Just a thought..

> Originally Posted by floramacivor
18 - 63 Extreme Systemizing

It looks like any kind of score higher than E makes one an extreme S?

About a year ago, I took an online quiz that supposedly determines if you're on the autism scale -- with my social skills, having a hard time looking into people's eyes sometimes, I began to wonder if I might be on the scale somewhere. I wasn't anywhere near the scale for autism. I'm just socially inept without a label to blame it on.


It's not the proportion, but rather, if you score is higher than a certain number greatly exceeding the average, like a bell-curve, you register as an extreme systemizer the same way you would register as a somebody with high IQ. Except.. I'm not sure if scores in the eq-sq quotient even have any established correlation to intelligence level or capacity,however.. It's like MTBI in the sense that it gauges preference. The fact that this is an INTJ forum and everybody is registering as an extreme systemizer does not surprise me in the least bit.

Something I find interesting, however:

>The systemiser ***intuitively*** figures out how things work, or what the underlying rules are controlling a system.

>INTJ - The "Strategist"
Temperament: NT (Intellectual) Primary Function: Introverted Intuition
Population: ***1.5% (2.5% male, 0.5% female)***

> Brain Types of Experimental Control Groups
Respondent Extreme E E Balanced S Extreme S
Males ~0%~ 17% 46% 31% ~6%~
Females ~7%~ 47% 32% 14% ~0%~

~~~The percentages switch!~~~

>This self-confidence, sometimes mistaken for simple arrogance by the less decisive, is actually of a very specific rather than a general nature; its source lies in ***the specialized knowledge systems*** that most INTJs start building at an early age.

>At work, INTJs use their ***conceptual strengths to analyze situations and then develop models to understand and anticipate***

While:

>INFJ - The "Confidant"
Temperament: NF (Visionary) Primary Function: Introverted Intuition
Population: 1% ***(0.5% male, 1.5% female)***

>They are introspective, caring, sensitive, gentle and complex people that strive for peace and derive satisfaction from helping others. INFJs are highly intuitive, ****empathetic**** and dedicated listeners. These traits tend to act as a "tell me what's wrong" sign on their forehead, hence the nicknames Confidant, Counselor or Empath.
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Okay, now the summary:

>INTJ - The "Strategist"
Temperament: NT (Intellectual) Primary Function: Introverted Intuition
Population: ***1.5% (2.5% male, 0.5% female)***

>INFJ - The "Confidant"
Temperament: NF (Visionary) Primary Function: Introverted Intuition
Population: 1% ***(0.5% male, 1.5% female)***

> Brain Types of Experimental Control Groups
Respondent Extreme E E Balanced S Extreme S
Males ~0%~ 17% 46% 31% ~6%~
Females ~7%~ 47% 32% 14% ~0%~

~~~The percentages switch!~~~

Extreme E: INFJ Females as Extreme S: INTJ Males
Extreme S: INTJ Females as Extreme E: INFJ Males

0.5%(INTJ female) : 2.5%(INTJ male)
0.5%(INFJ male) : 1.5%(INFJ female)

0.5%(INTJ female) : 0%(extreme systemizing female)
0.5%(INFJ male) : 0%(extreme empathizing male)

2.5%(INTJ male) : 6%(extreme systemizing male)
1.5%(INFJ female) : 7% (extreme empathizing female)

6%(extreme systemizing male) : 7%(extreme empathizing female)
0%(extreme empathizing male) : 0%(extreme systemizing female)

0.5% (INTJ Female) : 0.5% (INFJ Male)
1.5% (INFJ Female) : 2.5% (INTJ Male)
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Now is it just me, or does there seem to be a correlation between Extreme E, Extreme S, mtbi type, intuition, and the proportion of gender differences between Dominant Intuitives with a given auxilliary function, be it Thinking(INTJ) or Feeling(INFJ) and stereotypical gender associated with that type? Would INTJ be the symbolic model of the extreme male brain while INFJ was the symbolic model of the extreme female brain? And it is said that style of thinking is tied to prenatal environment,among other things, and the amount of exposure an individual had to testosterone.. Well.. would this explain why in MTBI, the extent of your Intuitive preference is said to be an aspect of personality that remains more consistent? It certainly presents itself like a connection to me, anyways

~Jacqui~