you said, but I have this thing that I long thought was to do with ADHD where I'll obsessively pursue a goal for months at a time, sometimes to the point of burnout. Sometimes I lose sight of why I was pursuing it in the first place and it's almost like I've become so focused on it, it's hard to focus on anything else. I will end up neglecting other things and have struggled in life, in general, with splitting my attention significantly in what I'm pursuing unless I absolutely have to. But I'm pretty sure it's not something I've heard repeated in other people with ADHD commonly... hyperfocusing in the short-term sure, but not in the longer-term kind of focus I get into. Now I wonder if it's more readily explained as a difference in personality type, as the kind of ESFP cognition you're describing. Not that I don't have ADHD too (pretty sure I do) but for this particular thing, the ADHD may only exacerbate it, make it more extreme, not create it. Idk, something like that.
Also, I thrive on that energy of pursuing goals in such a way with a narrow focus, it gives me life when I feel like I can do it without being disrupted by a million little concerns and in retrospect, I think that's why when I was in college and after a lot of trial and error of the process, found my personalized approach that worked best, I started enjoying it quite a bit. I was able to look forward to the future, feeling confident it would work out, and thrive on the process at the same time. Unfortunately, my sight of the future was poor and so in turn was my preparation for it after college, but that's a long, personal story. :)
Finally! I know my type. Thank you so much. ❤️
How dare you be so damn attractive that I cannot concentrate on the informative aspect of this video?!
Ahaha, apologies.. blame the lighting!
I'm glad I'm not the only one with this reaction. Made the mistake of starting it during a client meeting and missed some information before my team was asked to create a support ticket. ^^;
@Kiara Kerrick
Maybe get laid?
Or appreciate the information as opposed to concentrating on the superficial. *shakes head*
@@megatesh8694 You're making an assumption on my sexuality. Which I suppose is your prerogative given the forum. I'm curious as to why you call me out only and not the original commenter as well?
I get just as distracted when I see the beauty of a hawk or falcon, doesn't mean I'm sexually attracted to them. It's the same thing here (no offense Harry @Cognitive Personality Theory).
@@beautifullittleoni1216 *eye roll* I made no assumption. It was either a statement or a question. Nothing more. I called you out because you let a UA-cam video, that serves no real importance, distract from the real world...IE.. your job. I didn't mention the original commenter because I care not to open a discourse concerning how it is customary to give females a pass when it comes to their own shallow behavior and condemn males for the same action. Neither are okay.
looking good bro
A bit unrelated but I'm so curious about how these types play into dissociative identity disorder.
I'm close to someone with it and it's so interesting to me that the host I've figured out is an INFJ. But the only other alter I've spoken to enough to guess, screams ESTP all over.
Great video!! As an INTJ I find great values in learning more about the opposite ESFP psyche and reflecting on that part of myself. It's especially fascinating to learn how they experience their oppositional Ni! Would you say they are aversed to it as I am to Se - and if so what would that look like?
Thanks Nga! An aversion to convergent Ni manifests as a difficulty directing a holistic internal narrative in a cohesive manner :)
@@CognitivePersonalityTheory fascinating!
I'm an ESFP, I just find it very difficult to see the big picture, or seeing patterns, I'd notice things in the moment but unless my Fi is interested in it- I'd can't see the patterns. I've also noticed that in order to develop inferior Ni- I'm thinking on writing down everything that happened that day, and try and see any patters or if two different events are connected.
I've also noticed that when I'm reading a book, I'd take in everything that I'm reading in the moment and enjoy it, but after closing the book, I struggle zooming out and articulating it as wholely and come up with my opinion. I just enjoy reading as I go.
I'm in my early 20's. I have a long way to develop that Ni, I'm very excited!
Can you make a video on "ISFJ vs INTP" or "ESTP vs ENTP" please 🙏
(Though, i know some differences between those types, f.e; ENTP is a divergent sensing thinker and the ESTP is the other, or Se example for isfj and intp but still being difficult to tell the difference /still learning and messing up/ 😅) so i thought it will become more clear if those types have their separate videos.
Love your work, been learning from both of your book and YT videos since December (2020). my English has improven too! ☺
Thank you for what you're doing! ❤
And have a good day! =)
unrelated but your hair looks so good
Ah cheers!
Hi Harry, if you have time, may I ask request for you to make a video of ISTJ vs INFP video? Because I realized that both types have the same convergent and divergent functions but in a different order
If you don't mind, I would like to see it to see the difference of the two
Thanks
Did you focus your camera lens to that degree intentionally or was this a happy coincidence? Fantastic video BTW.
