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categories quite separate from <strong>in</strong>troversion.To them, these traits may fall under“openness to experience,” “conscientiousness,”and “neuroticism.”My use <strong>of</strong> the word <strong>in</strong>trovert is deliberatelybroader, draw<strong>in</strong>g on the <strong>in</strong>sights<strong>of</strong> Big Five psychology, but alsoen<strong>com</strong>pass<strong>in</strong>g Jungian th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g on the<strong>in</strong>trovert’s <strong>in</strong>ner world <strong>of</strong> “<strong>in</strong>exhaustiblecharm” and subjective experience;Jerome Kagan’s research on high reactivityand anxiety (see chapters 4 and5); Ela<strong>in</strong>e Aron’s work on sensory process<strong>in</strong>gsensitivity and its relationshipto conscientiousness, <strong>in</strong>tense feel<strong>in</strong>g,<strong>in</strong>ner-directedness, and depth <strong>of</strong> process<strong>in</strong>g(see chapter 6); and various researchon the persistence and concentrationthat <strong>in</strong>troverts br<strong>in</strong>g to problemsolv<strong>in</strong>g,much <strong>of</strong> it summarized wonderfully<strong>in</strong> Gerald Matthews’s work (seechapter 7).765/929

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