How To Spot An Extrovert

Whilst most people rely on how determining how they speak much, whether they listen well or not, whether they are leaders or followers, whether they’d go to and so on, such methods will lead to inaccuracy when someone does not fit the stereotype.

Here are some tips that will help you spot even the most quiet extrovert:

• The natural equilibrium state of an extrovert will be engaged to the environment or interaction that is happening, as that is where they gain energy from
• In conversation they will typically have a neutral to forward lean (they may lean back to disengage while they draw upon introvert functions (access internally stored information), but they will return to their equilibrium engaged state after
• There will be a lesser comfort level in using introverted functions when disengaging from the conversation and environment

The Simpsons Characters - Personality Types

The Simpsons is one of the most renowned, longest running and successful animated series in TV history.

The show is the creation of Matt Groening and is centred on the Simpsons family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, and their life in the fictional town of Springfield.

The show provide a parodying a typical American working-class family as well as many aspects of society, culture and people.

Here's my read of the show's main and minor characters:

Main Characters:

Homer Simpson – ESFP

An Extroverted Perceiver that is fun loving, lives in the moment, experiences life through his senses and wears his heart on his sleeve.

Marge Simpson – ISFJ

The concern and attention to detail of Si is the prevalent theme with Marge’s character – she provides a good balance to Homer’s character.

Bart Simpson – ESTP

Also a fun loving, live in the moment, go with the flow type like Homer, but with a much more tactical and persuasive side (Ti/Fe).

Lisa Simpson – INFJ

Straight-A student with strong intellectual interests and geared towards activism – struggles to identify with her family.

Minor Characters:


Many of these are very rough guesses at best...

Grandpa Simpson – ISTJ (senile)
Mona Simpson - INFJ

Mrs Jacqueline Bouvier - ISFJ
Selma Bouvier - ISTJ
Patty Bouvier - ISTJ

Ned Flanders - ENFJ
Maude Flanders - INFP
Rod Flanders and Tod Flanders - ISFJ

Chief Wiggum - ESFP
Ralph Wiggum - INFP

Eddie – ISTJ
Lou - ESTP

Principle Skinner - ISTJ
Agnes Skinner - ESTJ

Edna Krabaple - ESFJ
Groundskeeper Willy - ISTJ
Lunch Lady Doris - ISTJ
Super Intendent Chalmers - ESTJ

Nelson Muntz – ESTJ
Martin - INFJ

Mr Burns – INTJ
Waylon Smithers - ISFJ
Larry Burns - ESFP

Dr Hibbert - ENFP

Dr Nick Riviera - ENTP

Snake - INTJ
Gloria - ISFJ

Moe - ISTJ
Carl Carlson - ESTP
Lenny Leonard - ISTJ
Barney Gumble - ISFP

Luann Van Houten - ISTJ
Kirk Van Houten - ISFP
Milhouse Van Houten - INFP

Professor Frink - INTJ

Kent Brockman - ESTJ

Krusty - ESTP
Sideshow Bob - INFJ
Sideshow Mal - INTJ
Itchy - ISFJ
Scratchy - ENTP
Poochie - ESFP

Rainier Wolfcastle – ENTJ (Arnold Schwarznegger-clone)

Reverend Lovejoy - INTJ
Helen Lovejoy - ISFJ
Jessica Lovejoy - ENTP

Apu - ISFJ
Manjula - ISFJ

Mayor Quimby - ESTP

Fat Tony - INTJ

Cletus - ESTP
Brandine - ESFJ

Kang and Kodos - INTJ

Otto Mann – ISFP
Troy McLure - ENFJ
Cookie Kwan - ENFJ
Marvin Monroe - INFJ
Lionel Hutz - ENFJ
Dredrick Tatum – ISFP (Mike Tyson clone)
Gil Gunderson - ESFP
Disco Stu - ESTP
Duffman - ENFJ
Comic Book Guy - INFJ
Brad Goodman - INFJ
Akira - INTJ
Luigi - ESFJ
Wiseguy - INTJ
Artie Ziff - INTJ
Frank Grimes - INTJ
Hank Scorpio - ENFJ
Bleeding Gums Murphy - INFJ
Blue Haired Lawyer - ISTJ
Rich Texan - ENTJ

Family Guy Characters - Personality Types

Family Guy is one of the most popular animated TV Series of all time. Created by Seth McFarlane it focuses on the life of the dysfunctional Griffin family and the various adventures they get upto.