It's all about getting the lighting right so the mirrorless autofocus can do its job now days - haven't manually focused in a while!
Thank you my friend.
@@CognitivePersonalityTheory also that shire joke was absolute gold.
Very helpful! (I am not an ESFP.) Thank you!
Are you working out? Your face looks thinner and more chiseled. Great content as usual; love the inclusion of Sensing types in your stuff.
Gyms opened up again in March here so yes indeed! I appreciate it :)
@@CognitivePersonalityTheory you look great! Keep it up 💯
I was typed as an esfp but relate to enfps a lot more . I move in the world like an esfp and like to spend my time doing things like enfps . I like being home to myself thinking about what I could possibly do with all possibilities of life.
Can you try figuring out what PewDiePie's type might be? He's the world's biggest youtuber but people still struggle to figure him out
Some say he's an INTP/ENTP/ISTP or even an INFJ.
I would like to learn on what you think about it.
I know one thing about my personality, and that is that I'm highly unlikely to be an ESFP (or any sensor, for that matter, but that's a bit more negotiable) xD
Good videos bruh . You look like Brenda Frazer 🤣🤣
Q? Is there/ will there be a video that's subtypes of the ESFP?
hey Harry,
What do you think about typing with acknowledgment to microexpressions? Like casual cognition does?
Thanks!
When we go to the sensor type we have less stereotype in the comment, that's great
im honestly confused at this point, I gotten to the point where I don't even know my type at all. tests like sakinorva say im an ENTP but im not to sure. Ive thought about INTP but most in the community on reddit don't seem very "Me". I do relate to Ti but not sure if Ne is within me at all, so I keep thinking I must be a sensor but I don't really relate to it or think in that matter. is there a website you know that explains the cognitive functions good?
Hi! This isn't really related to the video but I was wondering if being able to wire your brain to recognize certain phrases is related to a cognitive function? Like for example when people are having a conversation near me and I hear someone say my name, I immediately snap to attention even if I was completely zoned out before and not hearing anything they're saying, and when I'm scrolling down social media and scanning long blocks of text my eyes latch on to any mention of me (by my internet name). This starts happening very quickly after people start referring to me by a new nickname or something. And I do it with my friends' names too to a lesser extent.
I know it probably isn't related to mbti but I just wanted to ask lol. and maybe everyone's brains are like this so I just look dumb asking this...
Selective attention is probably related to sorting information, which could be related to ji functions.
Very interesting. Wondering now whether the notions about Ni-Fi for instance belong to published theories or originate from the rumination of the presenter.
Hi great video as always, i know my question doesn’t correlate to this video but is it possible for me to have “2” types. Since im bipolar i really relate to entp when im in (hypo)mania, but when im in an depressive episode for example i see myself mich more in intp.
Went into this thinking maybe this is my brother? Hm, not sure. Is it me? Nah.
Ooh, my coworker. Se-Te instant reaction as well as needing external stimuli almost constantly. I really admire the ability to see or notice something and immediately react to it, something I’m rarely able to access myself, unless I can disengage my conscious mind. That is to say, when I can forget about my internal self and fully engage with the physical environment; when I can turn off the brain, so to speak, and have the body be it’s own entity, reacting without conscious prompting. It can be very hard and very scary to do, relinquishing control like that, but also very rewarding. (This happened particularly in regards to music where I’d be accused of being slow because I kept "thinking too much.")
That said, in a stressful environment where everything has to happen at the snap of a finger I freeze up unless I know exactly what to do. And I mean EXACTLY. Either through previous experience or careful, accurate instructions. This is something that has followed me since I was a child. Either instruct me like you’re coding a computer program, or leave me alone, literally, so I can think my way through it without feeling like someone's peering over my shoulder ready to point out all the mistakes I’m making. "I know my Te is weak and this method of preparing vegetables is inefficient. If you were gonna tell me from the start you should have done so already. Now leave me alone and I’ll improve it next time."
The working theory is that I’m ISFP, but I don’t know. I realized just now, that my sense of insecurity and/or inadequacy seems to stem from a lack of a proficient big-picture overview, where I’m so focused on the details I lose track of them. Many of my mistakes tend to be of the kind that could have been easily avoided if one just took a step back. Sometimes I’m even aware that I’m about to make a certain mistake, like, some part of me will be going, "psst, you should probably do it this way, otherwise this thing will happen," and the rest of me is just, "I know, I know," and then does it how I originally planned anyway, and the result is just like that warning voice predicted.
