You are just noting that borders between psychological characteristics are softer than what "extroversion VS introversion" would suggest. Which is kinda of why the General Factor of Personality (GFP) is so powerful (despite it's relatively low notoriety).
I guess that's the issue when these concepts are taken and applied directly to individuals unreservedly, rather than to populations where they tend to be most useful.
The two paragraphs on environmental/cultural mediators of sociality were mwah!
The problem is that people misuse them, or at the very least a gap between academic definition vs reality, since a lot of the meaning that got shoe-horned are closer to Hofstede's cultural dimensions rather than temperament.
"The ironic drawback is that this gives phony experts ever more opportunities to tell you who you are, and plenty of incentive to play along with these definitions."
Not to pile on the psych hate, but therapists are as guilty of this as anyone.
You are just noting that borders between psychological characteristics are softer than what "extroversion VS introversion" would suggest. Which is kinda of why the General Factor of Personality (GFP) is so powerful (despite it's relatively low notoriety).
I guess that's the issue when these concepts are taken and applied directly to individuals unreservedly, rather than to populations where they tend to be most useful.
The two paragraphs on environmental/cultural mediators of sociality were mwah!
The problem is that people misuse them, or at the very least a gap between academic definition vs reality, since a lot of the meaning that got shoe-horned are closer to Hofstede's cultural dimensions rather than temperament.
"The ironic drawback is that this gives phony experts ever more opportunities to tell you who you are, and plenty of incentive to play along with these definitions."
Not to pile on the psych hate, but therapists are as guilty of this as anyone.
Yes!