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I prefer peace and quiet to being where a lot of activities are going on around me
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When words are flowing at a brisk tempo, and we challenge each other in a discussion, I am in my element
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I am selectively sociable. In some contexts and together with certain people, I enjoy company very much, but otherwise I prefer to be alone to being with others
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I like going to big receptions with plenty of opportunities to meet new people
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Other people have told me I am too reticent
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I take things as they come and rarely worry too much
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Small talk exhausts me
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I do not need to think things through before I say something. It comes to me as I talk
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I don't like to have onlookers while I work
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If too little is going on around me, I get a little tired. Then, I need company to boost my energy again
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When I am going to a party, I prefer to know in advance what will happen at the party. Of course, there must be room for spontaneity, but I like to know in broad strokes what is going to happen
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I like throwing myself unprepared into new experiences
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For the most part, I speak in quiet, calm tones and only rarely raise my voice
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I do a lot to keep myself from being bored and try to have too many rather than too few appointments or activities on my calendar
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My knowledge is deeper than it is broad. I know a lot about one or a few topics, but there are many other areas where my knowledge is lacking
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I am often among the last to go home from a party
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If I have absorbed a lot of impressions, I need to be alone to think about them
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I derive energy from activities and social interactions and rarely become tired as long as what is happening around me is sufficiently interesting
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Others have told me that I think too much about things
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I am rarely passive when I am with a communicative group of people. Even among people I do not know, I quickly seize the chance to involve myself in the conversation
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If my own experience of what is true and correct conflicts with the common understanding of what is good, I am inclined to listen more to my own logic or intuition
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I easily fall into conversation with people I do not know – for example, at a bus stop
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It is important for me to have time alone to myself every day
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Every so often, I become so inspired that I cannot keep my opinion to myself even though someone else is saying something
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It is somewhat straining for me to relate to several people at once
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I am very aware of and interested in the activities that go on around me – so much so, I can overlook my own needs, for example for food or sleep
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If, on my birthday, I am among people other than those close to me (for example, on a course) I hope no one discovers it because I don't like being the centre of attention on that occasion
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I would be happy to suddenly discover that I was going to a surprise party that my friends had arranged for me to celebrate something for which I had not found time to arrange a celebration myself
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I prefer one-on-one conversations as opposed to conversations in larger groups
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I adapt myself quickly to a new group and follow naturally the train of thought in a new context
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I am inclined to listen to my inner feelings and intuition for an answer to something instead of finding the answers outside myself
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I like hearing the sound of other people and their activities and would rather have too much going on around me than too much quiet