The Gift of Introversion

Dominance: Children with high dominance tend to influence the behavior of
others, particularly their peers, to obtain desirable rewards or outcomes. Such
children are generally skilled at organizing activities and games and deceiving
others by controlling their nonverbal behavior.
Shyness: Children with high shyness are generally socially withdrawn, nervous,
and inhibited around strangers. In time, such children may become fearful even
around "known others", especially if their peers reject them. Similar pattern was
described in temperament longitudinal studies of shyness
Sociability: Children with high sociability generally prefer to be with others rather
than alone. During middle childhood, the distinction between low sociability and
high shyness becomes more pronounced, particularly as children gain greater
control over how and where they spend their time.
Development
Throughout
Adulthood
Many studies
of longitudinal data,
which correlate
people's test scores
over time, and crosssectional
data, which
compare personality
levels across different
age groups, show a
high degree of stability
in personality traits
during adulthood,
especially Neuroticism
trait that is often
regarded as a
temperament
trait similarly to
longitudinal research
in temperament for the
same traits. It is
shown that the
personality stabilizes
for working-age
individuals within about four years after starting working. There is also little evidence
that adverse life events can have any significant impact on the personality of
individuals. More recent research and meta-analyses of previous studies, however,
indicate that change occurs in all five traits at various points in the lifespan. The new
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