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<\/figure><\/div>\n\nLove partying and adventure? You\u2019re probably an extravert. Prefer quiet time to read and reflect? You\u2019re more likely an introvert. If you\u2019re somewhere in the middle and like a mix of these experiences, you might be an ambivert. First proposed by the US psychologist Edmund Smith Conklin in 1923, the idea that some of us are ambiverts fell out of favour in personality psychology, which today sees the main personality traits (including extraversion) as dimensions rather than types. <\/p>\n\n
However, the concept captured the popular imagination \u2013 and inspired a thousand online quizzes \u2013 in 2013 after another US psychologist, Adam Grant, published research suggesting that people with a mix of introverted and extraverted tendencies have an adaptable interpersonal style that helps them to excel in sales. CJ<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n Email your questions to<\/span> IMAGES: GETTY IMAGES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What is an ambivert? FRANKIE BROWN, LONDON Love partying and adventure? You\u2019re probably an extravert. Prefer quiet time to read and reflect? You\u2019re more likely an introvert. If you\u2019re somewhere in the middle and like a mix of these experiences, you might be an ambivert. 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