To illuminate these two opposite orientations, I’ll give an example of a byplay between an extrovert, Mrs. Claire Carter, and an introvert-narcissist, Mr. John Miller. When Mr. and Mrs. Carter made ...

After growing up convinced he was somehow flawed, Peter Vogt realized he was simply an introvert in an extroverts' world. Now he teaches others how to embrace the power of their deep-thinking brains.

The classic labels of introvert and extrovert have long been used to explain why some people thrive off of social interaction and why some people prefer solitude. While neither one is “better” than ...

Introverts and extroverts have their differences, but there are some things the former could learn from the latter. We've all felt that pang of envy watching the extrovert in our life effortlessly ...

While we all know individuals who are wildly outgoing, plenty of fun to be around and occasionally even obnoxious, chances are we relate less to these extroverts and more to introverts or people ...

So much advice out there for "introverts suggests that the best way for us to succeed is to fake being an extrovert," writes ...

The MBTI test helped spread the terms ‘introversion’ and ‘extroversion’ to a wider audience, but it’s widely seen as pseudoscientific.Photograph: H Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock/Getty Images About 10 ...

As a leadership consultant who studies workplace psychology, I've spent more than 30 years helping thousands of individuals and CEOs at multimillion-dollar organizations. I've always been observant of ...

When fellow Psychology Today introvert blogger Sophia Dembling and I recently chatted by phone, we discovered that we both like communicating in sound bites—an efficient use of our introverts' energy.

If you're an extrovert, a night out with friends probably sounds like exactly what the doctor ordered. If you're an introvert, it likely sounds like a sheer, unmitigated nightmare. So what are you ...