INFJ vs. INFP Personality Types: Key Difference

INFP和INFJ的不同

By A.J. Drenth & Elaine Schallock

To enjoy success in your life and work, it is essential to know your true personality type. Unfortunately, many people are either unsure of their true type or have been inadvertently mistyped. In our work with type enthusiasts over the years, such confusion has rarely been more apparent than with the INFJ vs. INFP personality types.

更好的了解自己的真实人格会帮助你更好地享受生活和工作。但是，许多人并不确定自己的真实类型，或是根本弄错了自己的类型。在我们多年的工作中发现，INFP和INFJ，这两种人格经常有这样的困惑。

This type confusion has stemmed from a number of factors, including (but not limited to):

· The Myers-Briggs’ emphasis on the personality preferences (e.g., E, I, S, N) rather than the functions (e.g., Ni, Ne, Fi) of these two types.

· General confusion about the nature of Intuition vs. Feeling (e.g., intuitions being described as a “gut feelings”).

· Failure to grasp the key differences between the personality functions employed by these two types.

· Misunderstandings regarding the nature of Judging and Perceiving in introverted types.

这种困惑来源于（但不限于）以下这几种因素：

• 迈尔斯测试强调人格偏好 (e.g., E, I, S, N)而不是这种两种类型的功能(e.g., Ni, Ne, Fi)

• 大部分的困惑来自于直觉（N）和感受（F）的本质（直觉被描述为本能的感受）

• 不能很好地抓住这两者使用性格功能的本质差异

• 误读了内向判断和内向知觉的本质

INFJ vs. INFP Personality Differences

When you compare the functions of the INFJ vs. INFP personality types, one can quickly see that these types are actually quite different, since they have no functions in common. Take a look for yourself:

INFJ Functional Stack

Dominant: Introverted Intuition (Ni)

Auxiliary: Extraverted Feeling (Fe)

Tertiary: Introverted Thinking (Ti)

Inferior: Extraverted Sensing (Se)

INFP Functional Stack

Dominant: Introverted Feeling (Fi)

Auxiliary: Extraverted Intuition (Ne)

Tertiary: Introverted Sensing (Si)

Inferior: Extraverted Thinking (Te)

其实你阅读一下两者的功能你就会发现，两者十分不同，他们没有一个一样的功能：

INFJ功能表

主导功能：内向直觉

辅助功能：外向情感

第三功能：内向思考

第四功能：外向感受

INFP功能表

主导功能：内向情感

辅助功能：外向直觉

第三功能：内向感受

第四功能：外向思考

In wielding Introverted Feeling (Fi) as their dominant function, INFPs are much more attuned to their own personal feelings—the good and the bad. These feelings serve as creative fuel for navigating the world and finding their place in it.

INFP运用内向情感Fi作为他的主导功能，INFP更容易判断他们自己的个人情感，来区分好坏。这种情感判断作为他们的燃料，让他们在世界里航行，找到他们自己的位置。

INFJs, while emotional (thanks to Fe which causes them to wear their emotions openly), lack the emotional depth seen in INFPs, and they don’t spend as much time “experiencing” or “wallowing in” their emotions. Rather, INFJs’ Extraverted Feeling (Fe) is directed outwardly, focused on reading and analyzing the emotional states of others, but it is considerably LESS in touch with its own feelings. Ironically, INFJs are usually adept at reading others’ moods but have a harder time discerning their own feelings about something. Fe is undoubtedly compassionate, fiery, and emotional at times, but because it is INFJs’ auxiliary function, emotions take less precedence for INFJs vs. INFPs. Indeed, when operating optimally, INFJs avoid getting too bogged down in their own feelings and instead using Fe to verbalize / persuade others of their intuitions (Ni).