And then I feel stupid. Which generally makes it worse.
I’m really curious if you have any thoughts on this. Does this seem like something that could happen to a given type or combination of functions? Does this insecurity seem like a low Te thing or have I completely misunderstood?
Hope it’s not a bother.
As always, love the video. Take care and cheers.
I'll wait for the isfp just to make sure lol... You never know
Looking forward to making that one!
Hey Harry what is your opinion on unhealthy states (grips/loops)?
So basically I've been pretty unhealthy and impulsive lately due to depression. I did have an abstract world that I would spend time in but I've been unable to connect with it. I find it hard to internalize my identity now as well. I've been overly critical in a negative manner. This makes me come off as an ESFP. No matter what I try, I can't connect with my internal world or sense of identity anymore.
I want to make a video on this very subject, but there are certainly certain complexes that can manifest with one function or orientation presiding over another.
@@CognitivePersonalityTheory have you experienced something similar before? if so what was it like and how did you recover?
"such the esfp will find themselves more naturally engaged with an external conduit for their attention"; is "their attention" referred to the type itself or to the object of interaction, like an other person? So is there the idea of a type looking for a incitement, trivially, between the lines or maybe of a type who needs to keep his concentration high, using an outside medium? Thanks. 🤔
Can we get similar video on ESTP?
Hi, can you make a video for "Signs you're not an ESFJ"?
Hmm still unsure of my type. I can be loud and hedonistic and go all in especially when impersonating someone or something. I also have a baseline of calm, systematic thoughts. Introverted sensing? No idea. I test frequently as INFP, by letters and cognitive functions. Gah. Self-examination is always hard for me
Harry, do you have any plan to write research papers about CPT?
Yes, if not next year then likely the one after!
@@CognitivePersonalityTheory whoa, that's awesome!! can't wait!!!
How do i get typed by this guy? He seems very prepared... On the contrary, i'm very confused 🤣
I've been fairly certain about my type so far, but this video has made me question if i'm a ESFP instead of a ENTJ. Mainly because i relate so well with both of these types due to them having the same functions. What would be the differences between ESFP's and ENTJ's in how they use their cognition?
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The ENTJ tends to more easily generate motivation, and the Te-constancy makes for a consistently rational-industrious agenda. Ti is also often far from a blindspot here!
@@CognitivePersonalityTheory The first two i can agree with. The blindspot however i am a bit unsure about however thinking about it now.
I often find it hard to bring up the right words to say within a conversation to bring my point across in a non-abstract manner. So it usually takes a while before i find the words i want to use, because otherwise my words can end up without the details i want to put in and might end up getting misinterpreted or being vague even when i am experienced on the topic of the conversation.
You're thoughts on ESFP-Assertive vs ESFP-T
How does one deactivate the use of a function? Dipping into Fe from Te has proven to be a challenge for me.
Is Fe all about tonality body language and facial expressions?
The external objective world seems to be so much broader than the external subjective world. Does that mean that I should focus on the subjective or let go of the objective?
It's all about letting go control of one area to allow its opposite to rise to the surface. Fe is at the core a way of feeling, and very much does require letting go of external analysis in order to facilitate its expression.
@@CognitivePersonalityTheory Thank you so much!
I don't think , actually I'm pretty positive that I'm not an ESFP, but the info was very interesting. I can see how there might be some slight similarities to the INFJ. The cognitions just seemed really different to me. Great to see you!
Thank you my friend!
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i have a question. Lets say that i saw someone on internet that is lacking on moral about X topic, so it makes me start thinking about ethical issues related to X, then i ask myself what is good or bad in "X" and so on. Is that a Reactive or Proactive? Because i'm having those internal thoughts almost always. Then after thinking about this X topic i start to think about other topics not related without even realize it and so on.
This began from a reactive position but seems to become autonomous (and therefore proactive) thereafter!
@@CognitivePersonalityTheory oh so it's like a mix with more proactive since i spend more time in my inner thoughts even tho it started from a reactive position (not always, but it happens occasionally).
I think the sumatory of doing this + using my imagination + my reflexions about life without a reactive position + the fact that i like thinking than doing things = slighlty more proactive nature. Correct me if i'm wrong.
