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may fluctuate over time, but you probablystill f<strong>in</strong>d yourself ranked around tenth atyour fiftieth reunion. At that class reunion,you’ll also notice that many <strong>of</strong> your classmateswill be more <strong>in</strong>troverted than you rememberthem be<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> high school: quieter,more self-conta<strong>in</strong>ed, and less <strong>in</strong> need <strong>of</strong> excitement.Also more emotionally stable,agreeable, and conscientious. All <strong>of</strong> thesetraits grow more pronounced with age. Psychologistscall this process “<strong>in</strong>tr<strong>in</strong>sic maturation,”and they’ve found these same patterns<strong>of</strong> personality development <strong>in</strong> countriesas diverse as Germany, the UK, Spa<strong>in</strong>,the Czech Republic, and Turkey. <strong>The</strong>y’vealso found them <strong>in</strong> chimps and monkeys.This makes evolutionary sense. Highlevels <strong>of</strong> extroversion probably help withmat<strong>in</strong>g, which is why most <strong>of</strong> us are at ourmost sociable dur<strong>in</strong>g our teenage andyoung adult years. But when it <strong>com</strong>es tokeep<strong>in</strong>g marriages stable and rais<strong>in</strong>g911/929

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