INFJ的情感不如INFP那样有深度，他们的Fe功能让他们的情感是外向的，他们不会像INFP那样花那么多时间在情感体验上。INFJ的情感判断是指向外界的，他们更关注阅读分析他人的情感状态。然而，INFJ花了很多时间阅读别人的情感，但却很难和自己的情感产生联系。当功能操作恰当是，INFJ会避免自己深陷自己的情感沼泽中，他们会运用自己的Fe来表达自己的Ni见解，并说服别人。

INFJs also come across as more bold in their assertions. INFPs often appear more indecisive or unsure of themselves because they selfexpress by way of their auxiliary function, Extraverted Intuition (Ne). The strong value judgments of their dominant Fi start to open and can seemingly lose steam or concentration as Ne explores their meaning and accuracy. INFPs may have considerable difficulty making definitive statements of strong conviction, which is typically a nonissue for INFJs. The INFJ starts its functional stack in Perceiving mode (i.e., Ni), which is relatively open and uncertain, before it begins to converge into an extraverted judgment a la their auxiliary Fe, at which point INFJs sound convincing and strong in their convictions.

INFJ还十分肯定自己的发言和见解，INFP就显得举棋不定，因为他们是通过自己的辅助功能，外向直觉（Ne），来自我表达的。INFP主导的强烈的情感价值判断，一旦通过Ne来表达时，便会像棱镜一样散射开来，失去焦点。INFP可能在清晰陈述自己上遇到过相当大的困难，但这绝不会成为INFJ的问题。INFJ的主导功能时知觉模式（Ni）的，他们的观点在汇聚收敛成为外向的判断（Fe）之前，是相对开放和不确定的，而一旦他们形成自己的观点，INFJ言论上是十分肯定。

Another major difference between INFJs and INFPs is their overall approach to the world. The INFJ, when functioning authentically, is more analytical, while the INFP is more artistic. This too can be understood by examining their respective functional stacks. The INFJ moves from perceiving (Ni) to convergence / analysis (Fe), whereas the INFP moves from Judging (Fi) to Perceiving (Ne), from a point of closure to one of divergence / openness. Hence, INFPs end up being more exploratory in their approach, as commonly seen among artists and creatives.

INFJ和INFP的另一个主要差异是他们接触世界的方式。当INFJ正确操作功能时，是分析性模式的，然而INFP是更加艺术性模式的。这通过他们的功能表也可以得出。INFJ由知觉功能Ni开始思考到汇聚收敛分析Fe，然而INFP由判断功能Fi开始到知觉功能Ne，从闭合的观念开始，再把观念打开，因此，INFP在行为上会更具探索性一点，更接近于艺术家和探索者。

INFPs’ writing style and reading preferences can also differ dramatically from those of INFJs. INFPs are more apt to prefer reading and writing fiction. Their Fi takes their personal experiences and uses them as a springboard to explore potential plot lines and stories via Ne. INFPs love exploring and expressing the human condition – the struggles, the emotions, the joys, etc. By contrast, INFJs often prefer reading and writing more analytical, non-fiction works (e.g., INFJ philosophers Nietzsche and Schopenhauer). They observe the world around them and make deductions, pinpointing occurrences as they understand them via their Ni. They thus operate more like social analysts or prophets, interpreting what they see and urging for social / moral change when necessary.

INFP的文风和阅读偏好和INFJ也是差别巨大。INFP更愿意阅读小说，他们的Fi会给他们带来个人的情感体验，然后以此为跳板通过Ne去探索可能的情节线索。INFP喜爱探索人类的挣扎，情感，愉悦。相反，INFJ更喜欢阅读和写作更具分析性的，非小说类文本。他们观察着周边的世界，通过他们的Ni来读懂这个世界，做推断并进行准确描述。INFJ会更像一个社会分析者，提倡者或是预言家，当需要时，他们会为社会变革提倡自己的所思所想。

• INFP似乎更随和一点吧，是个有想法但苦于找不到合适表达的孩子，INFJ就更显成熟一点，应该是那种一动不动盯着你，但大脑瓜子不断在摄取信息，一找到机会就全部表达出来的那种人。经常迷失在自己是那种类型的判断里，不过初判是，两者兼有？自己在18岁以前应该一直是INFP，直到最近，也许是觉得这种人格不能开始适应自己的真实状况了，INFP更像是我内在INFJ的一张面具一样，其实自己更乐于理性客观探索世界，只是INFP的人设被自己表演的太久了，最近才真实发现一直闪烁其间的INFJ人格，决定好好发展一下，毕竟测试是Fe，Fi，Ne，Ni双高的人。。似乎更放松的时候会回到INFP吧，那一定是自己被安全感包围的时候才会出现的人格，平时自己更乐于INFJ一点，说实话，也是十分适应这种姿态的。