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Introversion, Extraversion and Social Perception
Author(s) -
BROWN STEVEN R.,
HENDRICK CLYDE
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.tb00755.x
Subject(s) - extraversion and introversion , psychology , social psychology , perception , personality , social perception , interpersonal communication , ideal (ethics) , developmental psychology , big five personality traits , philosophy , epistemology , neuroscience
Three studies are conducted on the subjective perceptions of extraverts and introverts, using Q technique and factor analysis. In the first two studies, intensive analyses indicate that both introverts and extraverts have extraverted aspirations. These results are confirmed and extended in the third study with a larger sample of subjects. Both introverts and extraverts have veridical perceptions of actual private self and actual social self; however, the ideal conceptions of both personality types tend to be extraverted in nature. Introverts express their potential private self, potential social self and ideal leader perceptions as those of an extravert; similarly, extraverted subjects hold extraverted ideals. Extraverts are highly consistent in their perceptions of actual and ideal selves, but introverts have ideals incongruent with perceived actual selves. Implications for political theory and behaviour, interpersonal perception and attraction are discussed.