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Conscience is all about being conscious what’s right. However, a person’s conscience can be challenged by things that oppose or question it. The notes here are about conscience and how it can be affected by everyday life.

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Polygraphs (lie detectors) aren’t very likely to work.

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Polygraphs (lie detectors) aren’t very likely to work.

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A polygraph detects multiple aspects of a human, including sweat amount, heart rate, breathing rate, et cetera. However, evident from “I knew the man was mistaken, but I still felt myself blush. And sure enough, the test came back showing I’d lied on the cocaine question.”, the polygraph showed a false positive, because the speaker was stressing out while doing the lie detector test.

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Kids usually demonstrate very good conscience.

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Kids usually demonstrate very good conscience.

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There is an experiment mentioned in the text, where “a kind woman hands a toy to a toddler, explaining that the child should be very careful because it’s one of the woman’s favourites”, and the toy is programmed to break on its own. Once the toy breaks, the woman appears upset to see what the child does next. Some children feel very guilty, upon thinking that they did something to break the toy, evident from the fact that these children look away or quietly confess.

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Evolution on animals to new environments (Extroversion)

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Evolution on animals to new environments (Extroversion)

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Evolution on animals mostly explain how extroversions work in the environment or in the society. The introverted and extroverted animals have different foraging strategies. From the research of trapping both types of fish to a new system, those extroverted spices can fit in the environment well in a short time. However the extroversion development is limited by how the community you in. This specific topic convey by the example of Trinidadian guppies whose affect personality the by the community.

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An introverts-centered event called the Walker Creek Ranch led Cain to thinking about the link between introversion and sensitivity. Are introverts introverted because of their sensitivity? Is sensitivity a natural, instinctive part of them? What characteristics do sensitive people share?

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Personal story of Dr. Aron (organizer of the introverts event):

Since her childhood, she was described as “too sensitive for her own good”, as she prefers to play alone and her inner feelings constantly overwhelm her.

As she grew up, she found herself being seen as a “weirdo” due to her constantly locking herself up in her own world of emotions and reactions to the external environment.

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Research conducted by Dr. Aron gives great insight about characteristics of sensitivity. Here’s a list of the currently observed ones (since they are introverts you cannot easily notice what’s going on inside them!!)

Sensitive people tend to be:

1. Mindful and make detailed plans before they act

2. Physically sensitive to external stimulus

3. Difficulty to perform normally on tasks when they are observed (famous lie detector example)

4. Have deep spiritual pursuits rather than being materialistic

5. Process information about the surrounding environment much more deeply than others

6. Dislike small talk (not criticizing those who love gossiping)

7. Feel, even overwhelmed by exceptionally strong emotions

From these traits representing sensitivity, we can see a clear link between it and introversion. As the sensitive ones usually react to a greater degree compared to others, their reflections and rich thoughts helped them to develop deeper insights on events happening around them. They might have a million new ideas and opinions on things that happened, even in the most ordinary day in their lives. This explains why many introverts, being sensitive, prefer to rather dive into quiet hours of writing journal, self-reflection, or thinking on topics like “when will the Earth explode” since their intuitive mind pushes them to generate new inspirations about everything. Moreover, as sensitive ones subconsciously notice and reflect on facial expressions or actions of people listening to them talking, they get hurt more often in socializing. Constantly caring about what others think about them make sensitive people to escape socializing. In many ways, sensitivity explains the typical introvert traits.

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Introverts tend to have better conscience.

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Introverts tend to have better conscience.

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Since introverts are usually more sensitive, “they have thinner boundaries separating them from other people’s emotions and from the tragedies and cruelties of the world.” This causes them to have “unusually strong consciences”, making them avoid graphic media, along with focusing more on personal problems than an extrovert.

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Participants are asked to observe the subtle differences between two photos. It turns out that some people tend to process information and reflect on stimulus in a more elaborate way compared to their peers. They are the so-called “highly sensitive people”, as they tend to be more reactive to outside stimulus and often connect observations to their emotional aspects.

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After knowing about how fragile and soft sensitive introverts can be, you might probably have an image of someone easily beaten by whatever challenges one faces in daily life. But the truth is, if they have great passion for achieving a certain goal, they would pay all their energy to reach the dream.

Let’s look back in the modern U.S. history. Franklin Roosevelt was elected America’s president in 1933, the height of Great Depression. Although FDR was remembered by people to lead the country out of poverty, it was his wife Eleanor who, driven by her deep empathy for the starving ones, boosted up the country’s confidence. In three months she covered 40000 miles just to listen to ordinary people telling about their troubles. It was her actively learned about suffering of African-Americans and women as a whole, encouraging programs to take place. It was her who told FDR the truth about how impoverished people were dying in unseen corners. It was her who pressed him into actions.

So, the so-called “sensitive” introverts who were often looked down within our society, should not be shaken by these invalid comments. Only the existence of introverts proves how they are necessary for our Earth to spin. Unleash the power within.

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Evolutionary basis for social behavior (Introverted)

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Evolutionary basis for social behavior (Introverted)

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In both humans and animals, it suggests that both introversion and extroversion are adaptive traits that helped species survive depending on their new environment. Cain use animal behavior to support her broader argument that introversion is a valuable evaluation, giving the balance of extroverted tendencies in both individuals and societies. By the evidence of the “shy” animals. They can save energy and have a widely forage, that can lead them more easy to survive than the extroverted animals. That is the wellbeing way of the introversion.

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Lower the volume before clicking (you have been warned

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Lower the volume before clicking (you have been warned