Thanks again c:
Cognitive extravision
Extraverted sensing dominance
Introverted feeling authority
Introverted intuition op positional
Extraverted thinking auxiliary
Introverted thinking blindspot
Wrap up
What would happen to an ESFP prevented from pursuing or discovering their evolving self by something like an illness?
They would tend to fall into a divergent subtype, whereby Se-Te is only partially convergent and Ni-Fi is, while murky, more ruminative. The person could either fall into passive Se-Te distraction or internal contemplation, or both.
Also dig the mullet 🤘
Ahhah, thank you!!
If spatial awareness is more influenced by Te than Se, why are INTPs so commonly associated with clumsiness, while ISFJs are not?
Does the ISFJ somewhat make up for this with their Se dip?
In which case, why doesn't the INTP make up for it with their Te dip?
I think it's because the ISFJ's use Ne to perceive the external world. And the association of INTP's with clumsiness is probably an untrue stereotype.
Indeed an Ne perception of reality allows for greater spatial awareness, though I still find ISFJs can have comparable blindness to the object to INFJs. Spatial awareness is the sum of many functions combined and rendering objects tangible *does* play a role, but recognising the tangible as an object in the first place (Te) is more important.
Introverts in general can be clumsy owing to a detachment from external reality, which tends to only be circumvented by a Te authority, hence why ISTJs and INTJs will report higher (albeit not invariably) in spatial attunement. I would correlate Se *less* with spacial awareness than Te simply because it has the capacity to focus on one tangible value at the expense of all others, whereas a Te-centric cognition tends to keep both dissociation and blindness (both Ne and Se derived) in check.
It is always tricky to confine such things to a single function, but I find Te, on the whole, seems to play a greater role in this phenomena than Se, which can actually be a *cause* of spatial lapse.
maybe it's a *sign they're not ISFJs*? :)
Thanks, this clarifies it. On the whole then, there's nothing that particularly sets the INTP/INFJ apart from the other Te-less introverts in terms of clumsiness (speaking very generally).
Could you please do ISTJ next time?
I get typed ESFP from some tests and ENFP from others
And I usually get like 52% sensing and 48% intuition
I don't know what type I am
Any help?
A brief summary... When youre doing a task... is your use of Te microscopic in nature? Is the climax of locking onto a task quite intense, while you lock onto a task could you hone in details, do you find multi-tasking to be a challenge? You are more likely to be ESFP. Because their Te is connected to Se. Or is your use of Te more plethoric in nature? Are you good with macroscopic organization, do you find you are a natural at multi-tasking, do you find locking onto a task and honing in details difficult? You are more likely to be ENFP because their Te is connected to Ne.
How can extroverts engage the opposite orientation of their dominant functions? I have been trying to be more like the INFJ but I don't know how to activate introverted intuition and introverted thinking. I have tried to close my eyes and activate my introverted functions but I've found that I keep thinking about previous emotionally significant events (Fi-Si I think). Is there hope for an ENFP to become more like an INFJ?
I find Russel Brand, who I consider an ENFP, has many INFJ moments, so yes! It is important to see Ne-Te as the primary gateway, so for as long as Ni-Ti originates from external interaction (this can even be a conversation) it can be comparable to that of the INFJ!
@@CognitivePersonalityTheory That's awesome to hear! Does that also enable the ENFP to snynergize, make projections into the future and construct a single theory of everything?
@@aknkna7246 Yes to the latter; the second is harder but not impossible!
Can an esfp be mistyped to isfp?
What is your best advice for an INFP interacting with a ESFP? For the INFP to improve upon.
Man it’d be cool if u did all the sensors
Shall do eventually!
@@CognitivePersonalityTheory yay, I might be biased, but it would make sense to do isfps next? Yeah?
why are xsfps so hardworking? 😭 JP and David goblins are clear examples of this, they are very concientous.
@@liberatiom5781 I agree, poop.
I agree, my partner is an ESFP and he's like a machine; he can be quite easily be mistaken for an ENTJ. Meanwhile I'm the ENFJ lazy bum - I don't fit the ENFJ stereotype for sure.
I've been typed ENTP three times but I just wanna be an esfp so bad man. It's because I wanna be free like Luffy😫
i’m an esfp let’s see if the video agrees 😂
Indeed!
@@CognitivePersonalityTheory ok here’s the review of your video:
- agree with the part of mistyping. the stereotypes of esfps are weird.
