The terms Introvert and Extrovert (spelled Extravert by Carl Jung), were originally employed by Sigmund Freud and given significant amplification later by Jung. The terms refer to "attitudes" and show how a person orients and receives their energy. In the Extraverted attitude the energy flow is outward, and the preferred focus is on people and things, whereas in the Introverted attitude the energy flow is inward, and the preferred focus is on thoughts and ideas. The terms Introvert and Extrovert (originally spelled Extravert by Carl Jung, who invented the terms) are referred to as attitudes and show how a person orients and receives their energy. ... Carl Gustav Jung Carl Gustav Jung (July 26, 1875 – June 6, 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and founder of Analytical Psychology. ... Sigmund Freud Sigmund Freud (May 6, 1856 – September 23, 1939) was an Austrian psychiatrist and the founder of the psychoanalytic school of psychology, a movement that popularized the theory that unconscious motives control much behavior. ... Carl Gustav Jung Carl Gustav Jung (July 26, 1875 – June 6, 1961) was a Swiss psychiatrist and founder of the neopsychoanalytic school of psychology. ...
Thus, one who is introverted is more likely to spend time alone or in contemplation, as these activities are rewarding. They may avoid social situations entirely, not because of shyness, but because they choose to.
Briggs interpreted this as suggesting that it is not shyness measures, but the constructs of introversion and neuroticism as operationalized by the EPI that have fuzzy conceptual boundaries.
Shyness seems to relate to introversion, insofar as shyness has to do with low sociability and a desire to avoid social situations, and to neuroticism, insofar as shyness has to do with feelings of inhibition, awkwardness and low self-esteem.
Keirsey's items were chosen to operationalize introversion in order to attempt to approach the problem from a more 'Jungian' influenced interpretation of introversion, as opposed to the 'Eysenkian' interpretation more popular in academic personality research.
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