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I believe the '98 figures which has them at around 50/50.
This is a great link.
It surprises me how rare ENxJs are.
I believe the '98 figures which has them at around 50/50.
It just occurred to me. I read it somewhere and always thought there were twice as many Es as there were Is. It didn't align with my experiences though. I thought they must be somewhere else.
Yeah, same with the personal experience, I've generally been surrounded by a relatively even amount of E/I people, with a slight leaning towards I actually.
The old stats were from a 1964 American study conducted by David Keirsey and Marilyn Bates, they had the percentages as:
Extraversion 75%, Introversion 25%
Sensing 75%, iNtuition 25%
Thinking 50%, Feeling 50%
Judging 50%, Perceiving 50%
As stated before, I don't believe those figures, they don't align with my experience.
Most "introverts" are just broken extroverts who have developed coping mechanisms and self-rationalize their behaviour.
Why is it that extroversion is considered the norm?
At least they are more conspicuous.There are way more talkative dramatic agitated very extraverted people..than the talk less think more type.
Sounds like some sort of circular (and faulty, excuse me) reasoning...Humans are social creatures, so it makes sense for the majority of people to be extraverted.
Humans are social creatures, so it makes sense for the majority of people to be extraverted.
If I had to guess I'd say its a 2:1 ratio.
Sounds like some sort of circular (and faulty, excuse me) reasoning...
If its 50:50 why then is Extraversion so much more accepted? Who would make so big pressure on 50% of population?
I don't believe Extroversion is "so much more accepted", I think sociability is seen as a positive trait and shyness is seen as something to overcome, those things are not the same thing as Extroversion and Introversion though.
Many of the Introverts I know are quite sociable, more so than me even, they are also Sensors, the only stats I've ever seen on S/N is 70/30 or there about. If people are seeing ISxx's as Extroverts because of behavioural traits then I can understand why they would think there are so many more Extroverts.
but also % vary a lot depending where you live, I guess Scandinavia is most Introverted place in Europe.
Also, we are waaay less N than US, whole Europe is!