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58/92910. _______ People describe me as “softspoken”or “mellow.”11. _______ I prefer not to show or discussmy work with othersuntil it’s finished.12. _______ I dislike conflict.13. _______ I do my best work on myown.14. _______ I tend to think before I speak.15. _______ I feel drained after being outand about, even if I’ve enjoyedmyself.16. _______ I often let calls go through tovoice mail.17. _______ If I had to choose, I’d prefer aweekend with absolutelynothing to do to one withtoo many things scheduled.18. _______ I don’t enjoy multitasking.19. _______ I can concentrate easily.
59/92920. _______ In classroom situations, Iprefer lectures to seminars.The more often you answered “true,”the more introverted you probably are.If you found yourself with a roughlyequal number of “true” and “false” answers,then you may be an ambivert—yes,there really is such a word.But even if you answered everysingle question as an introvert or extrovert,that doesn’t mean that your behavioris predictable across all circumstances.We can’t say that every introvertis a bookworm or every extrovertwears lampshades at parties any morethan we can say that every woman is anatural consensus-builder and everyman loves contact sports. As Jung felicitouslyput it, “There is no such thingas a pure extrovert or a pure introvert.
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10. _______ People describe me as “softspoken”
or “mellow.”
11. _______ I prefer not to show or discuss
my work with others
until it’s finished.
12. _______ I dislike conflict.
13. _______ I do my best work on my
own.
14. _______ I tend to think before I speak.
15. _______ I feel drained after being out
and about, even if I’ve enjoyed
myself.
16. _______ I often let calls go through to
voice mail.
17. _______ If I had to choose, I’d prefer a
weekend with absolutely
nothing to do to one with
too many things scheduled.
18. _______ I don’t enjoy multitasking.
19. _______ I can concentrate easily.
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