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may fluctuate over time, but you probably
still find yourself ranked around tenth at
your fiftieth reunion. At that class reunion,
you’ll also notice that many of your classmates
will be more introverted than you remember
them being in high school: quieter,
more self-contained, and less in need of excitement.
Also more emotionally stable,
agreeable, and conscientious. All of these
traits grow more pronounced with age. Psychologists
call this process “intrinsic maturation,”
and they’ve found these same patterns
of personality development in countries
as diverse as Germany, the UK, Spain,
the Czech Republic, and Turkey. They’ve
also found them in chimps and monkeys.
This makes evolutionary sense. High
levels of extroversion probably help with
mating, which is why most of us are at our
most sociable during our teenage and
young adult years. But when it comes to
keeping marriages stable and raising
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