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Extroversion

The Gregarious Salesman: Death of a Stereotype

Wray Herbert | Posted 11.17.2012 | Science
Wray Herbert

Just because extraverts are attracted to sales jobs, does this mean they are necessarily good at selling us SUVs and wide-screen TVs and time shares in Honolulu?

Introverts Are Joining the Internet Party

Karthika Muthukumaraswamy | Posted 06.30.2012 | Home
Karthika Muthukumaraswamy

Being happy can no doubt make day-to-day life easier than constantly going about life in a funk, but there is no evidence suggesting that happiness -- especially feigned happiness -- contributes in any real way to health and well-being.

How Your Personality Dictates Your Interest In Politics

Tijana Milosevic | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Tijana Milosevic

Why do some people embark on a news hunt the moment they open their eyelids in the morning, while others get the news only if it eventually gets them, when it dons the front page of virtually every media outlet available?

Why do some women have such a hard time making friends: Nature or nurture?

Dr. Irene S. Levine | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Irene S. Levine

Many women write to me perplexed about why they can't form close friendships. They try new approaches, put themselves in all the right places, see the...

Solitude for Extroverts: Medicine for the Weary Soul

Dr. Judith Rich | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Dr. Judith Rich

For extroverts, we'd almost rather be dead than feel alone and irrelevant. This is why we're so driven to be in the spotlight. Nobody would think to look for insecurity in the ones who seem to be running the show.

Why We Talk (Or Don't Talk) So Much

Halle Tecco | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Halle Tecco

My initial hypothesis was that talkers are socially conditioned. The 'talking gene' must be related to other traits like aggressiveness, openness, and friendliness; and that this is contingent upon a child's behavior.