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Not quite an introvert or an extrovert? Maybe you’re an ambivert

  • Written by: Peta Stapleton, Associate Professor in Psychology, Bond University
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Our personalities are generally thought to consists of five primary factors: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness and neuroticism, with each of us ranking low to high for each.

GraphicExtroversion is one of the Big Five personality traits.Big 5 personality traits graphic

Those who rank high in...

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