While the basic idea behind other-contingent extraversion makes perfect sense — we’ve all probably encountered people who only come out of their shells under just the right circumstances, or perhaps we are one ourselves — demonstrating its existence in a scientific way is not an easy task. To accomplish this, the scientists designed a study in which they asked 83 U.S. undergraduate students to participate in a 3-week-long experiment.
Participants were then contacted via email twice per day for a three-week period to report the characteristics of their most recent social interactions.
The researchers found, not surprisingly, that participants generally approached friendly people with elevated extraversion. However, some participants were especially attuned to others’ friendliness cues. The researchers isolated these people as the other-contingent extraverts and showed that they were different from those who scored high on traditional measures of extraversion.
This research adds to our growing understanding of the nuances of the extraverted personality. Other recent research, for instance, has found that
Researchers are bit too late...
Selective at its best!
That is me!
Makes sense!
Wouldn’t that just fall within the spectrum of Ambivert or Kindrovert? I think we might be over complicating things just a tad
Except it's extrovert, no?
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Very interesting!
Totally me. I'll only open up if I feel comfortable. Extraversion can be a vulnerable position
LOL - that’s like me : I’m usually a hermit, but turn social when I’m around people who come across as friendly
ditto
This all is getting convoluted. Why does every minute detail about a person warrant a label. Can't a person just... be?
That’s me!!!!!
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Researchers prove they missed the social psychology classes as undergraduates
This is a happy introvert. We open up to a few trusted ones, and can talk into the wee hours. But then we need me-time again. How is this 'new'?
Everybody is like that. God determines in every situation whether you are intro- or extroverted. He will put words in your mouth if you need to speak.
I am very much this way. That is why I prefer a more stable, predictable social setting and hate a polyglot environment. It's also why I prefer Southern culture that places a premium on friendliness. Of course, I am a Southerner.
Aka : most Scorpios ♏️
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