Explore: Introversion In Children

Extraversion and introversion are a central trait dimension in human personality theory. The terms were introduced into psychology by Carl Jung, though

assigns a binary letter value to each of four dichotomous categories: introversion or extraversion, sensing or intuition, thinking or feeling, and judging

culture of character to a culture of personality in which an "extrovert ideal" is dominant and introversion is viewed as inferior or even pathological. Adopting

discomfort, apprehension, or lack of confidence. Introversion is commonly mistaken for shyness. However, introversion is a personal preference, while shyness stems

in several mystical and monastic traditions, notably in Hinduism, Jainism, Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Buddhism, and Sufism. Introversion is

appetite, thinking of harming oneself or others, self-isolating (though introversion and isolation are not necessarily unhealthy), and frequently zoning out

people. According to trait theories, introversion and extraversion are part of a continuous dimension, with many people in the middle. Effective personality

on The New York Times bestseller list (children's middle grade hardcover category). Extraversion and introversion, complementary personality traits Quiet

psychological complex, and extraversion and introversion. His treatment of American businessman and politician Rowland Hazard in 1926 with his conviction that alcoholics

find the company of children less threatening than that of adults, or whether the social withdrawal implied by their introversion is a result of the isolation