Chapter 9 Extraversion, emotion and performance: A cognitive-adaptive model

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the cognitive science of extraversion–introversion. The chapter develops detailed information-processing theories of extraversion effects and outlines an adaptive explanation that considers the functional significance of individual differences in processing in supporting extraverted and introverted behaviors. Both the affective and the performance correlates of extraversion may derive from individual differences in processing. The processing characteristics associated with extraversion provide the foundation for the acquired skills needed in certain overload environments, those associated with multiple information sources and social interaction. The chapter highlights that the extraversion effects on performance are highly contingent upon information-processing demands, internal emotional state, and external contextual factors such as level of stimulation and motivational signals. Extraversion relates to individual differences both in cognitive architecture and to strategy. Connectionism provides a powerful tool for modeling architectural differences between extraverts and introverts that may vary with arousal level.

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