Episode 79

Sandra and Em talk about how the cognitive function of Introverted Thinking (nicknamed Precise Thinking) shows up in parents. This function is used by people who have ISTP, INTP, ESTP & ENTP preferences in the Myers-Briggs personality type model.

Links and references:

Find Your Child’s Myers-Briggs Type
Myers-Briggs Basics
Cognitive Function Cheat Sheet

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Full show notes: 

Overview of Precise Thinking

• An Introverted function: deals with the inner world
• A Judging function: deals with how we make decisions (recall that Thinking users step out of a situation emotionally, Feeling users step into a situation emotionally. Check out episode 12 for Thinking vs Feeling in parents
• Precise Thinking parents use frameworks and inner systems of objective logic to decide in a precise way.

Four Facets

Like objective, personalized logic: They make decisions based on personalized reasoning methods they have perfected over time 

Want clarity and precision: They value finding the precise and accurate truth above all else. They will notice inconsistencies – things that aren’t adding up.

Analyzing and problem solving: They like to find theories, frameworks or principles that make sense to them that they can use to solve problems.

Thinking is complex, deep and detached: Precise Thinking users pull away from the sensory and emotional world to go deep for their decision making. They can separate their body from their mind in order to be objective. 

Potential Struggles:

• Can be unexpressive or unresponsive or come off as uncaring
• Have a difficult time talking with people about things that are outside of their own interests 
• Focus on negatives over positives 
• Highly self critical
• So narrowly specialize 
• Push down their own feelings
• Have a difficult time accepting evidence that contradicts the frameworks or principal that they use – cognitive bias
• Over-estimate the value of thinking and logic
  

What’s the parenting style:

• Gives their children space and privacy to be independent
• Does not believe in authority or control, instead, want their children to be self-disciplined.
• Struggles with providing emotional support and asking necessary probing emotional questions
• May not enjoy traditional domestic tasks and routines such as providing regular home-cooked meals
• Believes their children have a right to their own point of view
• Enjoys engaging children in intellectual discussion
• The chaos and amount of “on time” required in parenting is challenging – need regular time alone (for ISTP/INTP)

Write in or leave a comment: Are you a parent who uses Precise Thinking or do you know one? Do you notice these themes in your parenting? Tell us about that.