The definition of introversion, extroversion and allied concepts.

Abstract

The conflicting meanings with which many psychoanalytic terms are used has led the author to think that a systematization of the concepts and their relations is much needed. This article is such an attempt. Specifically, in a recent review of the literature, the author found the well known term "introversion" sometimes used as though it indicated a morbid form of behavior and that only, with the implication that the corresponding or ambivalent form, extroversion, is normal and always so. Other, allied concepts--projection and introjection for example--are also explored. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)