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Introverted or Extroverted: What determines our personality type?

Brian Little is a Canadian psychologist who's been studying the science of personality for decades . His guide to whether you're an introvert or extrovert pre-dates Buzzfeed. Brian Little's new book helps answer the question of whether your personality is your destiny....
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Brian Little is a Canadian psychologist who's been studying the science of personality for decades . His guide to whether you're an introvert or extrovert pre-dates Buzzfeed. Brian Little's new book helps answer the question of whether your personality is your destiny.

Chapter One of Brian Little's new book starts with a quote:

Every person is, in certain respects like all other people, like some other people and like no other person.

Brian Little's new book is called Me, Myself and Us - The Science of Personality and the Art of Well Being. It delves into the complex world of personality psychology from a man who's studied and lectured in the field for decades.

Brian Little is a Fellow of the Well-Being Institute at Cambridge University in the U.K. where he lectures in the department of psychology. He divides his time between Cambridge and Ottawa where he is a Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus at Carleton University.


What's your self-monitoring score? Take the personality quiz!

Are you a high self-monitor who cares deeply about how others see you and bends to fit social situations? Or are you a low self-monitor who doesn't care what people think and won't change no matter what?

For a better idea of where you fit in,take this short personality quiz. When you finish, tweet us

Tweet us @thecurrentcbc your results. Or e-mail us through our website. Call us toll-free at 1 877 287 7366.

This segment was produced by The Current's Liz Hoath.


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