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