From: New York Magazine
Hillary Clinton Is an ‘Intro-Extrovert,’ and Maybe You Are, Too
New York Magazine:
It is 2015, which apparently means that everyone — presidential candidates included — will at some point be subjected to this one particular question: Are you an introvert or an extrovert? On Friday, this was part of a “lightning round” in the Democratic candidates forum, hosted by MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow. Hillary Clinton answered by calling herself an “intro-extrovert”: Sometimes she likes being around people, and sometimes she prefers to be alone.
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In a 2013 paper in Psychological Science titled “The Ambivert Advantage,” psychologist Adam Grant wrote, “In the world population, levels of extraversion typically follow the shape of a bell curve, with most people falling somewhere in the middle,” suggesting that “most people are ambiverted rather than introverted or extroverted.”
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My guess, Hillary Clinton is an INTJ an arch type based on the Myers-Briggs test. The meaning of introversion/extroversion is where you go to get charged up. I have been seeing some recent articles that Hillary has had some down time between events.
Also INTJs are “extroverted” when it comes to understanding the world around them. Her INTJ personality arch type would be an asset as secretary of state or other similar position.
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