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EXTRAVERSION AND PREFERRED LEVEL OF SENSORY STIMULATION
Author(s) -
LUDVIGH ELEK J.,
HAPP DEBORAH
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1974.tb01410.x
Subject(s) - extraversion and introversion , psychology , eysenck personality questionnaire , correlation , audiology , personality , tone (literature) , sensory system , stimulation , positive correlation , developmental psychology , social psychology , big five personality traits , cognitive psychology , neuroscience , medicine , art , geometry , mathematics , literature
Based on the work of Eysenck (1967), the present study hypothesizes a positive correlation between extraversion scores and the amount of ambient illumination and sound necessary to provide optimum hedonic tone and to create a slightly unpleasant level of hedonic tone. The subjects were 120 male undergraduates at Michigan State University. The results support the existence of a positive correlation between extraversion and sensory‐seeking behaviour hypothesized by Eysenck (1967), but suggest that the relationship between the variables is due to differences between introverts and extraverts as to what constitutes an excessive level of stimulation.