Are You An Introvert or An Extrovert

Although my fight is on behalf of the introverts, I value and understand that everyone in the world is not an introvert. The most common dispute is about introverts and extroverts. In order to understand where the personalities clash, and how, as I described in my previous post, to get out of introverted ways, some research was needed.

A few of the commonly known traits of an extrovert include: being interested in what is going on around them, open and often talkative, compare opinions with the opinions of others, like action and initiative, easily make new friends or adapt to a new group, say what they think, are interested in new people, and easily break unwanted relations.

If it can’t be seen from these traits, extroverts are energized by being around other people, quite the opposite of an introvert, who is energized from being alone. For this reason, extroverts strive in social situations such as parties. However, by comparison, not all extroverts share these needs for interaction and conversation.

A friend of mine would describe herself as an extrovert, even a psychological test would say the same, however she does not exhibit all the same characteristics of one, she actually has some of an introvert. While she is friendly and enjoys meeting new people, she is also shy given certain situations and prefers to be alone. The majority of her time, she prefers to be in her room, by herself, listening to music and studying. She does not strive for the outside social life that extroverts are known to want.

With this being said, it can be argued that although people have been categorized by their personalities over the years, no one has a set personality. People are too complicated to be only one kind of person. I myself can consider myself an extrovert, at times, very rare times, but times nonetheless.

However, for those of you who need to know one way or the other, or who would just like to do it for fun, try this personality test and find out, are you an introvert or an extrovert.

If you do take the test, feel free to share your results and your thoughts on the results. I look forward to hearing about it. 

Just so you know, here are the results I got after taking the test.

Pretty interesting since I'm so set on being an introvert right? Take the test and find out!

 For more information on the common differences between introverts and extroverts, visit www.socionics.com/main/types.htm