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than the <strong>in</strong>troverts, and this was <strong>in</strong>deedthe case. But if the <strong>in</strong>troverts were trulyantisocial and extroverts pro-social,then you’d suppose that the studentswith the most harmonious relationshipswould also be highest <strong>in</strong> extroversion.And this was not the case at all. Instead,the students whose relationshipswere freest <strong>of</strong> conflict had high scoresfor agreeableness. Agreeable people arewarm, supportive, and lov<strong>in</strong>g; personalitypsychologists have found that if yousit them down <strong>in</strong> front <strong>of</strong> a <strong>com</strong>puterscreen <strong>of</strong> words, they focus longer thanothers do on words like car<strong>in</strong>g, console,and help, and a shorter time on wordslike abduct, assault, and harass. <strong>Introverts</strong>and extroverts are equally likelyto be agreeable; there is no correlationbetween extroversion and agreeableness.This expla<strong>in</strong>s why some extrovertslove the stimulation <strong>of</strong> socializ<strong>in</strong>g but643/929

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