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Introvert or Extrovert?

Are you an introvert or an extrovert?

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IMO, it takes a very smart up to date psychologist to determine this..
For me, I do not know. I suspect that I am not a lover of human beings, even if 80% are decent and kind....and these tea baggers:confused:
 
Dav said:
I find this to be fascinating:

Researchers Find Differences In How The Brains Of Some Individuals Process The World Around Them

It refers to introverts as "highly sensitive", and says they make up one fifth of the population:

Just a few excerpts; it goes on to say that the highly sensitive had more brain activity answering a question, but took longer to answer.

The whole thing sounds as if it is personally describing me. I'm pretty much as introverted as someone could possibly be. I suspect that a political debate site would have more introverts than the general population, since it would attract deep thinkers.

So anyways: are you an introvert, extrovert, or somewhere in between?
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Yin-yang theory can be used to explain this.

Yang is bright, fire, active, faster, hot, exterior, loud, light (as in weight), ascending and expanding.

Yin is dark, water, cold, slower, passive, interior, contracting, heavy, quiet, and descending.

We use yin-yang theory as a basic component of diagnosis in traditional chinese medicine, but it can also be applied to personality types. Yin people tend to be more introverted.

In terms of physical constitution, people of the yin aspect tend to suffer from illnesses related to excess yin in the body (laziness, over-rest, lethargy, depression, malnutrition, being underweight, etc.). They tend to be more pale, and have a body constitution that is thin and emaciated, therefore the disorders they tend to suffer from are deficiency related. They're the kind of people who eat constantly but never gain weight. Because of their low energy nature, they are sensitive to rapid changes in external environment or sources of stimulus that could be called yang (noise, bright light, intense emotions like anger, etc).

They tend to have cold extremities and a warm interior (face, chest, abdomen). Nutrition wise, yin people should avoid cold food that comes directly from the fridge, since their body constitution is already "cold", as it can bring about disorder. Hot food is best, especially if it's rich in protein.

Yang people are the opposite, essentially.

There are other constitution types besides yin and yang, I'm just giving a very basic example. The scientists have the right idea, but they aren't the first ones to think about it. The knowledge I post here comes from a text called the Yellow Emperor's Inner Classic (Huangdi Neijing) which is dated at about 100 BC.

Yin type people tend to be slow and thorough, whereas yang people are fast and efficient. Think tortoise and the hare. I believe they fulfill different but important functions in the human social order.
 
I guess people are aware that the Myers Bigg test is based on Jung's personality types. What people may be less aware of is that Jung was also interested in Astrology and that they also are based on the elements in Astrology.

The Four Elements in Astrology - Fire, Earth, Air, Water

If out of curiosity anyone is interested in the relationship of their test to their astrological chart, you can get a free astrological chart and interpretation here

Clairvision Virtual Astrologer
 
Kelzie said:
Hey CC

Howcome we're all INTJs?!
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Look at the poll. Look at where a lot of us spend our time.

We are online, interacting in a virtual world.
Because this is virtual world, we must use intuition or sensation to understand the nuances of communication (hence the split between "N's" and "S's".
We are needing to think about responses as they do not happen instantaneously.
We discuss our positions on things, often in strong ways.

My guess is that we are here because of who we are. We are drawn to DP because of a consistent personality type. Now, that does not mean that those who do not fit into this "mold" are not drawn here. There are aspects of other personality types that can apply to DP and this form of communication, but if you look at the descriptors, DP attracts INTJ's and ISTJ's.

This will all be in my book. :mrgreen:
 
alexa said:
I guess people are aware that the Myers Bigg test is based on Jung's personality types. What people may be less aware of is that Jung was also interested in Astrology and that they also are based on the elements in Astrology.

The Four Elements in Astrology - Fire, Earth, Air, Water

If out of curiosity anyone is interested in the relationship of their test to their astrological chart, you can get a free astrological chart and interpretation here

Clairvision Virtual Astrologer
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This is true. I have a book called "Birth Sign Psychotherapy" which purports that it may be important to use different psychotherapuetic techniques with folks with different birth signs, based on those personality types and needs. Though not written by Jung, it was inspired by his work.
 
CaptainCourtesy said:
This is true. I have a book called "Birth Sign Psychotherapy" which purports that it may be important to use different psychotherapuetic techniques with folks with different birth signs, based on those personality types and needs. Though not written by Jung, it was inspired by his work.
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Yes, it is interesting. On other tests I have done I have always come out intuitive rather than sensing and I am intuitive. However this test is exactly right for my astrological chart. :shock:

Also I note how high I come on the feeling. (I think it was in the 80's) Thinking being air in the chart. I have absolutely no air in my chart. At the same time Jung saw feeling as a way to think - the way Indians he met in the US thought. Both astrologically and with these types we can use them in a creative or destructive way.;)
 
ENTP: rational inventor. seems accurate, although I am more creative solution type rather than mad scientist type.

You are:

* slightly expressed extravert
* moderately expressed intuitive personality
* distinctively expressed thinking personality
* moderately expressed perceiving personality

I have took this in the past, and the NTP have always been a constant, while the introvert/extrovert part changes around on me, although it is always a small lean to either direction (and I always feel dissatisfied -as if it is an inaccurate representation of me regardless of which way it goes). I guess that borderline E/I makes sense since I am perfectly comfortable being alone, or in company, and I never really crave either, I suppose I am an omnivert. <-- see I even invent my own terms.
 
