Myths about personality

Introverting is a basic personality commonly found in humans. However, not everyone easily finds out whether he is an introvert or not.

Simply put, introverts are introverted people who like a private life; often satisfied with life without noise and crowds, with few friends but often friends are very close. However, many people think that introverts often have negative, vulnerable and overly sensitive thoughts .

So is this true? Please check whether you are an introvert or not through the article below.

First, try to find out what is the sign of an introverted person:

• Very sensitive.
• Think carefully before speaking.
• Introvert.
• Clever.
• Negative emotions.
• Fear of social situations.
• High self-defense.
• Vulnerable.
• Likes loneliness, instead of social interaction.

You must have made some signs for yourself. And this is the answer: all the above signs indicate an inward personality.

Introversion is one of the most misleading personalities in humans. The concept of 'introverted' and 'extroverted' is first defined by Carl Jung - a Swiss psychologist.

Jung defines 'introverted' as people with 'inner-looking' spiritual energy, which is more active when thinking alone and narrowing when interacting with many people.

However, from Scott Barry Kaufman's point of view - a scientist and psychologist at New York University (USA), this definition is no longer relevant in modern social psychology.

Common myths about introversion

Jung defines introvert and extrovert based on his theory, experience and intuition. And modern psychology thinks that 'introverting' is just an opposite of 'outward' personality.

Meanwhile, extrovert is one of five characteristics of the Five factor model (Big 5), including excitability (neuroticism), agreeableness, integrity. Consciousness (conscientiousness), openness to experience (openness to experience).

The above definition is based on empirical results on behaviors that tend to go together for an individual.

However, based on the latest research on human personality, researchers also point out the most common myths about internal and external.

The first is that people with introvert tend to live more introvertly than extrovert. In fact, introversion is not necessarily a person who looks back inside and has no guarantee that introverts must be introverted.

In addition, introverted people often think long before speaking, not because they think better, but because they need more time to think.

Another mistake is that many people consider 'looking inward - outwardly' as part of their 'open to experience' part. But this personality is associated with IQ, including awareness, intelligence, imagination, emotions; while 'introversion' is not related to this index.

Other characteristics such as sensitivity, fear of social situations are also not related to introvert-outward personality. Most people think that they look inward, just because they are too sensitive. However, studies show that sensitivity when dealing with emotions works independently of introvert.

Expressions of a sensitive person: easy to inhibit, sensitive to external effects . associated with ' neurotic excitability' - neuroticism.

Besides, there are many people who think that they are 'introverted' (sensitive introverts). These people are always obsessed with the feeling of social attention. They are very vulnerable to comments, even the smallest of others. They often bother when others do not see their abilities.

However, this fact belongs to the 'narcissism' syndrome (narcissist covert ), which is related to neuroticism.

Finally, the most common mistake is that introverts prefer to operate independently. But according to Kaufman, this is not a feature of introversion. This feature is a mix of introversion and 'openness to experience', not completely inward.

Psychological tests show that you are an introvert

To know this, the researchers gave a quiz, consisting of 20 sentences. The test is evaluated based on two characteristics related to 'inward-looking direction' : enthusiasm and assertiveness. You need to do exactly the steps of the test below to get the most accurate results.

Enthusiasm is associated with social connection characteristics such as friendliness, self-narration, love for crowds and positive emotions.

Resonance is associated with social status such as leadership, ability to dominate, provoke, talk more and persuade.

Step 1: You evaluate each answer on a scale of 1-5, 1 point (not true) to 5 points (absolutely true to yourself). Note to record the score of each sentence so that you can easily follow step 2.

1. Make friends easy.
2. It is very difficult to be friends.
3. Keep distance from everyone.
4. Disclosure is very limited about yourself.
5. Quickly welcome others.
6. Rarely the excitement comes out.
7. Not an enthusiastic person.
8. Express your emotions when you're happy.
9. Always happy.
10. Laugh more.
11. Be willing to take responsibility.
12. Has a strong personality.
13. Lack of ability to affect others.
14. Know how to attract others.
15. Wait for others to lead.
16. See yourself as a good leader.
17. Can convince others to work.
18. Always retain personal opinions.
19. Be the first to act.
20. Not assertive.

Step 2 : Reverse the results of sentences 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 13, 15, 18, 20 (ie replace the score: 5 = 1, 4 = 2, 3 = 3, 2 = 4, and 1 = 5). Calculate the total score of 20 sentences and then take the average.

Then check the results table below:

3.1 - 3.8: you are an ambivert - standing between two personalities.

> 3.9: you are extroverted.