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Introversion/Extroversion refers to the opposite poles of a personality dimension ; the opposite poles of a personality dimension: Introverts are shy and anxious around others, and tend to withdraw from social situations; extroverts are highly sociable and enjoy being with others

Introvert refers to a person whose attention is focused inward; a shy, reserved, self -centered person.

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Deutsch: Aufdringliche Gedanken, Español: Pensamientos intrusivos, Português: Pensamentos intrusivos, Français: Pensées intrusives, Italiano: Pensieri intrusivi

Intrusive Thoughts are unwanted, involuntary thoughts, images, or urges that pop into a person's mind, often causing distress. They are typically sudden, vivid, and feel contrary to the person’s actual values, character, or intentions.

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Intuiting refers to a personality function that stresses having a hunch or guess about something, which may arise from the unconscious. Intuiting's polar opposite is Sensing.

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Intuition refers to quick, impulsive thought that does not make use of formal logic or clear reasoning. In Descartes's philosophy, Intuition is the introspective process by which clear and distinct ideas are discovered.

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Intuitionism is a term in fuzzy-trace theory, the tendency of people to prefer to think, reason, and remember by processing inexact. Fuzzy memory representations rather than working logically from exact, verbatim representations.

Intuitive scientists refer to untrained scientists who try to make causal judgments in a rational, scientific manner

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Intuitive thought refers to thinking that makes little or no use of reasoning and logic. Intuitive thought is Piaget’s term for reasoning that is dominated by appearances (or perceptual characteristics of objects and events) rather than by rational thought processe