Introversion Vs Extraversion
Introversion Vs Extraversion
INTROVERSION
By: Julia Frances F. Abella
SOME OF THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH EXTROVERSION
INCLUDE:
NUMEROUS, BROAD INTERESTS
LIKES TO COMMUNICATE BY TALKING
ENJOYS BEING AT THE CENTER OF ATTENTION
TENDS TO ACT FIRST BEFORE THINKING
ENJOYS GROUP WORK
FEELS ISOLATED BY TOO MUCH TIME SPENT ALONE
LOOKS TO OTHERS AND OUTSIDE SOURCES FOR IDEAS AND INSPIRATION
LIKES TO TALK ABOUT THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS
EXTROVERT
AN EXTROVERT IS A FRIENDLY PERSON WHO ENJOYS TALKING TO
AND BEING WITH OTHER PEOPLE. EXTROVERTS LOVE PARTIES,
TALKING ON THE PHONE, AND MEETING NEW PEOPLE.
THIS NOUN HAS A SPECIALIZED SENSE IN PSYCHOLOGY, AND
ITS OPPOSITE IS INTROVERT.. PSYCHOLOGISTS SOMETIMES
KICK IT OLD SCHOOL AND SPELL IT EXTRAVERT. AS A
PSYCHOLOGICAL TERM, IT WAS BORROWED FROM
GERMAN EXTRAVERTIERT, FROM THE PREFIX EXTRA-
"OUTSIDE, BEYOND" PLUS LATIN VERTERE "TO TURN." THANKS,
CARL JUNG! ITS OPPOSITE IS INTROVERT, WHICH MEANS SHY
OR TURNED INWARD.
SOME OF THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH
EXTROVERSION INCLUDE:
NUMEROUS, BROAD INTERESTS
LIKES TO COMMUNICATE BY TALKING
ENJOYS BEING AT THE CENTER OF ATTENTION
TENDS TO ACT FIRST BEFORE THINKING
ENJOYS GROUP WORK
FEELS ISOLATED BY TOO MUCH TIME SPENT ALONE
LOOKS TO OTHERS AND OUTSIDE SOURCES FOR IDEAS AND INSPIRATION
LIKES TO TALK ABOUT THOUGHTS AND FEELINGS
INTROVERT
AN INTROVERT PREFERS TO SPEND TIME ALONE IN ORDER TORECHARGETHEIR INNER BEING. AN INTROVERT MAY APPEAR TO BE SHY
TO OTHERS, BUT THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY AN ACCURATE LABEL. BEING AMONG GROUPS OF FRIENDS, FAMILY AND EVEN STRANGERS
CAN BE WONDERFULLY STIMULATING AND JOYOUS OCCASIONS. INTERACTINGWITH PEOPLE AND ATTENTION TO MULTIPLE SOURCES
OF STIMULI TENDS TODRAW DOWNANINTROVERT'SENERGY CAUSING THEM TO EVENTUALLY WITHDRAW TO SPEND TIME ALONE TO
RE-ENERGIZE. SMALL TALK AND POINTLESS CONVERSATIONS TEND TO DRAW DOWN AN INTROVERT'S ENERGY RAPIDLY.