BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES - Universitatea de Medicină şi Farmacie

An extravert is energized when around other people. Extraverts
tend to "fade" when alone and can easily become bored without other
people around. Extraverts tend to think as they speak. When given the
chance, an extravert will talk with someone else rather than sit alone and
think.
Introversion is "the state of or tendency toward being wholly or
predominantly concerned with and interested in one's own mental life".
Introverts tend to be low-key, deliberate, and relatively less engaged in
social situations. They often take pleasure in solitary activities such as
reading, writing, drawing, watching movies, and using computers. The
archetypal artist, writer, sculptor, composer and inventor are all highly
introverted. An introverted person is likely to enjoy time spent alone and
find less reward in time spent with large groups of people (although they
tend to enjoy interactions with close friends). They prefer to concentrate
on a single activity at a time and like to observe situations before they
participate. Introversion is not the same as shyness. Introverts choose
solitary over social activities by preference, whereas shy people avoid
social encounters out of fear. An introvert is energized when alone.
Introverts tend to "fade" when with people and can easily become
overstimulated with too many others around. Introverts tend to think
before speaking.
To give a complete description of a person's psychological type,
Jung refers to both the function and attitude type. As a result we have
eight personality types:
The Extraverted Sensation Type is a realist who seeks to
experience as many concrete sensations as possible - preferably, but not
necessarily, ones that are pleasurable. These experiences are seen as ends
in themselves and are rarely utilized for any other purpose.
Such persons are sensualists or aesthetes who are attracted by the
physical characteristics of objects and people. They dress, eat and entertain
well, and can be very good company.
Not at all reflective nor introspective, they have no ideals except
sensory enjoyment. They generally mistrust inner psychological processes
and prefer to account for such things in terms of external events (e.g., they
may blame their moods on the weather).
If extreme, they are often crudely sensual and may exploit
situations or others in order to increase their own personal pleasure. When
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