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of critical thinking widely used by businesses
for hiring and promotion.
They’ve been shown to excel at
something psychologists call “insightful
problem solving.”
The question is: Why?
Introverts are not smarter than extroverts.
According to IQ scores, the two
types are equally intelligent. And on
many kinds of tasks, particularly those
performed under time or social pressure
or involving multitasking, extroverts do
better. Extroverts are better than introverts
at handling information overload.
Introverts’ reflectiveness uses up a lot
of cognitive capacity, according to
Joseph Newman. On any given task, he
says, “if we have 100 percent cognitive
capacity, an introvert may have only 75
percent on task and 25 percent off task,
whereas an extrovert may have 90 percent
on task.” This is because most
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