Where we land on the introvert/extrovert spectrum can affect our lives in many ways. One of those ways that is of great concern to the church is learning. While there are many factors that play into how we learn, where we land on this spectrum brings a rather obvious and noteworthy variable that we would do well to consider when educating ourselves. Most of it comes down to one thing. Something known as the stimulus sweet spot. The basic premise of this is that individual brains have a specific level of stimulus that we function most efficiently at. Get too far away from it and we will struggle to concentrate. If you are an introvert, that stimulus level is probably on the low side. Introverts prefer to focus on one thing with minimal distraction, for excess external stimuli can easily overwhelm them. However, the extrovert brain requires a much higher level of stimulation. If the one thing they need to be focusing on in itself is not stimulating enough, they will encounter a cabin fever like reaction and their minds will drift off topic out of Boredom. There are many different methods of teaching, and each one comes with its own unique level of stimulus. For the purpose of this blog we will focus on the four broad categories used by the church.
Lecture/sermon
Private individual study
Group study
Apprenticeship/discipleship
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