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extroversion

Personality dimension described by the psychologists Carl Jung and, later, Hans Eysenck. The typical extrovert is sociable, impulsive, and carefree. The opposite of extroversion is introversion.



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Those traits include high self-esteem, extroversion, optimism, and a feeling of mastery over one's life.
s study, there was good support for the expectation that life satisfaction would be predicted by social cognitive variables, even when controlling for the effects of positive affectivity or extroversion.
Gough's research suggested that creative individuals tend to be more intuitive (N) than sensory (S) and more perceiving (P) than judging (J), but added that creativity was enhanced by extroversion (E) rather than introversion (I) and thinking (T) rather than feeling (F).
 
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