MBTI INFJ Learning Style

Learn the connection between the MBTI personality INFJ and learning.

[neiln]

What would have helped me a lot in high school was if teachers would have started with the big picture and zoomed into details after that; not the other way around. Metaphors or analogies are very helpful. Time to reflect on meaning / significance, concepts and relationships between concepts / scaffolding, is super important. Independence and innovation are valued and please NO micro-management of set-work / learning tasks. Expect most infj's will do better in the independence of college-level education than in a controlled or stifling school environment. Occasional classes under the trees, would be fantastic

[StevenLeMieux]

If they applied typology like this in the school system for adolescence alot of young intuitive minds would've had a much better experience.

[nailakamana]

I noticed I have a few problems with studying for some subjects. People consider me the smartest of the class but I fail in math because our teacher and workbook is very unstructured. We never get proper formula's or in depth explanation on how to solve certain math problems. She just does a few examples in front of the class on max speed and when she expects us to understand. She also demands answers while we're still writing. I always get a headache during her class because I have to focus on too much at the same time. We listen, think, solve, write at the same time while also answering her questions. Her tests are also much much harder than the exercises in our workbook. Usually if you make exercises you will most likely be able to do the test well but not in her class. Even a few of my other classmates have said this. The worst is that they tell me I'm not good in math but the thing is I know that I CAN be good at math if it was explained to me in a more structured way with enough explanation and time to review.

[EH_]

I'm an infj who does not like competition

[annakor]

For the sake of accuracy I have to say that not all INFJs ask the question 'Is it good for people?' every time they get new information. The same is true for the "overall effect of it" question. Fe process does not always guide our actions. When selecting a subject I wanted to study in college I was driven primarily by my Ni. I chose theoretical physics, and solely because I get fascinated by its beauty and its ability to describe the whole Universe (at least more precisely than any other discipline). This is also a quite alluring example of Ni guiding people throughout their lives.
I also agree with other commentators that many INFJs love competing environments. Although it does not seem to correspond the idea of "Harmony process, " it is true. Despite this competitiveness however, Fe tries to keep the environment peaceful and tries to still nurture the ones who are falling behind, so that they would not feel embarrassed or unworthy

[catrocastre]

I want to cry, this is like a gift from heavens. Thank you so much.

[mariamkinen]

Yes. My English teacher was a role model. They were friends instead of authoritarian. Scaffolding. Definitely.

[portsmouthfly]

Very helpful!! Thank you!!
Have been struggling so badly until I found I was an infj last year. Have worked really hard at learning why everything was so difficult and unfair. These videos have helped immensely.

[frankbennett]

I recently discovered the MBTI and there more I research it, the more INFJ I discover that I am. Especially speaking metaphorically. When I explain anything to anyone, I use metaphors. Good to know I’m not crazy anymore. Just different.

[ShuggyTV]

the reason i can see why being put on the spot would fluster an infj. i remember even waiting to be called on for a question, but my mind would have already answered the question. i would be criticizing my response before i said anything. by the time i do speak. its uncomfortable.

[hunterholy]

Excellent and very insightful, very accurate observations, at least for this INFJ.

[Ahomesteadersdream]

When I was younger I was easily embarrassed being in the audience or watching someone be too showy... I practice whatever it is that I’m into VERY INTENSELY while completely alone.... When exercising I don’t mind being around people, but don’t dare try to yell at me while doing something like lifting weights thinking it will make me lift more, I’m already giving 110% to the goal and you’re likely just going to agitate and annoy me while simultaneously decreasing my performance. I excel at individual pursuits, my inner drive is unstoppable, but only when I perceive the goal as important.
I cannot concentrate on attempting to learn anything I don’t perceive as important.
Directing group attention to me embarrasses me, giving me one on one individual praise and acknowledgement on behalf of a group I may have helped achieve a goal is best...
Sincerely,
INFJ

[Viperever]

Pretty accurate assessment of my preferred teaching and learning style. I really enjoyed great lectures because I could listen and think at the same time, and ask questions to help me make the connections I needed. I formed connections quickly and questions/concepts that seemed like common sense to me were often not to others. I completely hated any form of group work or learning activities because of the lack of knowledge and enthusiasm from my classmates and their work reflected that. A lot of professors I noticed don't always seem enthusiastic about engaging with the higher-level thinking students, sometimes completely crushing opposing ideas without explaining why it's wrong, or dumbing down answers when you're expecting an interesting high-level explanation.

[bizmark]

I absolutely love competition, in the non- capitalistic sense.
Like games and debates, its a time for show casing the uncanny gifts INFJ's have ??
A way to understand better by seeing and doing. competing !!

[SophLouChish]

This was so helpful. I am about to embark on a masters course and this insight into my learning style has left me feeling a lot more excited! I really believe the scaffolding is something that will positively influence my learning ability compared to how I did during my bachelors. Thank you!

[kate]

Other things that help are no multiple choice tests where you're just given people's names or the year. I won't remember Balzac or Zola, but I will remember the guy who wrote the book with the poet turned journalist getting screwed over because he didn't stick to the life of a writer and instead sold out to journalism v the guy who wrote Les Rougons-Macquarts, was in Paris during the Paris Commune and did not like it but did not like the Semaine Sanglante more, and about the Dreyfus Affair. Or I'll be able to tell you the guy who did what happened to Paris in the later half of the 19th century, but in NYC and mid-20th. Similarly, I can't tell you what year Dracula was published, but I can tell you it was a year after Nintendo started as a playing card company.

[heathermcdougall]

Bored to death a school, "jumped" a year.Still bored. A's in every subject were so easy - hardly had to even bother listening.Got into loads of trouble

[shiori]

explains why i suck at high school. just too much competition and groups.

[esmeraldamiguel]

I don't like writing when told what to write. i like to discuss and share my thoughts with others and create a big project just based on that topic. i love to take my time and absorb everything and try to make a part of my life. if im learning it has to be something that i can teach people and the world! if not then what is the point of me learning it? This why i am failing English lol please help lol

[erika]

one of the things I mostly struggle with is verbalizing my insights and I feel really frustrated and ashamed. In a debate at college I literally said "that's it, I forgot what I was going to say" in the middle of the sentence TWICE because I couldn't think of words!! it was awful