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| • Tend to be less responsive to punishment, are likely to continue acting in the face of frustration, and may take longer to form conditioned reflexes. |
• Tend to be more sensitive to punishment and negativity. They form conditioned reflexes more easily (e.g., may be easier to train). |
| • May gravitate toward groups of people, or they may prefer to obtain their stimulation from activities that don’t involve people. |
• May prefer one-to-one interactions with people or activities that don’t involve people. |
| • Tend to be less sensitive to stimuli at all levels so can tolerate high-tension situations more easily. They can perform in situations that could overwhelm more introverted brains. |
• Tend to be more sensitive to stimuli at all levels, including barely detectable levels of stimuli, so handle high-tension situations less easily. |
| • Are often able to perform better under pressure (e.g., exams, conflict, negotiations). |
• May perform less well under pressure (e.g., exams, conflict) or even shut down. |
| • May use phone, fax, and e-mail as tools to help them compete successfully and “win,” but prefer being out where the action is. |
• May be quite comfortable, or even prefer, communicating by phone, fax, or e-mail. |
| • Can become bored quickly and may fall asleep if there isn’t enough stimulation available. Tend to be participators. |
• Require relief from stimulation and may back off and/or need protection from too much stimulation. Tend to be observers. |
| • Tend to excel at tasks that provide high levels of stimulation, interaction, and variety versus prolonged attention to detail. |
• Tend to excel at tasks that require careful attention (e.g. reading radar screens, research labs with solitary cubicles). |
| • Tend to fall asleep with low doses of sedatives. They may require lower doses of pain medication. |
• Tend to require higher doses of sedatives and/or pain medication. May generate high amounts of anxiety when even anticipating the possibility of pain and/or discomfort. |
• Tend to:
- Want to participate
- Be more outer directed
- Read to gain additional stimulation if nothing else is available
- Be seen as a party animal
- Debate and argue
- Compete (the BR will usually try to achieve a win/win)
- Roughhouse and fight
- Be labeled (by introverts) as noisy, restless, manic, undisciplined, and even ADD or ADHD
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• Tend to:
- Prefer to observe
- Be more inner directed
- Read
- Sit or stand alone
- Take a walk alone or a nap to decrease levels of stimulation
- Feel like “misfits”
- Be perceived by others as quiet, shy, nonparticipators, or even stuck-up
- Be labeled (by extraverts) as quiet, shy, loners, non-participators, wallflowers, scaredy-cats, or even stuck-up
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| • May be at higher risk for delinquency (as they search for stimulation and variety). |
• May be at higher risk for depression. |
Extroversion-Introversion 