Here's my analysis of the main characters personality types:

Peter Griffin – ESFP

He lives in the moment, is fun loving, impulsive and goes with his gut when making decisions rather than using logic.

Lois Griffin – ENFJ

She is a caring mother with a cunning Ni edge to her personality.

Stewie Griffin – INTJ

Is obsessed with world domination and killing Lois – that has to be Ni dominance! Possibly INFJ?

Chris Griffin – ISFP

Is sensitive, mild mannered and has a poignant vibe which is characteristic of Fi dominance.

Meg Griffin – ESFJ

Is very concerned with her public image and fitting in at school – although she’s the hardest to get a good read of because her character isn’t all that well developed.

Brian Griffin – INFJ

He comes across as an INFJ with strong Ti – has a pissed off Ni-dom vibe, strong intellectual interests and is a romantic at heart.

Cleveland Brown - ISFJ

Is the most grounded and ordinary out of all the characters.

Glenn Quagmire – ENFJ

He’s all about the Fe charm and persuasion with the Ni cunning edge.

Joe Swanson – ESTJ

Macho, competitive and forceful dominant Te personality that tends to go by the book.

The Extrovert Myth

Another common myth is that all extroverts are social butterflies, high energy, talk a lot etc. again this is not always true. Being extroverted means that your lead and most stimulating way of functioning is to be engaged with the external world – depending on your dominant function, this may be a preference towards engaging directly (ExxJ) with social dynamics (Fe) or structural dynamics (Te) or taking in information (ExxP) via patterns and impressions (Ne) or literal details (Se).

So, ExxP’s are most likely to be mistyped as introverts as their lead way of functioning is taking in external information and their interaction function with the outside world (Fe or Te) is third in their hierarchy. In particular, Ne dominants (ENFP and ENTP) tend to be the most reserved of extroverts and some Ne dominants may be mistyped or misconceived as introverts. This is because we live in a Si dominant society (majority of the population are SJ’s), and as Si and Ne have an antagonistic/repressive relationship. So, Ne dominants may be frequently invalidated by Si dominant or auxiliary users who are directive and prefer to plant down what’s known as fact rather than exploring different patterns and possibilities of the external world (as that is draining for top 2 Si users to do), so the result is that Ne dominants start using more of their inferior Si to repress their Ne so they can deal more effectively with most people and as a result they may find most social interaction to be very draining.

ESFP Profile

Dominant Cognitive Function: Extroverted Sensing (Se)
Auxiliary Cognitive Function: Introverted Feeling (Fi)
Tertiary Cognitive Function: Extroverted Thinking (Te)
Inferior Cognitive Function: Introverted Intuition (Ni)

ESFP Celebrities

Famous ESFP

Male

Oscar Del La Hoya
Jean-Claude Van Damme

Female

Pamela Anderson
Drew Barrymore
Rachel Blison
Mariah Carey
Cameron Diaz
Goldie Hawn
Jennifer Love Hewitt
Kate Hudson
Ana Ivanovic
Kim Kardashian
Hayden Pannetieri
Pink (AKA Alicia Moore)
Rachel Ray
Anna Nichole Smith
Britney Spears

Extroverted Thinking (Te) - Cognitive Functions

What Is It?

Extroverted Thinking (Te) is an external “dynamics” judgment function that makes objective decisions based on the systematic dynamics of the external world.

Who uses it?

• As a dominant function (most stimulated by) – ESTJ, ENTJ
• As a auxiliary function (supporting the dominant function) – ISTJ, INTJ
• As a tertiary function – ENFP, ESFP
• As an inferior function (most drained by) – INFP, ISFP

What are it's characteristics and themes?

