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e a scientist. “Like … other famous <strong>in</strong>trovertswho were shy children,” writesKagan, <strong>com</strong>par<strong>in</strong>g Tom to T. S. Eliotand the mathematician-philosopher AlfredNorth Whitehead, Tom “haschosen a life <strong>of</strong> the m<strong>in</strong>d.”Ralph, <strong>in</strong> contrast, is relaxed and selfassured.He engages the <strong>in</strong>terviewerfrom Kagan’s team as a peer, not as anauthority figure twenty-five years hissenior. Though Ralph is very bright, herecently failed his English and scienceclasses because he’d been go<strong>of</strong><strong>in</strong>garound. But noth<strong>in</strong>g much bothers Ralph.He admits his flaws cheerfully.Psychologists <strong>of</strong>ten discuss the differencebetween “temperament” and “personality.”Temperament refers to <strong>in</strong>born,biologically based behavioral andemotional patterns that are observable<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong>fancy and early childhood; personalityis the <strong>com</strong>plex brew that emerges295/929

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