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The author doesn't know the difference between introverts and extroverts, so this article falls completely flat. The difference is really simple: * Introverts
by kristofferR 16y ago
The author doesn't know the difference between introverts and extroverts, so this article falls completely flat. The difference is really simple:
* Introverts get tired when interacting with people and recharge their energy when they're alone
* Extroverts get tired by being alone and recharge their energy when they're with people
Extroversion and introversion doesn't say anyone about how shy or social people are. There are a lot of introverts with great social skills and a lot of extroverts with good inward skills.
That being said - it's obviously much more normal to be a shy introvert than it is to be a shy extrovert. It does happen though.
I'm an introvert and used to be a really shy guy with low social skills. In the last years however I gained a lot of confidence and social intelligence. Have I become more extroverted? Nope, I've just improved my social skills drastically.
The belief that how social people are is an unchangeable genetical trait is downright dangerous. Unfortunately a lot of people are misled into believing that it's unchangeable. It's just a skill like any other skill, it can definitely be learned!
- scott_s 16y agoIs there any evidence for that model of how humans work? People talk about it all the time, but I've never heard of attempts to test it.
- araneae 16y agoThank you for this. The "official" definition of extroversion and introversion and the "colloquial" definitions are bit different, I think. I have a greater tendency to buy the colloquial version. The former was a definition invented by one dude and never substantiated, whereas the latter is the current evolution of the word as defined by what people find most useful.
- chc 16y agoIn much the same way, though, the classification of bats as mammals is something one dude came up with, while human language naturally evolved to call them birds. Which more accurately identifies their pedigree?
- araneae 16y agoYou missed the "and never substantiated" bit of my reply. The post I was responding to had asked for verification. Of course, there is none, so we are left with one guy vs. many. In your scenario, we have had verification. It's called comparative genomics. And before that we had morphology.
- scott_s 16y agoFirst, I have never heard anyone, anywhere, ever call bats "birds." Second, the relationship between bats and other mammals is well established through genetics. In other words, that classification has been tested in ways that the personality types have not (that I am aware of, hence, my question).
- araneae 16y agoThe Bible calls bats "birds," that's probably where he got it from.
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- pavel_lishin 16y agoI think it's just based on a whole lot of anecdotal data. It describes me - introverted - fairly accurately, so I go along with it.