[lioness]

	ENTPs are fluent conversationalists, mentally quick, and enjoy verbal sparring with others. They love to debate issues, and may even switch sides sometimes just for the love of the debate. When they express their underlying principles, however, they may feel awkward and speak abruptly and intensely. (personalitypage.com)

This is House. He refuses at all costs to expose any weakness, any deep emotion, any ambiguity. That's when he needs to be alone. When he's weak, incompetent. I'm the same way.

ENTPs are extroverts who "tend to be oblivious of the rest of humanity, except as an audience -- good, bad, or potential." (typelogic.com)

"ENTPs have little patience with those they consider wrongheaded or unintelligent, and show little restraint in demonstrating this." (typelogic.com)

House is an ENTP!

[Akzis]

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This is House. He refuses at all costs to expose any weakness, any deep emotion, any ambiguity. That's when he needs to be alone. When he's weak, incompetent. I'm the same way. ENTPs are extroverts who "tend to be oblivious of the rest of humanity, except as an audience -- good, bad, or potential." (typelogic.com) "ENTPs have little patience with those they consider wrongheaded or unintelligent, and show little restraint in demonstrating this." (typelogic.com) House is an ENTP!

Whatever system an INTJ happens to be working on is for them the equivalent of a moral cause to an INFJ; both perfectionism and disregard for authority may come into play, as INTJs can be unsparing of both themselves and the others on the project. Anyone considered to be "slacking," including superiors, will lose their respect -- and will generally be made aware of this; INTJs have also been known to take it upon themselves to implement critical decisions without consulting their supervisors or co-workers. On the other hand, they do tend to be scrupulous and even-handed about recognizing the individual contributions that have gone into a project, and have a gift for seizing opportunities which others might not even notice.

This is House.

"When under a great deal of stress, the INTJ may become obsessed with mindless repetitive, Sensate activities, such as over-drinking. They may also tend to become absorbed with minutia and details that they would not normally consider important to their overall goal."

"In the broadest terms, what INTJs "do" tends to be what they "know". Typical INTJ career choices are in the sciences and engineering, but they can be found wherever a combination of intellect and incisiveness are required (e.g., law, some areas of academia)."

House cannot be a P. Too many rigid habits that he's unwilling to change.

[Sinequanon]

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	House cannot be a P. Too many rigid habits that he's unwilling to change.

NPs are all Si-sensates. In stress, they can rely on routine in the way that NJs can over-exert themselves. House's routines aren't positive for him, they're obsessions, distractions. The point regarding routine would only be valid if you were arguing that House was an SJ (Si-dominant or auxiliary). Arguing from dichotomies is worthless.

[MacGuffin]

	Originally Posted by Akzis To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. ^ Shows he doesn't need people: he spent a whole night by himself in the hallways of an airport working on a problem until he figured it out. To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. In real pain, he chooses to be alone.

Duh, shadow functions under stress.

[shytiger]

Reviewing the episode "
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". The show writers might as well be announcing that House is an ENTP. Rather than being an isolated incident I think they are saying something fundamental about House's character with the episode, that he cannot function alone.

Here's a relevant conversation:

CUDDY: "You were wrong about needing a team. She almost died." HOUSE: "So, I almost need a team." CUDDY: "You were content with your 'People are idiots' theory. Cameron would never have accepted that this guy knew nothing about the love of his life. And as soon as you claimed it was multiple conditions, Foreman would have done anything to prove you wrong and then Chase would have done anything to prove you right. And any one of them would have solved this days ago. Hire a team. I don't care how you do it. Just do it."

House is "almost" an introvert but not quite. In particular, he needs people who are strong thinkers to help him work through his ideas. Ne dominant people often need somebody to hold them back and force them to think things through.

[Kisai]

	Originally Posted by Akzis To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	House cannot be a P. Too many rigid habits that he's unwilling to change.

That is completely untrue. All personality types fall into habits. Being P or J does not exempt you from transcending those habits. Go tell an INFP to get a management job or an INTP to quickly agree with your line of thinking or an ISFP to read a textbook and you'll see how rigid anybody can be.

[shytiger]

	Originally Posted by Kisai To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	That is completely untrue. All personality types fall into habits. Being P or J does not exempt you from transcending those habits. Go tell an INFP to get a management job or an INTP to quickly agree with your line of thinking or an ISFP to read a textbook and you'll see how rigid anybody can be.

Right. ENTPs have a stubborn streak coming from their inferior Si. I know a very similar case to House and the carpet. One of my coworkers, a very extroverted ENTP, refuses to give up Windows NT 4.0 no matter how many vendors stop supporting it. He's very proud of holding firm on it too.

[Akzis]

I may be wrong. ^ I concede.

(As much as it pains me so.) Arguably, season 1 House was INTJ.

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Although, I would be willing to hear a good explanation for (clear) Ni dominance in House?

(Wouldn't the stress theory work in reverse as well?)

[BobbitSneazer]

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CUDDY: "You were wrong about needing a team. She almost died." HOUSE: "So, I almost need a team." CUDDY: "You were content with your 'People are idiots' theory. Cameron would never have accepted that this guy knew nothing about the love of his life. And as soon as you claimed it was multiple conditions, Foreman would have done anything to prove you wrong and then Chase would have done anything to prove you right. And any one of them would have solved this days ago. Hire a team. I don't care how you do it. Just do it."

This doesn't prove House is extraverted. All it does it prove that he didn't have enough brainpower to solve the case on his own, and didn't consider all of the alternatives.

[Akzis]

	Originally Posted by Sinequanon To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.
	NPs are all Si-sensates. In stress, they can rely on routine in the way that NJs can over-exert themselves. House's routines aren't positive for him, they're obsessions, distractions. The point regarding routine would only be valid if you were arguing that House was an SJ (Si-dominant or auxiliary). Arguing from dichotomies is worthless.

Actually, on further thought, most of his most common routines aren't due to stress at all. He must write his stuff down, he must have a team, etc...

And if arguing from dichotomies is useless:

Strong Ni, strong Te. (Uses people as figurative amphitheaters; to extract newer ideas and understand via Te.)