Are you a Type A or Type B personality? What in the World podcast, BBC World Service

Are you an extrovert or an introvert? Do you enjoy small talk with strangers or do you do everything you can to avoid catching their eye? Our culture has analysed personality types for forever. Click here to subscribe to our channel 👉🏽 https://bbc.in/3VyyriM These days the internet is full of tests that attempt to define who you are by answering questionnaires, but the reality is more complicated. We go through these trends with Claudia Hammond, a psychologist and BBC presenter. Plus we hear from BBC colleagues in other parts of the world. Yuna Ku tells us the trends around personality types in South Korea and Makuochi Okafor in Nigeria tells us about people's characteristics according to Igbo culture. 00:00 Coming up 00:23 Introduction 01:18 A and B personalities 02:29 Introverts, extroverts and ambiverts 04:10 Myers Briggs questionnaire 05:22 Why are personality types so big in Internet culture? 05:55 Is it useful to know personality types for interacting with other people? 06:40 Should everyone know their personality type? 07:28 Big Five personality traits 08:14 BBC reporters sharing popular personality traits from around the world Watch more episodes from What in the World here 👉🏽    • What in the World   Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld Email: [email protected] WhatsApp: +44 330 12 33 22 6 Presenter: Hannah Gelbart Video producer: Baldeep Chahal Producers: Benita Barden, Julia Ross-Roy, Rio Rennalls Editor: Emily Horler ---------------- This is the official BBC World Service YouTube channel. If you like what we do, you can also find us here: Instagram 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Twitter 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   Facebook 👉🏽   / bbcworldservice   BBC World Service website 👉🏽 https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldserviceradio Thanks for watching and subscribing! #BBCWorldService #WorldService #personalitytypes #typea #personalitytest