Introvert. Extrovert. Type A. Type 3. A Samantha. These days, it seems, there is an ever-expanding list of terms and frameworks for describing our personalities. But what we see in ourselves, and what other people see in us, are often not the same.

So when LaDel, a listener to Explain It to Me — Vox’s weekly call-in podcast — asked a question about “introverts,” our curiosity was piqued. “I was seeing people I know who I wouldn’t consider to be introverts proclaiming that they were,” they said. “I’m like, ‘Wow, you’re out every weekend, swinging from chandeliers. You’re probably not an introvert.’ But I’m not so arrogant that I feel like I can tell anyone what their temperament is.”

But, is LaDel right that more people are describing themselves as introverts? According to personality res

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