Plenty of misconceptions surround these core personality types. Stereotypes often present introverts as naturally withdrawn, shy, and antisocial and extroverts as charismatic, outgoing ...

I understand that introverts might not be thrilled to hear this — I wasn’t, either. But Sonja Lyubomirsky, a psychologist who has studied this phenomenon, says it’s worth focusing less on th ...

Many individuals may be either introverts or extroverts, but generally speaking, a mix of both types of characteristics are found in a person. The personality type, which possesses the personality ...

An extrovert has a leg up over introverts at work, according to a new study. For example, extroverts are more skilled at schmoozing with coworkers. They also tend to experience positive emotions ...

The concepts of introversion and extroversion were first introduced by Carl Gustav Jung, one of the fathers of modern psychology. Jung defined introversion as an “attitude-type characterised by ...

For three episodes of One to One, Russell Kane explores what exactly the terms ‘introvert’ and ‘extrovert’ mean. In the first episode, he speaks to psychotherapist and writer Mark Vernon ...

Being an introvert doesn’t have to look like shying away from social contact. As more and more women are discovering, being an “extroverted introvert” means faking it at least a little bit.