This is a psychological workshop for the smart ones. I will post the correct answers later, as soon as ten people answer.
The task:
Carefully read the descriptions of an extrovert and an introvert made according to the works of Carl Jung, and count how many independent, unrelated personality characteristics does this description contain? Name and briefly describe what you consider independent personality characteristics.
Extrovert
The extrovert is directed outward: towards people and the outside world. Lots of friends indiscriminately. Demonstrative, braggart. Able to endure noise and turmoil. Open, friendly to people, optimistic. Focuses on the opinion of the surrounding majority, superficial. Uncritical to own motives, impulsive. Interferes in other people’s affairs, assertive.
Introvert
His gaze is turned inward, into his inner world, he is immersed in his thoughts and fantasies. He is unsociable, especially does not like big companies, he quickly gets tired of them and of noise in general. Modest. Closed, does not like society, bad temper: distrustful, touchy, irritable, pessimistic. An individualist, guided by his own opinion, original original views, self-willed. He thinks a lot and deeply, is thoughtful about the motives of his behavior, is conscientious, slows down in quick affairs. He protects both his own and other people’s world, does not get into other people’s affairs, lives in his own world, where the best interlocutor is himself.
I will explain the assignment.
Once Hippocrates described a person in whose body «black bile» predominates, and called him a melancholic («melan» — black, «chole» — bile). According to the description, this type of personality is not energetic, gets tired quickly, is vulnerable, easily falls into negative emotions and is very worried. All these features, according to I.P. Pavlov, have one reason: a person of this type has a weak and unbalanced type of nervous system. Therefore, he is not energetic, therefore he gets tired, therefore he is vulnerable and worries. Is it possible to attribute to a melancholic, as some authors of ancient Rome did, that this person is necessarily prone to deep reflection and thoughtfulness? No, since not all melancholics are deep thinkers and are not necessarily thoughtful, on the other hand, the ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythogor was the winner of the Olympics in a fist fight, that is, obviously not a melancholic. Accordingly, the combination of traits of low energy, fatigue, hurt and emotionality are related and basic characteristics of the melancholic, and thoughtfulness is an extraneous, random characteristic. Melancholic and thoughtfulness are not connected with each other.
And you have a question: how many UNRELATED personal characteristics does Carl Jung’s description of an extrovert and an introvert contain? To what extent is this description an arbitrary «salad» of different personality types?
For example, if a person’s attention is primarily directed inward, is he necessarily a deep thinker? Is he always envious and has a bad temper? Certainly an individualist and independent of the opinions of others? It seems that these are still independent characteristics.
So, I repeat the question: how many independent, unrelated personality characteristics does Carl Jung’s description of an extrovert and introvert contain?
What are your answers?