Sometimes I wish these studies would break results into the different kinds of introverts (ie. Fi, Ti, Si & Ni). I know they're not coming from an MBTI perspective, but I think the results would vary between the types. I'd be REALLY surprised if Fi-dom treat faces like inanimate objects... I see this as more likely with Ti & Ni doms.
The article is not talking about MBTI introverts. If only you would simply click the link where it says "introvert."
http://www.livescience.com/6291-study-sheds-light-people-shy.html
Wow look at that, even the link to the other page has the word "shy" in it.
It pisses me off to have to explain this after mentioning it above once already.
"Socially shy" is not an acceptable definition of "introvert" IN MBTI TERMS. You know this to be true. And yet you continue to berate the author of that page on the basis of your OWN idea of what an introvert is.
And in fact, your (or our) idea of what an introvert is really isn't generally accepted by psychologists.
I'm very shy AND introverted and I still don't have that issue... I can't see how a mild social anxiety (which shyness basically is) leads to treating human faces like inanimate objects. Many shy people will report being over-sensitive to cues like that, becoming easily embarrassed, and this causes them to be inhibited. Introversion seems more likely to be the culprit than shyness....
I DO have the issue of not being able to place someone I know when I see them in another setting (ie. running into them at the store when I'm used to seeing them at church), especially when it's a matter of wearing very different clothing. I always know I know them though; I just can't always place their face and know
where I know them from.
And not remembering names is hugely common; many people will tell you they struggle to remember names of acquaintances.
in·tro·vert/ˈintrəˌvərt/
Noun:
A shy, reticent, and typically self-centered person.
A person predominantly concerned with their own thoughts and feelings rather than with external things.
"An extroverted person is likely to enjoy time spent with people and find less reward in time spent alone. They tend to be energized when around other people..." (Wiki).
It's Jung who is off-the-wall in obscurely defining these two terms according to cognitive attitude or focus of attention regarding functions. That's not to say he is wrong, but that we are comparing two different systems here that happen to use the same words.
The bolded is pretty much in-line with Jung's ideas, IMO, just put more crudely, and it's pretty much how MBTI words it also. The "energized" around other people is a way of saying they're focused on the object more than their inner world. I don't think I need to explain the introverted definition above & how it connects to Jung's ideas...
