Joint post by Arvid Walton and guest writer, Morgan, INTP

Mean Girls

Dominant Extraverted Thinking (Te):  Regina is a born executive who always likes to be in charge. She enjoys order, loves making up rules, and telling people what to do (“On Wednesdays, we wear pink” fulfils each of these interests for her). A large proportion of her sentences are direct orders or declarations of fact, indicating that she’s action-oriented and practical in her communication style. She even orders her own mom around. She can be rather blunt in her speech and isn’t afraid to hurt others’ feelings in the process. She also has a dislike of things that she considers illogical (e.g., trying to make “fetch” happen).

Auxiliary Introverted Sensing (Si): Regina likes structure and routine more than the average person. In addition to following the same daily and weekly routines, she has her friends do the same dance to the same song every year. Many of the rules she creates are also designed to generate and maintain a group tradition (centred around herself, of course). She uses these traditions to establish her superiority over others and ultimately “manage” her social world.

Tertiary Extraverted Intuition (Ne): This function is fairly undeveloped in Regina, though she does use it occasionally. For example, when she’s trying to lose weight, she tries everything she can think of, becoming so willing to try new things that she falls for Cady’s weight-gain ruse because she isn’t checking the facts for herself. She is also fascinated by Cady because of the difference in their experience.

Inferior Introverted Feeling (Fi): This is another function that Regina hasn’t developed very well. She shows little to no concern for how other people feel (unless it’s how they feel about her). She is self-absorbed and unkind, actively putting others down in order to build herself up.