Avid learners with a naturally sensitive nature, the INFJ is capable of learning just about
anything if they put their minds to it. Yet, with the tendency to live life based on emotion,
certain learning styles and environments seem to be much more beneficial than others for this
introspective type. So which factors work to help or harm the
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Number 1: Topics that involve emotion are easier absorbed
The first and most important thing for all INFJs to know when it comes to their learning style
can be found in the way they approach most things in life - through their emotional compass. INFJs
are attracted to learning more about topics that involve emotion and feeling in some way shape
or form. So, while some INFJs may be good at things like mathematics and geography,
they’re usually better off taking the route towards something that involves human connection
and helping humanity, where they can also use their empathic abilities. This intuitive
personality type requires a form of deeper passion and yearning behind the topic in order for them
to stay focused and interested because they put their whole efforts into learning about
something new. So, although they have the ability to learn about uninvolved topics, most INFJs have
a better learning experience when they can put their heart and brain to work in conjunction.
Number 2: Context, context, context INFJs prefer a highly conceptual, theoretical
learning style. This empathetic personality type not only prefers emotional topics,
but they also use this empathy to try to relate everyday topics with some type of human connection
in order to properly understand it. There’s no point in giving random facts to the INFJ to
remember without giving them a chance to try and relate how those facts fit into the world around
them. They need to know why, how and where this information is relevant in day to day life. For
example, if an INFJ is learning about past wars throughout history, they may have a disinterest
in remembering dates and times of events, but will remember how and why the events took place
because they can imagine it happening from the perspectives of the people involved.
This gives the INFJ an advantage when it comes to recalling information they’ve learned
because it allows them to remember through feeling rather than short term memory.
Number 3: They like structure but dislike repetitive tasks
When it comes to learning and many other areas of life, the INFJ enjoys having
clear and concise structure but doesn’t like following the same routine day in and day out.
They prefer being given a well-detailed expectation of an overall learning goal,
and then the freedom to do it at their own pace accompanied with only their own ideas.
So, instead of someone breathing over their shoulder ensuring they are being helped
every step of the way, INFJs rather make the necessary mistakes on their own clock,
and then learn from them as a result. Repetitive learning styles can also take this creativity and
independence away from the INFJs imaginative mind, leaving their perfectionism to focus on completing
the learning task rather than actually properly absorbing information. This is also a main
contributing factor to the INFJs preference for writing assignments and solo projects in school.
Number 4: Easily adjustable to different expectations
INFJs are extremely adaptive in almost any situation in life. By using their extracted
feeling function, they are able to sense the mood of a room or group of people and adjust
their energy in order to fit in and make others feel comfortable. But how does this function help
in an academic context? Well, this auxiliary function acts as a supporting factor in the
INFJs introverted intuition, ultimately giving them a drive to express their ideas and insights
in a clear, compassionate, and concise way that others can understand. Therefore,
although an INFJ is usually best when working alone, they have the ability to easily communicate
their project ideas to people on their team, and also be able to easily understand others
in return. Aside from teamwork, this function also allows for an INFJ to easily adjust to the
expectations or different learning environments and tactics. Whether it’s books, podcasts,
lectures, documentaries, solo-research, or real life scenarios, the INFJ can adjust their focus
and retain the lesson from the source. Of course, when it comes to the environment,
they require calm and quiet surroundings to focus to the best of their abilities, but the flexible
INFJ is able to adjust and thrive in whatever learning situation they find themselves in.
Number 5: They need alone time to properly focus If you’re an INFJ, you’ll know first hand that
alone time is like liquid gold. With introverted intuition as their most dominant function,
and learning process, the independent learning INFJ requires time to sit with
the information they’re intaking in order to ruminate over it and work out how it
conceptually fits into their lives and minds. Yet, due to the INFJs extraverted sensing
function that relies on using their senses to continuously pick up on information around them,
a busy learning environment can be the death of INFJ focus. When an INFJ is surrounded by
outer stimuli, it’s almost impossible for them to focus at their fullest capacity,
making it difficult to retain and integrate the information being provided. Unfortunately, this
type of solitary learning is generally unheard of in western learning environments, therefore INFJs
usually have to take extra care to reiterate information being taught on their own time.
Number 6: They can memorize, but rather actually understand
Now, it’s not to say that INFJs aren’t capable of a memorization learning tactic,
but the amount of retained information through memorizing is considerably
less in comparison to true understanding for this introspective personality type. In fact,
most INFJs are able to create unique analogies, acronyms and rhymes to help them memorize things
in an efficient fashion when needed. However, similar to an INFJs need to
put new information into context, they much rather understand all perspectives of a topic
rather than take the information presented for what it is. This means that INFJs may
feel it’s necessary to do their own research surrounding a newly learned topic in order to
answer all the curiosities the topic has ensued in them. Therefore, since memorization is such a
large part of the generalized schooling learning style INFJs may find testing difficult, but they
usually walk away with a deeper understanding of the topic than the majority of others.
Number 7: They may procrastinate
The perfectionistic nature may make INFJs seem like the perfect student,
but ironically, this perfectionism usually comes with a host of procrastination
and sometimes even self sabotage that isn’t apparent from the outside looking in.
This procrastination and self sabotage is directly related to the INFJs fear of failure. They put so
much pressure on themselves to get projects and assignments completed in the most efficient manner
that the self-set high expectations end up putting a strain on their overall drive to complete it.
The deep focus on the minute details add a whole new layer of pressure that ultimately causes an
INFJ to stall and hold themselves back with the questioning fear of wondering if they can
really get the project done with the quality that they envision. Even though most INFJs are
familiar with this tendency and are aware that they can do anything they set their minds to,
they so desperately want to perfect every detail in the moment that it makes it difficult to change
habits. This is why they can hesitate and end up dealing with the tasks at the very last minute,
when they’ve reached the point that they have no choice but to complete the task.
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