Also, as far as the whole "you are born with an E/I preference", I don't think that's genetically engrained in us. This is especially true of E/I, as that letter only minorly switches around some of your functions. Is it so hard to fathom that our environment might play a role in our changing/defining our character? Hmmm...
Teslashock, why must you show that hideous face in the OP? Is that what you imagine when thinking of introverts?
I dare you to say that to the ISTPs.Yeah obviously. Come on, we all know introverts never get laid.
Come on, we all know introverts never get laid.
Well, not according to Jung and most of the theories that sprang from his work. According to Jung, E/I is the the most radical and important distinction in a temperament's configuration. A change in function order is in no way minor. There truly is a difference between say, Ne filtered through Ti and Ti filtered through Ne. HUGE difference there. Functions dont work separately, the secondary function works THROUGH the dominant one. So you cant just switch the order of your functions on command or through life even.
Ill see if i can find a link with what Jung said on extroversion and introversion... it really is an eye opener.
Oh and also, to address the other questions.. there is a difference between temperament, character and personality. While the last two are build upon the temperament and are changeable and shaped by our environment, most authors agree that we are born with -yes- a set of genetically inherited traits that constitute what in psychology is called temperament. Authors differ on what consitutes part of this inherited temperament, most of them agree that energy levels and/or E/I is part of it.
Basically extroverts are more attuned to the external labels of attractiveness and are more likely to display these for all to see whereas the introvert doesn't care as much. This is actually something that amazed me at just how directly people think and behave. If you don't advertise something, it is assumed you don't have it.
Attractiveness, the notion of "sexy", comes in different forms (physical, psychological, you name it) to different people. I think it mostly boils down to self-esteem and self-confidence. People who feel good about themselves and who feel comfortable in their bodies, who are in the mindset that they are attractive (not so much dwelling on being attractive to others around them but being confident in themselves just as they are), then I think it is reasonable to believe that they are more likely to share themselves by being outgoing and an "extravert" in that sense. These people can be introverts or extraverts according to the typology theory, so in that sense I think there's not much correlation.
Aren't the introverts the proverbial hot girl in glasses that no one realizes is attractive until she takes off the glasses and goes to the school dance with the local quarterback?
This makes no sense. If anything, the opposite is true.