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Personality Type and Learning: ISTP

Personality Type and Learning: ISTP

By Donna Dunning

Practical Analyzer (ISTP)

“Get to the point.”

Our personality type preferences link to how and what we prefer to learn.

In my booklet, Introduction to Type and Learning, I describe how each of your four preferences (E/I, S/N, T/F and J/P) link to your learning style. You can read a summary of how type preferences influence learning on my Connecting Personality Type to Your Learning post.

In the booklet I also discuss how your whole type, the combination of your preferences, links to your learning style. I do this using the eight dominant function groupings.

I use the name Analyzers for people who prefer ISTP (and INTP), since they both share an analytical, open-ended approach to living, working, and learning. In type language these types have a dominant function of Introverted Thinking (Ti). See the Analyzer page for more general information on this combination of preferences.

Analyzers tend to enjoy learning that is flexible and unstructured. They will question and challenge information that seems illogical and often prefer to learn independently.

Each of the eight approaches to learning is discussed in detail as you can see in these Introduction to Type and Learning sample pages shared by CPP Inc. (the publisher) on their website.

In this post, I have taken a short excerpt from the booklet to highlight how ISTPs prefer to learn. The tips mainly describe how ISTPs can use their Sensing process to support their natural Analyzing approach. If you are learning something new and have ISTP preferences, use the tips to maximize your learning. If you are teaching, leading, or coaching others, consider adapting your style to accommodate these learners.

Learning Tips for ISTPs

  • Set short-term realistic learning goals
  • Engage in hands-on activities
  • Link theoretical information to practical examples and applications
  • Look for immediate consequences, implications, and results
  • Have some fun and take action
  • Use memorization of facts and trial-and-error learning strategies
  • Solve here-and-now problems
  • Organize information sequentially and logically
  • Draw on concrete examples of others’ experiences
  • Move toward long-term as well as short-term learning goals

As well as personality type specific tips, there are essential learning strategies everyone can use to be a more effective learner. These are described in detail in my Introduction to Type and Learning booklet and are summarized in my post on the Top 10 Learning Strategies.

Being a life-long learner is a necessity in this complex, changing world. Understanding and adapting how you learn can be a powerful tool for your career and life success.

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You can also purchase Introduction to Type and Learning from CPP Inc. in PDF format.

I hope you enjoy the photographs for this Personality Type and Learning blog series. They were taken from helicopter and boat during a trip to the Discovery Islands off the west coast of Canada.

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