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extrovert

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extrovert /ex·tro·vert/ (eks´tro-vert)
1. a person whose interest is turned outward.
2. to turn one's interest outward to the external world.

ex·tro·vert or ex·tra·vert (kstr-vûrt)
n.
An individual interested in others or in the environment as opposed to or to the exclusion of self.

extrovert
[ik′strəvurt′]
1 a person whose interests are directed away from the self and concerned primarily with external reality and the physical environment rather than with inner feelings and thoughts. This person is usually highly sociable, outgoing, impulsive, and emotionally expressive.
2 a person characterized by extroversion. Also spelled extravert. Compare introvert.


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SOF information collectors who have a general knowledge of Meyers-Briggs Type Indicators can fall into the trap of categorizing individuals as extroverted or introverted, and observing that one need only listen to extroverts to gain information, and that introverts require someone to ask them specifically about information.
I have heard people say that superintendents are all extroverts.
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