ISFP

ISFP (Introverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving) is one of the sixteen personality types from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter.

Referring to Keirsey, ISFPs belong to the Artisan temperament and are called "Composers".

Myers-Briggs Characteristics
According to Myers-Briggs, ISFPs are peaceful, easygoing people who adopt a "live and let live" approach to life. They enjoy taking things at their own pace and tend to live in the moment. Although quiet, they are pleasant, considerate and caring, devoted to the people in their lives. Though not inclined to debate or necessarily even air their views, their values are important to them.

Keirsey Characteristics
According to Keirsey, ISFPs, or "Composer Artisans", are grounded in the here and now and are extremely sensitive to their environments. Like other "S" types, they are primarily concerned with what their five senses can tell them about their world, but they are extra attentive to those senses. They notice little variations in their environment or in the people around them. They are very sensitive to balance and understand well what does or does not fit, whether in a work of art or any other aspect of their lives. ISFPs are highly conscious of their companions, but they prefer to allow others to direct their own lives.

MBTI cognitive functions
The attributes of each personality form a hierarchy. This represents the person's "default" pattern of behavior in their day to day life. The Dominant is the personality type's preferred role, the task they feel most comfortable with. The auxiliary function is the role they feel the next most comfortable with. It serves to support and expand on the dominant function. One of these first two will always be an information gathering function (sensing or intuition) and the other will be a decision making function(thinking or feeling) in some order. The tertiary function is less developed than the Dominant and Auxiliary functions, but develops as the person matures and provides roundness of ability. The inferior function is the personality types Achille's heel. This is the function they are least comfortable with. Like the tertiary function, this function strengthens with maturity.


 * Dominant Introverted Feeling
 * Auxiliary Extroverted Sensing
 * Tertiary Introverted iNtuition
 * inferior Extroverted Thinking

Resources

 * http://keirsey.com/personality/spif.html
 * http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/