The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a popular personality assessment tool based on Carl Jung's theory of personality types. It categorizes individuals into 16 different personality types, each represented by a combination of four letters:
- Extraversion (E) - Introversion (I)
- Sensing (S) - Intuition (N)
- Thinking (T) - Feeling (F)
- Judging (J) - Perceiving (P)
In the MBTI, the most introverted type is the one that has "I" for Introversion as the first letter in its four-letter type. This means that their dominant function (the function they use most naturally and comfortably) is an introverted one.
The most introverted MBTI types are:
- INTJ - Introverted Intuition (Ni) as dominant function.
- INTP - Introverted Thinking (Ti) as dominant function.
- INFJ - Introverted Intuition (Ni) as dominant function.
- INFP - Introverted Feeling (Fi) as dominant function.
These four types lead with an introverted function, which means they tend to focus their energy inwardly, prefer solitary activities, and often need time alone to recharge. However, it's important to note that everyone has both extraverted and introverted aspects to their personality, and the MBTI is just one way to describe certain personality preferences. People can exhibit different degrees of introversion or extraversion within each type.