If you’re a fan of personality tests — like many of us, or at least the self-reflective, psychology-obsessed ones are — you ...

Social introverts, thinking introverts, anxious introverts and restrained introverts all have positive qualities.

Many people assume personality types exist on a broad spectrum — but research suggests there's one especially rare type that very few people possess: the INFJ personality type. Understanding the ...

Introversion and extroversion are on "opposite ends of a continuum" and not a binary, says William Chopik, a social-personality psychologist at Michigan State University. "People mostly fall somewhere ...

Not all introverts are shy, awkward, or antisocial, you know. Some actually love being around people—they just need it on their own terms. That’s where social introverts come in. This personality type ...

Raymond Cattell is one of the founding fathers of the trait perspective in personality psychology. He is widely known for his role in the development of factor analysis, a statistical tool for ...

I consider myself an extrovert. From family gatherings to company parties—the more people, the more energy I get. My husband, on the other hand, is more introverted. Social gatherings can really drain ...