Paul Baldino Personality Type, MBTI
What is the personality type of Paul Baldino? Which MBTI personality type best fits? Personality type for Paul Baldino from The Virgin Suicides 2000 and what is the personality traits.
ENTP (7w8)
Paul Baldino personality type is ENTP, and the Extraverted Intuition (Ne) and Intuitive (Ni) traits are dominant. But if you look at Walter Mischel's study, only every third child who received the highest prize in the experiment was classified as an INTP.
What's interesting about this is that the problem is not the result of Ne being dominant over Ni, but rather the result of a conflict between them. The conflict is between efficiency of processing and flexibility of processing.
The dominant Ne trait on the Extraverted side of personality is especially important for children, since it's what allows them to engage in social interaction. However, the dominant Ni trait on the Introverted side of personality is what allows for children to engage in reflection and analysis.
So, what happens when Ne tries to force its way of thinking onto Ni?
A child who is an INTP says to herself, "Well, I've already put in a lot of effort into learning how to think logically. I don't want to have to think about what other people are thinking too!" She has consciously decided that her effort to engage socially is more valuable than her ability to reflect logically.
