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avoid<strong>in</strong>g others that seem to causepa<strong>in</strong>—lie at the heart <strong>of</strong> all humanactivity. As a group, extroverts tend tobe reward-seek<strong>in</strong>g, but every humanbe<strong>in</strong>g has her own mix <strong>of</strong> approach andavoidance tendencies, and sometimesthe <strong>com</strong>b<strong>in</strong>ation differs depend<strong>in</strong>g onthe situation. Indeed, many contemporarypersonality psychologists would saythat threat-vigilance is more characteristic<strong>of</strong> a trait known as “neuroticism”than <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>troversion. <strong>The</strong> body’s rewardand threat systems also seem to work<strong>in</strong>dependently <strong>of</strong> each other, so that thesame person can be generally sensitive,or <strong>in</strong>sensitive, to both reward andthreat.493/929

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