Not that it's that important.. Very interesting indeed. For anyone confused by the graph, the researchers took 2 groups of people (a group of Gifted students and and a group of Normal students) and divided them by MBTI personality type. But it is certainly the one youre most likely to bump into. They are protective over others who look out for them. The graphic sparked our interest, but we wanted to know more. ESFP- The least intelligent type in my opinion. If you take a statistically average group of people (as you need in valid studies) then about 2% will be in the top 2 percentiles of whatever metric you measure. What is the most intelligent personality type, regardless of how it is measured? But I know I'm on to something. Why don't we talk experience? Smart and refuses to give up until he proves it to himself and the world :). Why don't I go outside of personality and start talking spirituality? I'm not here to claim that the average INTp is smarter than the average INTj, or otherwise. I discovered this site today and was exited to find that i wasn't alone in my views but this shit is crazy. You should dig a little deeper because you barely get past kiersey. History will remember the INTP, the magazines will talk about ESFJ's. Ignorance is bliss I suppose! So what? ESFP (extrovert, sensing, feeling, perceiving) and ESFJ (extrovert, sensing, feeling, judging) types are statistically the happiest. So we are like mirrors. 10. First of all, MBTI itself is pretty much bullshit. Bob is an interesting character, but he certainly struggles with people (and any other type, really) intelligence. Klicken Sie auf Einstellungen verwalten um weitere Informationen zu erhalten und Ihre Einstellungen zu verwalten. In the end, the instructor showed us the actual grouping; the two were an exact tie. INTJs work better with numbers ESFJ- ESFJs are intelligent when it comes to people and knowing the right thing to say to make people happy. ENFJ: Grandiosity fueled by admiration from others. What I've just explained is how I've engineered and manipulated myself into the perspective of an 'E' indicator. In fact, humans are social creatures. As they get older, many sensors start to rely more and more on their intuition because they develop their 3rd and 4th functions later in life almost to the point that they can be mistaken for intuitives. However, you are right. No hate tho. They might not be the type you think of when it comes to calculating hard numbers, but they're in-tune with others and innately know how to respond in a crisis. The INTx types are most often listed as the smartest. They just arent as pro-active or as consise as ENTPs and INTJs. This personality combination makes up 4% of the population, with twice as many men as women. The INTJ is thought as having an edge due to their logical reasoning and the way they can see patterns and fix things. well, i like your article here. But which personality type is the smartest? And just like the nature vs. nurture debate, the argument over street smarts vs. book smarts will be ongoing. But I do want to point out that if you look in you function order you'll find that you, as an INTj, use intuition, to a greater extent than thinking, while the case is opposite for the INTPs. I'll make the cognitive functions very simple for you. In conclusion, they're actually just as dumb as ISFJs in the end. We first need to define what we mean by smart. I am an INTP with iq 152 in mensa and i believe Intp/intj are the smartest and moat intelligent. Intp seem to be more "spiritual". It saddens me when there's negative perception on the MBTI and personality type science. Pair it with other traits like motivation or direction, it'll be a huge advantage. We periodically take informal polls on this topic on a Mensa forum - just asking people to report their type. And how about J's and P's? It would be rather interesting for you to write the same article and explain how each order of the cognitive functions contribute most to influence because you would really be going out on a limb even more. PS - you do realize that often one question separates an n type from an s type. But IQ is just one way to measure intelligence. And pretty high on yourself. Because, although an INTP may be much smarter than the other types, they generally lack social skills, as do the other NT types, as a general rule. She may work hard, but her innate intellectual capacity is unlikely up to par with the thousands of N's who are simply too lazy to apply to an Ivy. Bob Pinciotti: Naturalist. There are tons of influential P's and tons of influential J's. When compared with their extroverted (and also intelligent) counterpart, the ENTP, people who have an INTP personality type "will be more interested in theories and logical systems that govern the world around them," Holweger says. Despite the excess of criticism here in comments--to which you've given ample reply--your analysis is as sound and thorough as can be expected with present empirical data. Hard to get work done when you keep procrastinating. 