SJ Longthorne

Now, as to extroversion, introversion and ambiversion as they're more commonly used. I do still think they have a place in Jung's method, but it's just less stark than http://16personalities.com  would have people believe.

Myers-Briggs evaluated each letter in the initialism separately, in a way reminiscent of the Big Five test. But I'm personally far more partial to Jung's method of introverted or extroverting certain functions, which feels more interconnected, involved and nuanced.

I think people with dominant extroverted traits are more likely to be socially extroverted, but the relationship is simply less defined than Myers-Briggs indicates.

There's also an argument to say that your dominant trait is developed in childhood, your aux in teen years, and that teens and young adults lean more on their newly-aquired aux than their dom.

If that is true, you could feasibly have an extroverted person who first learned Ne/Se/Te/Fe as a child, but gained Ni/Si/Ti/Fi as a teen, and now comes across as more introverted. I also think social anxiety is often mistaken for introversion.

I spent most of my childhood alone, friendless, in my room making up stories. Living in my own world. That was my dominant trait, Ni. When my less prominent Ne side came out, those were the times when I invited others into my world and talked enthusiastically about all my ideas.

As a teen, I realised that I needed friends. That my social skills were lacking. So I worked extra, extra hard and developed Fe. Combined with my Christian upbringing, this taught me to defer to others and to value kindness.

I am introverted, but my extroverted feeling and my occasional dip into extroverted intuition means that, by spending some energy, I can often come across as chatty, enthusiastic and goofy. As extroverted. Drain that energy though and I'll retreat back into my dominant Ni.