US Presidents Celebrity MBTI: Dwight Eisenhower - ISFP

Continuing our exploration of the Novichkov method applied to celebrities, we now come to the third President in our series - Dwight Eisenhower (for profiles of Roosevelt, see here, Truman, see here).

Judger or Perceiver, j or p? 

Let's compare the Novichkov diagrams for Judging and Perceiving types with side shots of Eisenhower.

My conclusion: Eisenhower is a Judger. One thing that can be observed in these photos is that the line of a Judger's spinal column seems to run up through to the center of the head, and as a result, one can't see much in the way of space between the jaw and the throat.

So, for the four letter Socionics code for Eisenhower's type, we find so far: xxxj.

Feeler or Thinker, F or T? 

Juxtaposing pictures of politicians Donald Rumsfeld and Lindsay Graham, we see examples of a Thinker (Rumsfeld) and a Feeler (Graham).

The juxtaposition of Bill Clinton and a young Jeff Sessions provides us with two more examples: Clinton is a Thinker, Sessions a Feeler.

Which of these does Eisenhower resemble the most - Rumsfeld or Graham, Clinton or Sessions? Clearly, Graham and Sessions: Eisenhower is a Feeler. When we compare the Feeler's face to the Thinker's, we see that the Feeler has an expressive lower half of the face and an inexpressive upper half, shallow eye-sockets, a pug nose and a gently rounded bridge of the nose. The bones behind the eyebrows don't protrude.

So far, in the four-letter Socionics code, we have xxFj.

Sensor or Intuitive, S or N? 

Below we have John Kerry and John McCain: Kerry is an Intuitive, McCain a Sensor. Notice the difference in the body types of these two men: McCain is stocky, and of the type which is inclined to put on weight, whereas Kerry is skinny, and probably couldn't put on weight if he tried.

Intuitives tend to sprawl when sitting or lying down, whereas Sensors keep themselves in a tight enclosed space and tend to be rather stiff and rigid. See the picture of Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan below. Romney is the Sensor, Ryan the Intuitive:

I classify Eisenhower as a Sensor. His build, and his posture when sitting, reminds much more of Romney and McCain than Kerry and Ryan:

So far in our four-letter code we have: xSFj.

Introverted or Extraverted Sensing, Se or Si? 

The gaze of the Introverted Sensor seems bleary, out of focus - more perceiving shapes and contours of objects, not of the object directly. Take Roosevelt as a case in point:

Whereas the gaze of the Extraverted Sensor tends to be watchful and observant. The Extraverted Sensor keeps a close on the object and studies it intently:

Introvert or Extravert, I or E? 

The Extravert feels at home in the world, whereas the Introvert withdraws himself from it. This is shown by their respective facial expressions. Here we see a Nixon thoroughly swept up in his environment, revelling in it, in fact, whereas Eisenhower seems sheepish - and absent. He doesn't look as though he wants to be there, whereas Nixon does.

The Extravert's face always seems tense and engaged, the Introvert's, unflustered and unengaged.

In Conclusion

Judger + Feeler + Sensor + Introvert = ISFj in Socionics, ISFP in MBTI.

Mark Hootsen, signing off.