I didn’t realize I was a co-host until this interview was over. I thought Robert was interviewing me also! So I sort of screwed up and I believe hogged too much of the interview, but anyway…I would really like to discuss some of these issues on here as I have been thinking about a lot of these issues for some time now. The bolded issues below are some of the ideas that I was promoting during the interview, and I would be interested to see if any of you have any ideas or comments regarding these themes.
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Robert Stark and co-host Robert Lindsay talk to Aleksey Bashtavenko about the differences between introversion and extroversion.
Topics include:
How few people are purely introverted or extroverted but rather have tendencies to one or the other.
Carl Jung’s Theory of Temperaments on psychological types and temperaments
How introversion and extroversion are temperaments which are inborn traits.
How introverts suck in energy and extroverts push out energy.
The book Loneliness: Human Nature and the Need for Social Connection which states that social isolation leads to serious psychological problems.
Robert Lindsay’s statement that introverts are inhibited and rarely engage in aggressive behavior and how extroverts commit most violent crime.
However introverts can build up rage and in some instances unleash that rage upon society (ex. Elliot Rodger, Ted Kaczynski).
The politicization of personality types and pop psychology (ex. The MBTI and Typology Central forums).
The argument that introverts are socially and economically discriminated against and how Robert Lindsay disagrees with Aleksey’s assertion that they are not.
Susan Cain: The Power of Introverts.
Societal stereotypes and prejudices against introverts.
How there is a lot more to personality theory than just introversion and extroversion.
