Are you an "I" person or an "E" person? These two personality labels in particular are (wide) discussed online. They are part of a popular personality test called the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, or MBTI. All of the results have four letters, and there are 16 results total. "I" and "E" refer to "introverted" (内向的) and "extroverted" (外向的), respectively.
Even if someone is rather quiet, many online discussions suggest that an "I" person can still act outgoing at times. For example, when an introverted person is with a group of introverted friends, they might become (much) social like an "E" person.
According to psychologists, this idea of temporarily switching personalities (临时个性转变) is called "masking". That is hiding your true personality in specific (situation). "Human beings want to feel they belong, and they might become people-pleasers to do so," wrote the Master Class website.
(use) the MBTI result to identify and describe someone's personality seems fun. However, I went too far at one time. My sister was excitedly making a day-to-day travel plan when I remembered from article that "P people" don't like to make or stick to plans, I said to her, "You don't seem like a ‘P person'." "Why?" she asked back. "Since when do I need to follow my personality test tells me to do?" It was then that I realized I'd taken the result too seriously.
The MBTI personality test may show something you don't know about (you) and can even be a fun icebreaker question when meeting new friends. And that's all it is-for fun. Knowing someone's MBTI result doesn't mean you really know this person. And what kind of person you are (decide) mostly by your genes and home influence, not just by the four letters.
