"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." There are so many ways to characterize our personalities these days. Of course, there’s the breakdown ...

Think 'effective leader' and you probably think extrovert. But research shows introverts are just as effective.

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US psychiatrist and author Dr Rami Kaminski coined the term 'otrovert' after seeing qualities of the personality type in both himself and his patients.

If you're a fan of movies, you probably admire a lot of extroverts. Many extroverted personalities are attracted to show business, but extroverts are also often drawn to many other careers. Someone ...

While Jung is famous for saying no one is a pure introvert or pure extrovert, I will go beyond this to say there is no such thing as an introvert (or an extrovert). Most of us have a healthy mix of ...

How can you accommodate introverts, who need their downtime to refuel, and extroverts who get their energy from socializing? Finer says that she hasn't heard architects—whom she says are typically ...

While we all know individuals who are wildly outgoing, plenty of fun to be around and occasionally even obnoxious, chances are we relate less to these extroverts and more to introverts or people ...

Over the years, when people have asked if I’m an introvert or an extrovert, I haven’t known what to say because I don’t identify fully with either personality type. It turns out I’m hardly alone. It’s ...

Psychiatrists have proposed a new personality called the "otrovert", which refers to a person who is not an extrovert or an introvert.