Alternation in choice behaviour and extraversion

Eysenck, H. J.; Levey, A.B.

doi:10.1016/0024-3205(65)90042-1

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“…Certainly each of the 10 items listed above reflects stimulus-seeking motivation and preference for sensory variability. This fits with the high risk taking of the extrovert (Lynn & Butler, 1962), his more frequent alternation behavior (Eysenck & Levey, 1965), greater alcohol and cigarette consumption (Eysenck, 1963), greater extent of physical movement (Rachman, 1961), less stimulus-deprivation tolerance (Petrie, Collins, & Solomon, 1960), and greater pain tolerance as compared with introverts (Lynn & Eysenck, 1961).…”

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Extroversion and stimulus-seeking motivation.

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1967

Journal of Consulting Psychology

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 54%

Extroversion and stimulus-seeking motivation.

Farley

Farley²

1967

Journal of Consulting Psychology

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“…The theory accounting for extraversion in terms of low cortical arousability would predict greater changeability of extraverts as compared with introverts (Eysenck & Eysenck, 1985). This can be tested on the proximal consequences side with experimental studies (Eysenck & Levey, 1965) and on the distal consequences side with investigations of whether extraverts show sexual behavior characteristic of changeability (Eysenck, 1976). Predictions along both lines have given very positive results, and thus the theory has been confirmed.…”

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Personality and experimental psychology: The unification of psychology and the possibility of a paradigm.

Eysenck¹

1997

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology

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It is suggested that the scientific status of psychology is put in danger by the lack of paradigms in many of its fields, and by the failure to achieve unification, psychology is breaking up into many different disciplines. One important cause was suggested by Lee Cronbach in his 1957 presidential address to the American Psychological Association: the continuing failure of the two scientific disciplines of psychology-the experimental and the correlational-to come together and mutually support each other. Personality study in particular has suffered from this disunity, and the debates about the number of major dimensions of personality illustrate the absurdity of the situation. Examples are given to show that by combining methods and theories typical of these two disciplines, one can put forward paradigms that would be impossible without such unification. Such a paradigm is suggested for personality and intelligence.Publisher's Note. H. J. Eysenck died in September This article was his final submission to the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and represents his views on theoretical integration of the field.

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“…They were selected using Form A of the EPI (Eysenck & Eysenck, 1964) so that half were strongly extraverted (scores of 17 or above on the E scale) and half were strongly introverted (scores of 7 or below on the E scale). They were selected using Form A of the EPI (Eysenck & Eysenck, 1964) so that half were strongly extraverted (scores of 17 or above on the E scale) and half were strongly introverted (scores of 7 or below on the E scale).…”

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Extraversion and Variety‐seeking in a Monotonous Task

Hill

1975

British J of Psychology

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It is hypothesized on the basis of Eysenck's theory of extraversion that extraverts should build more variety into their performance at a monotonous task than introverts. The performance of a group of extraverts (n = 16) and a group of introverts (n = 16) on a simple repetitive task was compared. Comparisons were made on two measures of response variety : firstly, a simple measure of number of alternations among possible responses and, secondly, a measure of variety taken from information theorythe average entropy of the set of responses made. The hypothesis was confirmed on both measures. The results are interpreted as adding further support to Eysenck's work linking differences in extraversion to differences in arousal.

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Alternation in choice behaviour and extraversion

Cited by 12 publications

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Extroversion and stimulus-seeking motivation.

Extroversion and stimulus-seeking motivation.

Personality and experimental psychology: The unification of psychology and the possibility of a paradigm.

Extraversion and Variety‐seeking in a Monotonous Task

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