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Interference, Extraversion and Paired‐Associate Learning
Author(s) -
BONE RONALD N.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1971.tb00750.x
Subject(s) - extraversion and introversion , psychology , task (project management) , interference (communication) , arousal , cognitive psychology , competition (biology) , social psychology , personality , big five personality traits , computer science , computer network , channel (broadcasting) , management , ecology , biology , economics
Recently, McLaughlin & Eysenck (1967) found extraverts superior to introverts on both easy and difficult paired‐associate tasks. These data were interpreted by assuming that introverts possess higher cortical arousal which interferes with the integration on the lists. This inference is supported by Jensen's (1964) finding of introverts being less resistant to response competition in a serial‐learning task.