Re: Punishment/rewards (introverts vs ext.)

[Drbuggins@aol.com]

Having remembered some of the past posts regarding this subject, I recently 
noticed a report on some research when seemed interesting to me and may be to 
others (but perhaps "old hat" to some).  Extraverts' (high in measures of 
sociability, assertiveness, and impulsivity) performance increased with 
signals of reward more than signals of punishment; intraverts performance 
increased with signals of punishment more than with signals of reward.  
Intraverts did much better on tasks that were not anxiety producing (e.g. not 
timed); extraverts performed better under pressure.  The researchers reported 
that cortical arousal is more easily stimulated in introverts (I can't tell 
you much about the actual research because I haven't read it; has anyone 
else?) There's more, but enough for now--have you heard of this difference 
regarding intro/extroverts; would it matter to Deming?

June Darling, Ph.D., educator
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