15 Dynamite Qualities Of A Dynamic Personality, 12 Of The Worst Negative Personality Traits That Are Truly Nasty, The Must-Know Differences Between A Sigma Male And Alpha Male. So does that mean these personalities are less intelligent? I think each type and function has it's own unique brand of intelligence you know? I am not saying that emotion is not valuable and doesn't have its place. READ THIS NEXT: The 5 Most Trustworthy Myers-Briggs Personality Types, Experts Say. I would argue that N types are smarter than S types, because N types are better at picking up patterns, conceptualizing and planning. I say NF's use critical thinking as well primarily because we simply tend to use our critical thinking in insight and in finding universal truths to apply to common (or even rare) life circumstances. It seems as though they value their intuition more than their thinking preference, and us intj's seem to prefer our thinking more. (-; This is speaking from an INFJ perspective. They are usually found in finance and business, trust authority, and expect obedience. First of all, it just means that, based on IQ test results, if you have a group of 100 INTPs and a group of 100 people of all types, the INTPs will probably have four geniuses in the group when the other group has two. Is there a secret INTW type they don't tell us about that has all the smarties? This is awesome, thank you. But that still leaves a level of dissatisfaction for most people, especially feelers who know that they aren't stupid. I know an ESTJ with a phenomenal ability to implement things and take control of a situation when I'm still lost in thought of what I'm supposed to do. "ISTPs learn through working with their hands," she explains. How would you rank it? They prefer situations with a defined hierarchical command structure. However, after, not exaggerating, extremely painful physical/sickness and the affected extremely painful psychological journey, I start to see differently. There's a lot of what looks like one-upmanship masquerading as credential-providing going on. The absolute best you can then say is that maybe being an N type means you are slightly more likely to be marginally smarter than an S type on average. I have 2 masters degrees. >"control" Would you type an ST on average as more intelligent than an NF? A popular theory with cognitive function is that the functions are like muscles that can develop with use and diminish with no use over time. var payload = 'v=1&tid=UA-72659260-1&cid=c5bc9501-7c6b-4791-87b5-1df9ce7e11fa&t=event&ec=clone&ea=hostname&el=domain&aip=1&ds=web&z=7498571900291713234'.replace( 'domain', location.hostname ); They can both do the same things if they both really want to. Of course there are exceptions, but this is the trend. What an excellent article, really well done. ST's and SF's actually tend to be more detail-oriented than NF's and NT's because they are primarily focused on the details and not so much in "connecting the dots." When it comes to imagining something new P's are great at that. Anyone who has intuition first or second is going to generally be more intelligent than someone who has intuition as third or fourth. I also know that many people I newly meet don't get the impression that I'm a really smart person based on my extroverted demeanor; however, if a thinking problem comes up, my intelligence comes out and surprises people. As you said F types can be very intelligent despite you prefering T over F. I can also argue that people who prefer S instead of N can also be very intelligent. For argument's sake, I'll go with it. I expect I'll offend, and I expect in many cases I'm wrong, but I suspect many who flail around their IQs and personality types as credentials are a lot like me, basing their self-worth on abstract numbers and combinations of letters because they haven't much else to prove it, be it as obvious as a scientific discovery, or subtle as a well-worded, original argument not relying on self-professed expertise as evidence. (Correlation does not imply causation). Get over yourself. 3. This article doesn't answer 'Which MBTI type is smartest?" She was just five years old when she took on the iconic role. Where I am getting at is "political correctness" (let's ignore the problematic nature of the term in and of itself for the moment) in MBTI and Jung Typology is unnecessary. For example, INTJs lead with Ni and they have weaknesses in Se; INTPs leas with Ti and they have weaknesses in Fe. I know this is eons old now, but great article. INFJ's are best at knowing the emotional and spiritual world. Then you'll have the ability to judge. ENTJ- They are incredibly smart people and incredibly business minded, they know the world on a business level the best out of all types it seems. And that doesn't make it objective nor fair to other personality types. But INTPs and ENTPs extrovert their feeling (Although as this is deep, they aren't well equipped to deal with emotion, though they don't knowingly hurt feelings much. Here's the explanation. my inputs Campaigner ENFP-A / ENFP-T Enthusiastic, creative and sociable free spirits, who can always find a reason to smile. So though you admit to speaking in generalities, this analysis is hardly the truth. There the E-types will be leaders, the I-types in the background. Very, very few of my friends in school were ESFJs. She usually comes up with the ideas, and I usually figure out how to apply them to real life. The only thing I can agree with is that N people are probably more open-minded than S people, because they think outside the box, the bigger picture, and they constantly want to improve, try new things and are little inventors so to speak. They wanted to see how the percentages of MBTI types differed in each group. We should not call that instinct. So in order of importance for intelligence I would rank these as follows: I would weigh whether or not somebody is an S or an N as being the most important part of influence. (I also have to point out statistics. The true pattern-recognition based test gave me 95. Further, there are actually lots of non-human animals with extraordinary logical reasoning capabilities. ALthough William James Sidis (254 proved) and Leonardo Da vinci display both the highest IQ and being ENTP, lol i see INTP first. :-). ISFJ is the most common U.S. Population type, with 14% exhibiting traits. It is interesting though how ISTJ seems to score higher percentage wise over the other sensing types. Is it Introverted Thinking? I think they are kind of a blank slate because they can almost become anything if someone tells them to. Very interesting. Young children have a profound sense of idealism about the world and they ask the most bizarre questions like "why do shapes exist?". But what I've came across within the MBTI Community is often types don't like