- nice take of wanting experiences for self realization and not having respect of inauthenticity. self transformation really is a priority
also yeah Ni seems so mystical and fascinating you’re right, like it’s a godly function
really nice video 🤟 cool that you don’t have a superficial view of esfps
Hey I recognize you 😂
It's almost like you're avoiding making a video about ESTPs
What's your MBTI type?
Harry it's interesting how we reach similar conclusions. I was thinking this week about the difference between extroversion and introversion and I have narrowed it down to the following:
Extroversion= external or surface properties of objects
Introversion= inner properties of objects
The extroverted style of thinking is filled with observations of external properties, but those do not converge to one point or quality, similarity, etc, which would denote introversion.
The extroverted style of thinking is more fluid as it can readily find data in the real world to support it.
While the introverted style of thinking is more slow in a way. It takes time to get a common quality or property from all of those external manifestations presented.
Also, I'm not ENTJ or ESTJ. I can do Ti and Ni better than an extrovert! An extrovert isn't even able to stay in this state for long because it will default to his extroversion gravitational pull.
Final judgment. We are both either INTJs or INTPs. But in order to came to such insights it requires more observations of the external Te than an INFJ could do with Te PoLR.
Your another problem, on the other hand, is your lack of the result or impact of that information or framework that resides in Se.
Also, you don't test your hypothesis as much to see if they are accurate, as long as they fit within your framework.
I, on the other hand, I see both the internal and the external aspect as one. And as such, I see that both are needed in order to validate a conclusion. Because if the main category or the general is not validated by the specific, then how can I know that the general or main category is defined correctly if it doesn't have effects or impact in reality itself Se?
PS: All of this describes my dual friend pretty well.
Very cool!
Don't underestimate individuation, however - in order to enter this field I had to become very adept at testing my hypothesis via Te.
@@CognitivePersonalityTheory Harry, I agree that individuation can change things a lot. But the manner in which you use your less conscious functions would still be through your domminant ones.
I actually think that there's no quote on quote "PoLR" function. Only that we constrain ourselves by thinking in those areas that we are good in and we filter the other areas using our confident one's.
As such, I think that I have seen some use of my Fe PoLR. I get really nervous when I need to open up and when I don't see the external to accomate for this, or if my internal Fi is not comfy.
Then I start to became awkward and if I don't concentrate myself on a subject that I know, I either keep silently awkward or I try to use "distractions" to hide my insecurities by looking the other way around or looking at my phone so that it can feel like I do something and that I don't appear awkward because I'm in front of my crush, for example.
And I get better when I'm in a formal setting. I can communicate better.
With guys, for example, I can let my real self out with no fear as I don't feel criticized or I keep formal and I can navigate better.
But with girls is like I forget my mother's tongue. That's when I have to deal in real time. When I'm texting I can organize my thoughts and plan my jokes better. But in the field, is real pain for me.
I also discovered that with thinking oriented or preference girls, I can communicate easier than with feeling related one's.
The same for guys it seems. I especially get along with ENTPs. We get each other very quick at the intellectual level and we can also talk about emotions as in a controlled environment where we can use our critical thinking to defuse them.
So it seems that overall, girls have a more gravitational pull towards emotions, and thus it is hard for me to communicate because I don't know what I'm supposed to communicate, while guys are a little more oriented toward common sense. So that's why I don't get along so well with girls as long as they are not thinking preference or at least a non judging feeler.
Although I would prefer the feeler if is not fake because thinking girls only feed my intellectual curiosity but not my desire for closeness and vulnerability. While feeling girls feel my desire for closeness and vulnerability, but then I figure out that they actually don't care and they did everything out of being polite or by their cognitive processes, but not that they make the decision consciously.
Te guy= So how are you doing today?
Fe girl= I'm feeling great as I have seen this amazing picture of this cat. How do you feel? Do you feel this fuzzy feeling of wonder when you see a cat as I do?
Te guy: Amazing. I'm happy that you feel great. So anyway, about the logical truth or objective truth. You see, here we have my representation of how I think that deductive and inductive reasoning works.
You have the upper pyramid which is the inductive thinking and the lower pyramid which is deductive thinking. Why this arrangement? Because you see, inductive thinking starts from the conclusion. So it would make sense that the tip of the pyramid is the conclusion as it is narrow as it.
While the base is the deductive thinking which builds using premises until it reaches that point.
Fe girl: What does this have anything to do with the feeling of amazement that I was talking about?
