Extraversion
Unfueled Ti + Fi + Si + Ni + ( Qi + Di )
Outward energy
Natural expansion of vital force into the outer world.
High baseline activation, low behavioral inhibition, approach orientation.
Amplification of output across motor, vocal, cognitive, and social systems.
Visibility, drive, and wide impact.
General Meaning
Expansivity
Biological Level
Energy spending, restlessness
Cognitive Level
Fast, outspoken cognition
Psychological Level
Boldness, self-display
Social Level
Outreach, leadership
Clusters
Agree
- I always speak loudly when addressing people.
- I talk energetically and usually loudly.
Disagree
- I usually speak softly.
- My voice is naturally soft.
Agree
- Noise, initiative and energy usually come off me.
- I have energy to spare and always need somewhere to put it.
Disagree
- I often lack energy reserves.
- Compared with my acquaintances I am more passive.
Agree
- With friends I usually speak more than half the time.
- I like talking and can go on for a long time.
Disagree
- I am more often a listener than a talker.
- I am silent and very rarely start talking on my own.
Agree
- I am a fiery and bustling person.
- Wide, uninhibited gesturing is typical of me.
Disagree
- I am economical in my movements.
- I behave with restraint and spend my energy sparingly.
Agree
- I am more talkative and outgoing than my acquaintances on average.
- I could never sit alone working on something for three days straight.
Disagree
- I tire quickly from intense socializing.
- Once I settle into solitude I am comfortable, and it is hard to reach me.
Agree
- I adore drawing attention, admiration and surprise.
- In company my feelings usually dominate the room.
Disagree
- I never do anything for show.
- I feel unpleasant anxiety whenever I am the center of attention.
Agree
- My speech is fast, often with almost no pauses between words.
- My words come so quickly they seem to run into one another.
Disagree
- I am rather slow-witted, my thoughts lack impulsive speed.
- My speech is slow and unrushed.
Agree
- I am confident, enterprising and have a talent for leadership.
- I like work where I often have to make all kinds of decisions.
Disagree
- A lighthouse keeper's job would suit me better than a factory director's.
- Running a team and dividing its duties is definitely not for me.
Agree
- I know how to praise what I want to sell.
- People easily fall under my influence.
Disagree
- I feel lost in unexpected situations with a lot going on.
- When I land in a new setting I keep looking around for a long time.
Agree
- I live a bright, strong, beautiful life.
- I am optimistic and proud of my influence on the world and on people.
Disagree
- I often want to hide, leave, dissolve, disappear.
- I often feel dissatisfied or tired.
Agree
- I often cannot sit still and need to keep getting up and moving.
- I am fidgety and constantly want to move.
Disagree
- I can stand or sit motionless for a long time with no trouble.
- I would rather monitor a steady process than chase changing ones.
Agree
- I am quick-tempered by nature.
- I am impatient and easily irritated if I have to wait.
Disagree
- It is very hard to make me lose my temper.
- People find my presence calming.
Agree
- I often get carried away by risky ventures.
- I am often drawn to daring feats, otherwise I get bored.
Disagree
- If something raises even small doubts, I will not get involved.
- In my affairs I care more about safety than success.
Agree
- I can demand what is mine and push rivals aside.
- I always behave as someone with power and authority.
Disagree
- I find it very hard to apply willful pressure on people.
- I avoid fighting and competing with other people.
Agree
- I am hot-headed and uninhibited.
- I master the outside world through impulsive actions.
Disagree
- I tend toward quiet but lasting attachments.
- Unless pressed, I never rush a decision.
Agree
- My circle of friends has usually been shifting and often renewed.
- I have very many varied and often changing activities and interests.
Disagree
- My key words are stability, a small circle of friends, decency and morality.
- I value constant surroundings and hate when they are changed.
Agree
- I would do well as the host running the fun at a celebration.
- I am always the soul of the party and can steer people's mood.
Disagree
- I get close to new people slowly and keep them out of my inner world for a long time.
- In informal company I always close myself off from intrusion.
Agree
- Had I lived in the past, I could have become a revolutionary.
- A good argument is a pleasure for me.
Disagree
- I have an agreeable character.
- I really am not interested in joining arguments.
Agree
- I like shocking the public.
- I have sometimes fibbed and embellished to look more interesting.
Disagree
- I cannot lie and do not like it.
- When explaining an unpleasant incident, I always tell the truth.
Agree
- I can speak in public and I love it.
- I have good diction and pronounce any word clearly and easily.
Disagree
- When I am excited, my tongue seems to stick and I can hardly speak.
- My sentences come out a little clumsy when I speak aloud.
Agree
- I have always acted boldly, without fear of punishment.
- In danger I can mobilize faster than others.
Disagree
- I am often indecisive and slow to react to change.
- I bear stress badly, mobilize with difficulty and recover slowly.
Agree
- My brain works very fast.
- My bearings point to the outer world rather than my inner one.
Disagree
- I spend most of my free time at home in an armchair or on the sofa.
- I am attached to my old things.
Agree
- I find it hard to control my inner heat of feeling and passion.
- My emotions sometimes run wild without limit.
Disagree
- I am rather phlegmatic than excitable.
- I am practically always balanced and even in my behavior.
Agree
- I can both lift people's mood and spoil it.
- I can copy other people's expressions and grimaces.
Disagree
- I am thorough in my actions and movements and not prone to impulsive acts.