Psychology

[EmilyAnn]

A lot of the people here are introverted, for some reason. I am definitely extroverted. If I had five or six friends in my town I doubt I would ever be on the internet, but alas, all my friends live a respectable distance away.

Extroversion - Introversion as a single continuum is highly criticised. 

[Tony]

if MBTI is good enough for  part of Religious communities' evaluation process it's good enough for me *shrugs*

[PhuturePriest]

Extroversion - Introversion as a single continuum is highly criticised. 

 

There's nothing wrong with being introverted. My sister is introverted and she's still fun to talk to. People try to fix introversion when there's not a thing wrong with it, just like there is nothing wrong with being extroverted.

[EmilyAnn]

There's nothing wrong with being introverted. My sister is introverted and she's still fun to talk to. People try to fix introversion when there's not a thing wrong with it, just like there is nothing wrong with being extroverted.

That's not what I said. I said the concept of an extrovert-introvert dichotomy is intrinsically flawed. 

[PhuturePriest]

That's not what I said. I said the concept of an extrovert-introvert dichotomy is intrinsically flawed. 

 

To be fair, what you said made absolutely no sense whatsoever, so I just took a possible thing from it and started talking.

[MissScripture]

To be fair, what you said made absolutely no sense whatsoever, so I just took a possible thing from it and started talking.

What she said made perfect sense.

[PhuturePriest]

What she said made perfect sense.

 

The - messed me up. It might be an English thing, but Americans would normally say "Extroverted/extroverted" not "Introverted - extroverted".

 

And yes, nobody is completely extroverted or introverted. But there is always a dominant trait. I know when I'm sad about something at the end of the day I don't want to be alone. I want to talk about it with a friend, and if we talked about it for hours that would be even better. I know others that would just want to be alone.

Edited February 11, 2013 by FuturePriest387

[Spem in alium]

INFJ.

[Tony]

Not everyone leans to one side of another. There  are "Ambiverts" which is a mix of both introversion and extroversion. Maybe that's where Annie was getting at

[ithinkjesusiscool]

Introverted does not mean anti-social! It's cool to be somewhat introverted and mystical!

Anyway, why can't we study psychology outside the classroom? According to the psychology guy that is famous from EWTN the classroom may actually be a very dangerous place. Don't trust your psychology teacher too much!

[franciscanheart]

Introversion implies exhaustion through social activity where extroversion implies the opposite. It has NOTHING to do with being quiet or anti-social. Introverts wear out and need time to themselves to rest and build back up their energy after being in large groups. Extroverts thrive on the same large-group situation.

[PhuturePriest]

Introverted does not mean anti-social! It's cool to be somewhat introverted and mystical!

Anyway, why can't we study psychology outside the classroom? According to the psychology guy that is famous from EWTN the classroom may actually be a very dangerous place. Don't trust your psychology teacher too much!

 

There are a lot of whack psychologists that teach things contradictory to Church teaching. That's why he was warning not to firmly believe everything your psychology teacher says.

[EmilyAnn]

The - messed me up. It might be an English thing, but Americans would normally say "Extroverted/extroverted" not "Introverted - extroverted".

 

And yes, nobody is completely extroverted or introverted. But there is always a dominant trait. I know when I'm sad about something at the end of the day I don't want to be alone. I want to talk about it with a friend, and if we talked about it for hours that would be even better. I know others that would just want to be alone.

As I have said in my earlier criticisms of MBTI, analyses have shown that the subscales do not show a bimodal distribution, they show a normal distribution. 

This is a bimodal distribution:

 

If you were to chart scores then it should, according to the indicator and your judgement of it, show like this with two peaks towards either end of the scale. But actually, it shows a normal distribution, with one central peak. "Extrovert" and "Introvert" as two discrete categories or as two ends of a spectrum simply do not exist. 

[PhuturePriest]

Introversion implies exhaustion through social activity where extroversion implies the opposite. It has NOTHING to do with being quiet or anti-social. Introverts wear out and need time to themselves to rest and build back up their energy after being in large groups. Extroverts thrive on the same large-group situation.

 

Truth.

[EmilyAnn]

Introverted does not mean anti-social! It's cool to be somewhat introverted and mystical!

Anyway, why can't we study psychology outside the classroom? According to the psychology guy that is famous from EWTN the classroom may actually be a very dangerous place. Don't trust your psychology teacher too much!

One opinion doesn't make it truth. Psychology is full of theories that I think are crackpot. But those people probably think I'm a crackpot. That's academia for you. 

It depends what you call "studying". Most people call reading Wikipedia and random articles "studying" yet show absolutely no critical abilities or fundamental understanding. And when it comes to mental health disorders it is just plain dangerous. You have to be taught how to treat the DSM properly. It's not a fun little toy you can look at think "oh I have those symptoms" and believe me nearly everyone does that when they read this stuff.