Who are you?
Introversion and extraversion are psychology
terms that were popularized by Carl Jung in the 20th century. Phycologists
defined those two groups by people’s behavior, social activity. Today I want to
show you a video about our personalities.
Questions:
- What is your type of personality?
- Do people need to change their introvert type of personality to become successful?
- Do you treat psychology as real science like math or physics ? Why? Why not?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYvXk_bqlBk
Comments
What is your type of personality?
I'm an introvert. I rather spend time alone playing music or reading books but I like to be with my best friends.
Do people need to change their introvert type of personality to become successful?
No, they do not. People just have to give them a chance to show the world how good they can be in certain tasks.
Do you treat psychology as real science like math or physics ? Why? Why not?
No i do not. I like when things are strict, when there are just 2 choices yes or no, true or false, one or zero. In psychology things aren't that easy which makes them for me very difficult to understand.
I am more like introvert type for these years, the more I get older, the more I like quiet environment and don't like party. I like challenges, and concentrate on thinking, I like composing music, playing metal band, but I don't like hanging out with group of metalheads, I only like to hang out with my close friends.
2.Do people need to change their introvert type of personality to become successful?
Actually most of successful people are kinda introvert type, which make them have a sharp judgment on handling things, and I do not recommend people to change their true personality, just be real, so I don't think they need to change.
3.Do you treat psychology as real science like math or physics ? Why? Why not?
No, I don't, math and physics are works of formular, everything in their world is precise, there is only yes or no in their world, that is how we transfer them into binary system in computer, and there are still many math and physics knowledege outside the human cognitive system, for example can normal people understand dimensions bigger than 3? But in psychology, things are not only yes or no, and I think every question about psychology doesn't have only one precise answer.
1. I am fully introvert. Long exposition to contact with people, especially unknown to me, makes me tired. I always say “I didn’t become a programmer to talk to people” 😊 It doesn’t work that way of course, but business relationships are entirely different than private ones. Sometimes I wish I was extravert. I have an impression that such people are happier, and life is easier for them.
2. Yes, I think so. Personally, I try to transform myself into so called “business alter ego” each time I want to achieve something in my professional life. It includes making presentations in front of big number of people or pushing forward some ideas by convincing other people to my points. It is basically pretending to be someone I am not, but as a quiet person who never stands out of the crowd I would be crushed by the omnipresent competition. Such behaviour let me lead the science club at my previous university and even get a job after some kind of recruitment event during which we had to talk to people at the office. I don’t implement such “cheating” into the private life, because the outcome would probably not be very positive. It would mean constant lying to myself.
3. Yes, I do. I see no reason to think otherwise. It is as serious as math, or physics and no less needed.
At some point of my life, many years ago, I thought I am 100 % introvert. I was getting tired of people very quickly and had to rest in my own company very often. Later I noticed that my tiredness depends of friends and people around me. I didn't get tired with some of them. That is how I started to surround myself by people I wasn't getting tired with. With the right surrounding I started to learn be more extrovert and getting open to others.
2. Do people need to change their introvert type of personality to become successful?
I don't think they need to change. Being extrovert helps with making contacts and letting others get to know you more quickly. There are planty of good jobs where you don't have to be sociable and talkative.
3. Do you treat psychology as real science like math or physics ? Why? Why not?
On the one hand I treat psychology as real science but on the other hand I regard it as knowledge letting us being more aware and learn ourselves. I really like to read psychology books and listen to podcasts about emotions and behaviors to more understand and feel myself.
I agree with you that psychology is as serious as math or physics but sometimes bad "psychologists", who want to earn easy money, invent fake mental diseases and people believe them. I think the main reason is that it is much harder to bring evidence that those diseases are fake.
2. I don't agree with this statement, because I think that success don't depend on our personality. I think that aptitude and engagement contribute to success. I think that extrovert may make contacts easier, but I am not sure if it further the goals.
3. I like psychology but I don't treat it as real science because I think that psychology is very complicated and involved. Moreover psychological constant doesn't exist, do we can't based on facts.
2. Don't think so, can't you become successful hermit? :)
3. Probably it's not a real science, there's always some exception to the rule while e.g. in math there are rules defined as always true.
2. It depends on what you would consider being a success. But my bet would be that if it is in any way connected to the people around you, then yes, stepping up your social game would be a wise decision.
3. No, because it isn't. I'm not saying it is not a science, but it is pretty clear that it's the ability to produce reliable and replicable knowledge is very limited. Especially so because it is too closely tied with politics. You would never expect the laws of physics to change based on the predominant political ideology, but it happens every time with psychology.
2. In my opinion absolutely not. For some certain reasons it's clearly gonna be much easier for extroverted person to for example get in touch with some people. Developing communication skills is important (even priority) in most kind of jobs. No matter for your work keep developing qualities of yours that are important for you in the first place and try finding workplace where you feel comfortable rather than the one in which you need to change your personality completely.
3. I definitely do treat psychology as a real science, but I wouldnt say its similar in its nature to math or physics. It's much more complicated and requires huge knowledge about humans behavior and sometimes even way of physical brain work (which many people tend to forget). To understand and explain some of reactions and emotions, psychologist as well as psychiatrist needs to consider many different variables accompanying people in everyday life both influences and physical stimuli and psychic ones. It requires years and years of education and also practice.
I'm an extrovert but sometimes I have episodes when I'm not feeling like seeing anyone.
Do people need to change their introvert type of personality to become successful?
Of course not, we have extremly large pool of successful introverts, but there still remains a question: what do You mean when You say "successful"? Alot of money? Being happy? It's a really difficult question :-)
Do you treat psychology as real science like math or physics ? Why? Why not?
Yes I do, I've read many books of which one of their fillars was psychology and without any doubt I can say that scientists who specialize in psychology aren't any worse or less educated or less interesting than phisicians.
I guess, I'm pending between both... Pretty introverted in public and with people I'm not very close to, but a little extroverted in front of those I know.
Do people need to change their introvert type of personality to become successful?
Not really, nowadays introvert people can also be successful without being so social.
Do you treat psychology as real science like math or physics? Why? Why not?
Well, yes of course, we see that in every-day life. for instance, when buying only people use that marketing psychology together with "math" and failing the customers' minds. Please see the picture. (https://i.imgur.com/bQgZcRB.jpg)
It depends on the time of my life. Rather, I'm an introvert. I like to focus on my goals and pursue them. I shun people. I don't like spending too much time with my friends. Sometimes I have to sit alone in the room, study, read, program alone.
However, sometimes I have such a time that I have a need to be with people every day. I usually party every day. I am looking for new acquaintances and want to discover new places. Then I'm definitely an extrovert.
2. Do people need to change their introvert type of personality to become successful?
Definitely, success is not dependent on personality type. The greatest virtuosos such as Chopin and Bach were introverts and were extremely successful. Being open to the world gives you greater opportunities to contact people, but it does not guarantee success.
3. Do you treat psychology as real science like math or physics? Why? Why not?
Psychology is a field of science for me. However, it is a science-focused more on man. Mathematics and physics, like an introvert, is closed in itself. Psychology requires more empathy and has no clearly formulated patterns. It's difficult to answer certain questions unequivocally. Mathematics and physics are trying to clearly formulate certain issues (e.g. using system 0, 1).