Similarities Between Supertraits And Extroverts

Human personality traits can be subdivided into two categories, the supertraits: extraversion and neuroticism. Every individual possesses them, which is why they are considered to be supertraits. Each trait has an opposite, for extroversion it is introversion, for neuroticism it is stable. Different quantities and combinations of these are responsible for different personalities experienced. Extroverts are impulsive and outgoing, they have a tendency to desire novelty and perform the best when excited. They adjust more quickly and easily to their environment and enjoy steady company. Consequently they often prefer careers that involve lots of contact with others. Introverts on the other hand are more introspective and come …show more content…
The arousal theory is based off behavior being partially a function of the average state of arousal, excitement, or de-arousal, inhibition, of the cortex. Meaning, depending on if an individual is introverted or extroverted they will require different amounts of stimulation to cause cortical arousal. Introverts are considered stimulus shy, they require less stimulus than extroverts, causing them to prefer to be more solitary. It isn’t necessarily because they don’t like to be around others, but they do need more time for their brain to decompress. Extroverts are stimulus hungry, they need a lot to get a cortical reaction. In order for them to keep their cortex aroused they need constant …show more content…
Introverts require larger doses to achieve the same levels of sedation as extroverts. This correlates with them requiring less to stimulate them. Also correlating with extroverts needing more to stimulate their cortex. Because they need an outside force to elicit cortical stimulation, when that stops their cortex immediately and quickly starts to decompress, increasing the effect of depressants. Neuroticism is also connected to biological forces. The limbic system, or sympathetic nervous system, is primarily responsible for emotions. It is in charge of the fight or flight responses, often high and low neuroticism correspond to how individuals react to stress. High emotional reactivity, the result of an overly active limbic system, is partially responsible for an individual to be more neurotic. Versely, limbic systems that are more constant and less excitable result in a more stable