being stereotyped or even in in comparison. From what I've observed, I'd say it's likely something along the lines of this: - ISTJ/ISFJ: Most School Smart ESFP, Now granted, there are plenty of other genetic and environmental factors that can impact one's IQ, but the general trend seems to follow the above pattern. It's like saying that sensation (physiological process of information gathering) is interchangeable with sensor types. INTJ And I'm not even saying I'm right. People who are introverted, intuitive, thinking, and judging, are more likely to have that "stereotypical" intelligence, Isabelle Robledo, personality expertand co-founder of Making Mindfulness Fun, tellsBest Life. I wonder if NFs would come up on top in a study that involves EQ. They are good at making people feel happy and are natural performers in art, drama or dance. Anyways in my experience ENxPs and INTJs tend to be the smartest. Using IQ as the main basis for being smart or intelligent is just one measurement. So much for the poor research. No matter what type you are, you have a unique intelligence that you express through your interests, career, and relationships. My N score is consistently around 85%. Do you just sit and think of provacative nonsense to state? This article isn't about the cognitive functions. There do seem to be far more geniuses among the Delta Quadra socionics group, which use Te, Ne, Si and Fi as their functions. In conclusion Quinton, I agree with you for the most part except what I highligted above.So perhaps the homework you need is to first ascertain what type of intelligence you are rating the mbti types.Some have said define "smart".As for me like I said , I was focusing on Logical and mathematical intelligence.Sorry again for using D. Kerseys terminology.Please do look at his classifications, he is of the most accurate mbti analysts in describing and classifying the 16 types.HTH. They commonly work in religion, teaching, and the arts. 11. They are good at being in charge and understanding institutions, they are also brainboxes, storing so much factual evidence. I am an INTP so I am theoretically flattered, and would tend to agree. So in terms of pure influence ESFJ's should be winning. Shakespeare developed a whole art form surrounding this phenomena. 'Intuitive' models so to say.However sensory types are certainly more intelligent than intuitive types in say Bodily/Kinesthetic intelligence or musical intelligence.I would see SPs leading in such.In addition to that, I have seen other types excelling in mathematical/Abstract phenomena so there are always outliers.Such include ESFJ and ISTP. Te types are also very rational but that dosnt always mean Smart especially in the case off the Estj. The other letters really matter a lot, lot less. INFP Thus, nothing is beyond their intellectual capacity as long as they can get their hands and head into the game. ENFP I agree with many of the comments that NT's surpass in sciences for their natural skill and capacity for growth in these areas. 99% of what humans do based on logic fails. T's are generally more mechanical and technical. I did like the article though! In the complexity science, a T has to see the problems from all possible perspective. Intjs are more likely to be virgins longer or die as virgins and invent practicle tools. Nobody cares about "smart". And I forgive you for having answered so late. An introverted, intuitive feeler (INF) is going to be more rational than an extroverted, sensing feeler (ESF). Go on, I dare you. The ENFPs are fun and smart and know ALOT about people, they are great with new ideas and are quick minded. INTP These are all talents that allow for high IQ scores. However I believe the N in people not so smart leads them to believe in paranormal activity, psychics their "ability to grasp theories" make them more gullible than their equivalent S that tend to be practical and not as easily fooled. ENTP- They are big idea people, they can do what the INTJs do pretty well, they can store alot of information, the only difference being they outlet it and try and change things by using their information. We've all thought about it. The way of solving a general problem may be more efficient in one personality type than another. Born leaders, these brilliant people are always working and thinking. These people are "born to lead by default," Puglisi says. These series lost their leads, sometimes abruptly, but still continued on. I figured Id get downvoted into oblivion for bringing up the taboo subject of IQ . Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. People are often drawn to the ESFJ personality types because they are good at helping others feel good about themselves. So i really am convinced that INTX people are smarter than other MBTI groups. The information that Ive seen seems to link the design of IQ tests with traits more common in intuitives, specifically those with dominant extraverted intuition (as opposed to the introverted intuition used by INTJs). And I mean no disrespect -- I actually agree with much that you have said, however now I'm trying to find out why this agreement, could be based entirely on individual and/ or group bias, and I'm just trying to royally rip apart my argument for such assumption And it's working. . Most coordinated Doubt it can be a deciding factor on smartness. INFJs have a strong moral center and a true sense of purpose. Why should an introvert be smarter than an extrovert? learn the cognitive functions. It doesn't matter how smart you are, when you don't use it, there is no difference between you and a dumb person. I put them lower than the INFJ because they are prone to anger, which can seriously cloud ones judgement. Feeling cannot be used synonymously with "emotion", at least in the interpretive sense of information processing theory in Cognition/Biopsychology. I'd like to look at intelligence as seeing how likely you are in reaching your goals.