Te guy: You see? I think that the upper part of the pyramid represents the ideal of a thing. So in this instance, love is the ideal, but then you need to have the base also which you gather through experience. Once you start building the base, you can then see how all of those experiences, premises, or manifestations, all converge to one point, or a definitive characteristic that they all have in common. That, is love. I get the feeling of amazement when I'm in such a process because I see how everything starts fitting and that creates internal joy for me. So objective truth creates joy for me as the process somehow reaches feelings as well. Then what is love? I think that it is the expression of your own positive intentions towards the other by having reached those conclusions or ideals yourself through introspection and then those fuzzy feelings of amazement when reaching such conclusions make you to want to share them to the other so that he can feel the same positive way as you by reaching those ideals or conclusions as you did. In short, wanting the best for the other. So it's about having positive intentions for the other and wanting to make those ideals real for the other. So does your way of expressing love or care because I can see how your Fe or external harmony is concerned to finding the result by taking the emotional cues into account and converging them under one Ti framework. While for me I'm concerned for the process of how I reached the conclusions Te and I feel inadequate to express those conclusions without actually expressing the mode that I reached them so that they can be valid and feel authentic and not fake Fi.
We both try to take those observations in the different realms that we operate in and the conclusions that we form based on those, to make us to use those processes not only for ourselves but for the other as well. So in essence, we became grateful for the aspects of reality that we take part in, and then we try to make others to see the value of those aspects of reality as well so that they can benefit from them as well.
The problem? I can't state directly how I feel about an emotional stimuli or act on it without rationalizing it first and caming to an Fi conclusion based on it.
The rationalization part I can do in the moment and I can trace the rationale behind why I feel a certain way. But in order to justify acting on it, I need a lot of introspection and even more rationalizations not to justify the validity of the feeling, but for the validity of how can I integrate it in my internal thinking framework not only as an ideal that is irrational, but something that actually makes sense and that will bring me the closure of the thinking vs feeling dichotomy which is needed in attaining homeostasis.
The problem with love and affection for me is that it loses it's meaning as I divide it to much and I think it only in terms of what's mechanistically true and this hurts me. Because I want love to be authentic. Even if there are chemical or mechanistical trigger but then it seems like everything is only chemical reactions that the other fools himself into believing that are his feelings, when in fact the attraction criterias are already programmed in him. That's why I try to make sense of it and reconcile the feeling vs thinking dichotomy because I think that both are equal and have value.
So Te= external or surface properties or effects of phenomena
Fi= the relation to the phenomen itself or to it's cause?
Ti= internal definitory or absolute properties of the phenomen cause or it's trigger?
Fe= external manifestation of the phenomena or manifestation itself?
PS: The example given is only a hypothetical example of how my brain would function in such a circumstance. I can't reach this stage with a real girl because I will feel awkward and or I won't feel the connection because it wouldn't understand what this means.
You are definitely a type with Ne.
@@CE-do2vm No. I have intuition dom. Intuition as domminant is more fluid and less structured than sensing.
@@novaimperialis having Ne (which is what I stated) is not incompatible with having intuition in a dominant state (xNxPs).
I clicked so fast..
This is weird I related to
An INFJ, INFP and ISFP
And sometimes an ISFJ and ENTP
But mostly I relate to an INFJ and ISFP
I'm really introverted got like 4% in big 5 test in extraversion
I'm really socially awkward
I think I have social anxiety
I have a self depicting sense of humour or sarcastic humour
I like planning and setting up a schedule but I fail miserably in following it
My happiness comes from helping people
I don't like being around people that much but I still care about them. It's like hate everyone but I still want to help them
I'm an idiot
I'm lazy
My role models all of them are INFJ's or mostly fictional characters
I admire a person who's hardworking and kind
But I myself suck at working hard
I suck with details
I care more about some else's happiness more than mine
I can tell you're a woman.
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From a philosophical perspective or a biological?
Biologically speaking I'm an man in every way I even got addicted to p#rn
@@anormalguy511 I was actually talking about masculine and feminine functions, but in no way women can't get addicted to PMO.
Sometimes I wish to be sensor 🌛
Me too. I see my partner who's an ESFP with his authority Fi and I envy it (although I should be happy & progress with my own
stack). Ni authority feels like the bane of my life at times (excuse me I'm in an existential rut) - invariably I always feel like life is lacking if I don't have a grand vision...it can be debilitating at times.
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damn u look good ngl but hmm might be an esfp but idk at same time
i like
Thank you!
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