Sure, I'm An Extravert--With The Right People: New research identifies people whose innate extraversion emerges only around those they like and trust most.

PERSONALITY; ADAPTABILITY (Personality); PSYCHOLOGY; CHARACTER; INTERPERSONAL relations; SOCIAL skills; PERSONALITY assessment

The article focuses on a study of other-contingent extraversion conducted by psychologists led by Jason Huang of Michigan State University published in April 2021. Topics discussed include the tendency of some individuals to be socially outgoing and positive only around those they consider as friendly, difference of other-contingent extraversion from the general level of extraversion, and effect of knowledge of the flexibility of extraversion on the social experiences of a person.