Both introverts and extroverts don't like to be “alone” all the time, but sometimes they get tired of being alone. “Go out and meet people” or will it be ampifert, omnivert?
How different or scientifically accurate are these two descriptions of personality? Maybe it's time to use the new words “ambivert” and “omnivert”.
For many years most people have been asking people around them. People you've just met or someone in a 'speaking person' state says they're 'extrovert' or 'introvert' (introvert) so much so that there's a personality tag on almost every online dating app but many of us can't tell we're one or the other.
Sometimes we like to go out and socialize with friends. He loves to have fun and loves to meet new people or new activities, which is a characteristic of people. “flat”
But sometimes they need time to be alone and not go out for long periods of time, and that's the nature of it. Being an introvert, these things happen in personal and professional life. So we can't know what kind of person we really are?
When we talk about personality types, “it's a continuum that goes from introversion to extroversion,” says Professor Dan B. McAdams, a psychologist at Northwestern Weill University. “It's a bell-shaped curve,” says William Dunlop, author of Person: A New Introduction to Personality. Personality Psychology,” which most of us find ourselves in the middle of.
There are actually two lesser-known ones: The term “Ambiverts” or “Ambiverts” was first proposed by Edward S. Conklin, an American psychologist in 1923, in reference to introverted and introverted personality traits mixed together while another word is “Omniverts”, which fluctuates between introverted and extroverted behaviorSimply put, ambivert is a combination, but omnivert is an extreme switch between two personality types.
“This language is an adaptation of popular culture,” said Professor Luke Smillie, a psychology expert at the University of Melbourne in Australia. “Extroverts and introverts don't look very different. So we came up with these other categories of psychological traits that fall in the middle.”
While the concept of ambivert has been studied and appears in psychological literature, the word omnivert appears to be a modern psychological construct. Some experts question its authenticity.
“In my experience it doesn't really exist. (Omnivert) – (I don't think) anyone can fluctuate between those two extremes,” said Professor Richard Robins of the University of California, Davis. “Obviously a person will only act as being very extroverted in a given situation.”
“And being a very introverted person in another situation. What I don't think is possible is someone being in hundreds of different situations. He often acts like an extrovert or a very introverted person in difficult situations and it's never in the middle,” he added.
Ambivert, a conflicting concept?
Over the years there is a very popular personality test or index. Myers-Briggs, or what we know as MBTI, is widely used around the world. Whether in the workplace or educational institution, people are divided into categories based on their personality scores on different dimensions such as INFJ, ENFP, ESTP, ISFJ, and many more.
The test was first published in 1975, popularizing words like “extroversion” and “introversion” throughout society. Although both terms were first introduced by Swiss psychologist Carl Jung in the early twentieth century,
The reason is that it has an attractive charm. “When you get personality scores, know that there are people like you out there. It makes you feel like you are part of the team,” Professor Madams said. “It makes you feel unique. Or different from others as well.”
“People were desperate to understand themselves,” says Scott Barry Kaufman, a cognitive scientist at Columbia University in New York. “The more you can tell people who they are, it makes them feel more confident in this uncertain world,” said the founder of the Center for Human Potential.
But the surprising thing is, “There is no scientific validity to the test,” Myers-Briggs. “Research in personality psychology consistently shows that,” says Professor McAdams. “Psychological changes do not follow this kind of logic or reason, but dimensions such as extraversion and others are essentially continuous.” . People are at different points on that continuum. He views them as characteristics rather than personality types.
“Since the 1980s, (scientific) evidence has been accumulating that people differ on some level,” Professor Smiley said. However, this model continued to attract many ordinary people. “We turn to these critical ways of thinking,” he added, “because they make a complex world simpler.”
Myers-Briggs Company They themselves are unaware of the existence of the surrounding events. (Environmental factors that influence personality) Some psychologists do just that.
“These characteristics (of both extroverts and introverts) still exist,” says Professor John Zielinski, a psychologist at Carleton University in Ottawa. “Most people fall somewhere in the middle, so the term 'ambivalent' is useful.” “We don't always behave in the same way.” The person in different situations. Most people are flexible this way. Being extremely introverted is often a sign of mental illness.
Although these traits are genetically predisposed, they can change at any time. This is especially true as people get older. “It's nature and nurture. But nature makes it last,” Professor McAdams said.
Risks of personality classification
Although each personality type has its own advantages and disadvantages, as well as personality characteristics, this is not necessarily the case. For example, research indicates that extroverts and extroverts tend to control their emotions more than introverts.
While another study found that while introverts and extroverts prefer talking to texting, Ambivert prefers texting. Furthermore, research published in the journal Personalization and Social Psychology Bulletin 2023 found that extraverted people often judge being a worse listener than someone who is not an extravert.
However, these different characteristics are often overlooked. This is one of the potential dangers of becoming too attached to these groups. This makes it easy to misinterpret someone's behavior. “Introversion is often miscategorized as isolation, or low interest in other people, including very low motivation to participate in society,” Professor Smiley said.
In the same way, “extroverted. They are often mistaken for being more talented. Just because they are more talkative and seem to have different topics to talk about,” he added.
But surprisingly, the main components of an extrovert personality are not the ability to socialize. Instead, it is a reward-seeking behavior, and studies have found that people who score high in extreme situations are more impulsive to engage in social interactions. To gain social status or social attention
Kaufman explains that attention to external cues appears to be fueled by dopamine in the brain's reward circuit. Which encourages more exploration and social engagement. Quite the contrary, introverts will not get much reward from these social experiences.
Another misconception is that people who score as extraverted tend to have a natural ability to socialize. But research results indicate that extroverts and introverts are better at communicating with others because they imitate the behaviors of the people they interact with.
“Extraversion is sometimes equated with social skills. But we found that people who are extroverts engage in more unconscious imitation,” said Corinna Duffy, a research scientist at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus.
At the same time, extroverts themselves have long been thought to be ideal leaders of business organizations. But new research reveals that other personality types with their own unique strengths can do the same, and a 2023 Frontiers in Psychology study suggests that's flat and not directly related to how effectively a functional leader's behavior responds to challenges.
Things that can make a difference in the eyes of employees are: The leader's ability to create intellectual stimulation. Enthusiasm from coworkers is more associated with introverted personalities. As the researchers noted
“People often think that people in positions of power are extremists,” says Professor Robbins, but this is not always true. In fact, “extraversion is less related to successful life outcomes than other personality traits such as conscientiousness.”
Adam Grant, an organizational psychologist from the University of Pennsylvania, actually observed that “Who is more productive, the extrovert or the introvert?” They both engage in flexible speaking and listening styles. “Unobvious advantage”
Meet the middle/compromise
In some ways, people with these different personality traits have a fair number of things in common, for example, despite being extroverted, high but you still feel tired of socializing. Research reveals that it may take a long time to feel this way. Exhaustion.
“We can all relate to situations that bring out the deepest aspects of ourselves and others and roll them into a ball, and it's human nature to have the ability to be both introverts and extroverts,” Kaufman says.
Sometimes, forcing yourself out of your comfort zone can lead to new mental abilities and benefits, as research conducted by Zielinski and his colleagues found that when introverts try to act more extroverted, their mood improves.
“People who identify as introverts often experience a lot of positive emotions. When they act this way, extroverts do,” Zielinsky said. Most of them say they feel more authentic. It was as if his true tan had been revealed. ”
It doesn't matter what your natural personality traits are. Building behavioral flexibility and adaptability including the ability to tweak certain traits up or down in response to different situations, Professor Smiley says this may be the best way to live life.
Researched and edited by Witit Borompichaichartkul
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