• Systematic
• Efficient
• Competitive
• Forceful
• Authoritative

 For more about the cognitive functions and how to further develop their use check out Functions of Type: Activities for Developing the Eight Jungian Functions

Introverted Feeling (Fi) – Cognitive Functions

What Is It?

Introverted Feeling (Fi) is an internal “compass” judgment function that makes subjective decisions based on personal feelings, morals and values.

Who uses it?

• As a dominant function (most stimulated by) – INFP, ISFP
• As a auxiliary function (supporting the dominant function) – ENFP, ESFP
• As a tertiary function – ISTJ, INTJ
• As an inferior function (most drained by) – ESTJ, ENTJ

What are it's characteristics and themes?

• Poignant
• Empathetic
• Idealistic
• Virtuousness
• Conviction
• Devotion

For more about the cognitive functions and how to further develop their use check out Functions of Type: Activities for Developing the Eight Jungian Functions  

Introverted Intuition (Ni) – Cognitive Functions

What Is It?

Introverted intuition is an internal “worldview” perception function that gives us information based on future conceptual visions processed via patterns and impressions, that we can use to make decisions.


Who uses it?

• As a dominant function (most stimulated by) – INTJ, INFJ
• As a auxiliary function (supporting the dominant function) – ENTJ, ENFJ
• As a tertiary function – ISTP, ISFP
• As an inferior function (most drained by) – ESTP, ESFP

What are it's characteristics and themes?

• Imagination
• Visionary
• Global
• Insightful
• Speculation
• Detachment
• Independence

For more about the cognitive functions and how to further develop their use check out Functions of Type: Activities for Developing the Eight Jungian Functions  

Extroverted Sensing (Se) – Cognitive Functions

What Is It?

Extroverted Sensing (Se) is an external “stimulus” perception function that gives us information based on the present physical environment using the 5 basic senses that we can use to make decisions.

Who uses it?

• As a dominant function (most stimulated by) – ESTP, ESFP
• As a auxiliary function (supporting the dominant function) – ISTP, ISFP
• As a tertiary function – ENTJ, ENFJ
• As an inferior function (most drained by) – INTJ, INFJ

What are it's characteristics and themes?

• Present orientation
• Sensual Experience
• Alertness
• Kinetic Energy
• Passion for life

For more about the cognitive functions and how to further develop their use check out Functions of Type: Activities for Developing the Eight Jungian Functions 

Which type is least likely to be interested in Myers-Briggs/Jung Personality Theory?

Following up from my previous post on which type would most likely be interested in Myers-Briggs/Jung Personality Theory...

My initial thoughts was it would be one of the SJ (Guardians/Traditionalist) personality types (ESTJ, ISTJ, ISFJ, ESFJ) – they are generally the least open minded to new information of all types, they prefer things that are real and proven and dislike the abstract (which psychology or ‘psycho-bable’ is for many a sensor in general).

Looking at it from a more segmented perspective, dealing with the 4 key preferences:

Introvert or Extroverts? Extroverts are least likely to be interested in introspecting, which is needed to discover your own personality type, as well as the reading and researching required to learn about personality types (they’d generally rather be amongst other people)

Intuitive or Sensors? MBTI despite having growing practical uses, which sensors would appreciate, is heavily theoretical and still unproven, so it is not likely to be most sensors cup of tea.

Thinkers or Feelers? Thinkers generally prefer impersonal analysis and things/objects over personal analysis and human nature, so it’s more down the aisle of feelers.

Judgers or Perceivers? Judgers are generally less likely to be curious and looking to expand their knowledge than perceivers

So that gives us ESTJ – the type that would be least interested in the MBTI – right?

According to PersonalityCafe - who helped us confirm INFP’s are the most likely to be interested in MBTI - (surprisingly) NO! Out of all the personality types, ESFP’s have the least posts on their forum with only 78 threads and 676 posts, followed closely by ESFJ with 91 threads and 705 posts and ISFJ’s in third with 134 threads and 1455 posts in and finally ESTJ’s in fourth with 115 threads and 1550 posts.

It makes sense that 3/4 types with the least posts on the forums are SJ’s (as I hypothesised), but ESFP’s having the least amount of interest (posts) and ¾ also being feelers? Interesting...