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  2. Extraversion and introversion - Wikipedia

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    This favorable reaction from others likely encourages extraverts to engage in further extraverted behavior. [94] Ashton, Lee, and Paunonen's (2002) [ 94 ] study showed that their measure of social attention, the Social Attention Scale, was much more highly correlated with extraversion than were measures of reward sensitivity.

  3. Emotional self-regulation - Wikipedia

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    Such behaviors often elicit negative reactions from the social environment, which, in turn, can exacerbate or maintain the original regulation problems over time, a process termed cumulative continuity. These children are more likely to have conflict-based relationships with their teachers and other children.

  4. Loneliness - Wikipedia

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    For example, in 2017 the government of Singapore started a scheme to provide allotments to its citizens so they could socialise while working together on them, while the Netherlands government set up a telephone line for lonely older people. While governments sometimes directly control loneliness relief efforts, typically they fund or work in ...

  5. Experiential avoidance - Wikipedia

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    [16] [17] Conversely, expressing the unpleasant emotions can lead to improvements in the long term, even though it increases negative reactions in the short term. [ 18 ] Exposure-based therapy techniques have been shown to be effective in treating a wide range of psychiatric disorders.

  6. Schizoid personality disorder - Wikipedia

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    Schizoid personality disorder (/ ˈ s k ɪ t s ɔɪ d, ˈ s k ɪ d z ɔɪ d, ˈ s k ɪ z ɔɪ d /, often abbreviated as SzPD or ScPD) is a personality disorder characterized by a lack of interest in social relationships, [9] a tendency toward a solitary or sheltered lifestyle, secretiveness, emotional coldness, detachment, and apathy. [10]

  7. Parten's stages of play - Wikipedia

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    Solitary (independent) play – when the child is alone and maintains focus on its activity. Such a child is uninterested in or is unaware of what others are doing. More common in younger children (age 2–3) as opposed to older ones. [1] [2] [3] Onlooker play (behavior) – when the child watches others at play but does not engage in it. [2]

  8. Reactance (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    In psychology, reactance is an unpleasant motivational reaction to offers, persons, rules, regulations, criticisms, advice, recommendations, information, nudges, and messages that are perceived to threaten or eliminate specific behavioral freedoms. Reactance occurs when an individual feels that an agent is attempting to limit one's choice of ...

  9. Olfactic communication - Wikipedia

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    Although sufficient research is still being recorded to explain the connection between olfaction and preferences, experts have theorized that certain smells are connected to a person's thinking, creativity, memory, and reaction abilities. This is because when a person is experiencing a negative emotion, their olfaction sense sharpens.