10 Kickass Facts About Introverts

10. Introverts Speak More “Concretely” 

One of the most amazing kickass facts about introverts is that they speak and communicate in very different ways than their extroverted counterparts. The study, which was published in the Journal of Language and Social Psychology in 2012, found that extroverted people speak in a more abstract manner, whereas introverted people tend to stick to more concrete terms. They also saw that extroverts tended to think of themselves as understanding more about the conversation than introverts.

Why is this the case? Maybe it’s because extroverts like to branch off on tangents, hoping to “domino” into new conversations, prolonging the exchange for as long as possible. On the other hand, introverts might stick to the facts because they want to be clearly understood, thereby eliminating the need to repeat themselves or elaborate further, thus ending the conversation as quickly as possible. This is also very interesting because as mentioned previously, introverts have more grey matter, which is linked to abstract thought. But amazingly, this affinity for abstract thought does not translate into an affinity for abstract social interactions.

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http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0261927×12460844

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/BF01074655

http://www.medicaldaily.com/brain-introvert-compared-extrovert-are-they-really-different-299064

https://www.buzzfeed.com/kellyoakes/things-introverts-should-know?utm_term=.efo03pB0O#.goY7a2Z7A