Thinking (T)

Key words:
impersonal • truth • cool • tough-minded

People who have a preference for thinking judgment are concerned with determining the objective truth in a situation. More impersonal in approach, thinking types believe they can make the best decisions by removing personal concerns that may lead to biased analyses and decision making.

Thinking types seek to act based on the truth in a situation, a truth or principle that is independent of what they or others might want to believe or wish was true. The thinking function is concerned with logical consistency and analysis of cause and effect. As they use and develop their thinking function, thinking types often come to appear analytical, cool, and tough-minded.

People who prefer thinking may:

• have technical or scientific orientations
• be concerned with truth and notice inconsistencies
• look for logical explanations or solutions to most everything
• make decisions with their heads and want to be fair
• believe telling the whole truth is more important than being tactful
• sometimes miss seeing or valuing the "people" part of situations and may be experienced by others as too task-oriented, uncaring, or indifferent

The Myers-Briggs Type Table Thinking Types are highlighted in gray.
ISTJ Planner Inspector	ISFJ Protector Supporter	INFJ Foreseer Developer	INTJ Conceptualizer Director
ISTP Analyzer Operator	ISFP Composer Producer	INFP Harmonizer Clarifier	INTP Designer Theorizer
ESTP Promoter Executor	ESFP Motivator Presenter	ENFP Discoverer Advocate	ENTP Explorer Inventor
ESTJ Implementor Supervisor	ESFJ Facilitator Caretaker	ENFJ Envisioner Mentor	ENTJ Strategist Mobilizer

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