Essay 2

The extraversion personality has a purpose and affects the day-to-day activities of a
person. There is a strong correlation between extraversion state and momentary goals.
The main claim of this study was to research on the function of extraversion personality
in the daily function of a person (McCabe, 2012).

The methodology of the research

The specific method of this research was having an information session and an
experience-sampling approach. The total number of participants was 47, who enrolled
to fulfil a course requirement. Information sessions involved questionnaire sessions and
personal digital assistant training, where the participants could gain the exact
knowledge they needed before taking part in the research. When using the experience-
sampling approach, participants were able to answer questions about the behavior of
extraverts, and the reports were done five times per day for a period of ten days. Some
of the questions answered included their momentary goals, state of extraversion, and
state effect during the previous 30 minutes. Ten days later, they returned the PDAs and
filled the concluding questions (McCabe, 2012).

Findings

The author found out that most people differed from each other when it came to the
actual manifestation of being extroverts. The more a person changed to a certain level
where he or she was revealing extraversion personality, the more the expression of
extraversion occurred across the hours of a week (McCabe, 2012).

Limitations

The two limitations of this study included self-report and causality. In the first case, the
study does not directly demonstrate that different goals determine extraversion
personality. It only indicates that purposes are highly related to how extrovert a person
is. Secondly, the study made use of self-report techniques where the participants were
prone to be biased in positive responses (McCabe, 2012).

References

 McCabe, K. O., & Fleeson, W. (2012). What is extraversion for? Integrating trait
and motivational perspectives and identifying the purpose of
extraversion. Psychological science, 23(12), 1498–1505.
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