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than the introverts, and this was indeed

the case. But if the introverts were truly

antisocial and extroverts pro-social,

then you’d suppose that the students

with the most harmonious relationships

would also be highest in extroversion.

And this was not the case at all. Instead,

the students whose relationships

were freest of conflict had high scores

for agreeableness. Agreeable people are

warm, supportive, and loving; personality

psychologists have found that if you

sit them down in front of a computer

screen of words, they focus longer than

others do on words like caring, console,

and help, and a shorter time on words

like abduct, assault, and harass. Introverts

and extroverts are equally likely

to be agreeable; there is no correlation

between extroversion and agreeableness.

This explains why some extroverts

love the stimulation of socializing but

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