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Lord Tammerlain said:
Desire to socialize is also a function of self confidence. Testosterone will tend to increase a mans self confidence
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I don't think that is true. In situations where I am extremely comfortable, I tend to have no higher desire to socialize than in situations where I am not comfortable. Also, even when I want to socialize, I simply do not know how. After studying this a while, I realized that the reason is because most of the information expressed during things like small talk and other rituals have no value to me. However, I suspect after some study of it, I could learn to fake it well enough that noone notices, and I would even enjoy exercising the skills. But exercising a skill is worlds apart from being interested.

For me, it is about how well I know a person and how well they can deal with me because I (and most INTJ, I would imagine) do not think like most people do and that can be quite unsettling for others. I tend to not speak if I do not feel that the effort will produce useful results.
 
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Dav said:
I suspect that a political debate site would have more introverts than the general population, since it would attract deep thinkers.
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:2funny:

Deep thinkers on this page and other political pages? What a joke. Most people on forums like this are fundamentalist creep, who just competes in uttering the ideals of the party they support and other mainstream political ideas pushed on them through the media.

There are certainly exceptions, but the masses are definetely not deep thinkers.
 
Maximus Zeebra said:
:2funny:

Deep thinkers on this page and other political pages? What a joke. Most people on forums like this are fundamentalist creep, who just competes in uttering the ideals of the party they support and other mainstream political ideas pushed on them through the media.

There are certainly exceptions, but the masses are definetely not deep thinkers.
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Agreed. Not a lot of deep thought displayed on this forum, and I've been around for many years now.
If forum members are deep thinkers, they disguise it well.
Perhaps, like me, they view this as a purely recreational exercise.
 
1069 said:
Agreed. Not a lot of deep thought displayed on this forum, and I've been around for many years now.
If forum members are deep thinkers, they disguise it well.
Perhaps, like me, they view this as a purely recreational exercise.
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I have to say, I am gradually becoming less inclined to flesh out my posts. I find most people here overlook the things I say... maybe because I'm not that partisan, and I'm not from the U.S.
 
Orion said:
I have to say, I am gradually becoming less inclined to flesh out my posts. I find most people here overlook the things I say... maybe because I'm not that partisan, and I'm not from the U.S.
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Yeah, pearls before swine.
If you actually want to convey some sort of idea to the masses, it's always best to keep it short, simple, and concise.
Sometimes, I just want to write, though.
When I write one of my long-ass posts... that's not really meant to communicate anything to anybody. I don't really expect anybody here to read it, or understand it.
I'm just writing because that's what I like to do.
 
CaptainCourtesy said:
Look at the poll. Look at where a lot of us spend our time.

We are online, interacting in a virtual world.
Because this is virtual world, we must use intuition or sensation to understand the nuances of communication (hence the split between "N's" and "S's".
We are needing to think about responses as they do not happen instantaneously.
We discuss our positions on things, often in strong ways.

My guess is that we are here because of who we are. We are drawn to DP because of a consistent personality type. Now, that does not mean that those who do not fit into this "mold" are not drawn here. There are aspects of other personality types that can apply to DP and this form of communication, but if you look at the descriptors, DP attracts INTJ's and ISTJ's.

This will all be in my book. :mrgreen:
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Is this book real, or are you making it up? And if it's real, is this whole website just one elaborate psychological experiment? Because that would explain a lot.
 
Orion said:
I have to say, I am gradually becoming less inclined to flesh out my posts. I find most people here overlook the things I say... maybe because I'm not that partisan, and I'm not from the U.S.
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Most people overlook because they dont want to hear anything that parts with "their" ideology.
 
What a bunch of condescending hog wash. It is a political debate forum on the Internet, how deep do you really think it is going to get?

Most people are here debating for fun. Not to change the world. Anyone that thinks their point of view is somehow important is just fooling themselfs.

If you want deep philosophical discussions, go to a circle jerk philosophy forum. :roll:
 
Maximus Zeebra said:
:2funny:

Deep thinkers on this page and other political pages? What a joke. Most people on forums like this are fundamentalist creep, who just competes in uttering the ideals of the party they support and other mainstream political ideas pushed on them through the media.

There are certainly exceptions, but the masses are definetely not deep thinkers.
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I did not say everyone here was a deep thinker; just that places like this would attract deep thinkers.

Also, most people here are not "fundamentalist creep" (whatever that means), their ideas are not "pushed on them through the media", and this site is not made up of "the masses" in the first place.
 
Dav said:
I did not say everyone here was a deep thinker; just that places like this would attract deep thinkers.

Also, most people here are not "fundamentalist creep" (whatever that means), their ideas are not "pushed on them through the media", and this site is not made up of "the masses" in the first place.
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But it's a public forum.
When you post here, you are- theoretically at least- communicating your thoughts not merely to your fellow forum members, but also to the internet at large.
 
Maximus Zeebra said:
:2funny:

Deep thinkers on this page and other political pages? What a joke. Most people on forums like this are fundamentalist creep, who just competes in uttering the ideals of the party they support and other mainstream political ideas pushed on them through the media.

There are certainly exceptions, but the masses are definetely not deep thinkers.
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The partisan hacks, the recreational poster, and the "deep thinker" are all well represented here. And some folks shift from type to type.
 
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