Abstract
This study examined the relationship between Extraversion and Perceptual Maze Test (PMT) performance in groups of extreme extraverts and introverts defined by the Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI). Subjects completed the PMT both with and without information about optimal solution being provided. Strategies used in solving the mazes were also investigated. Extraversion was associated with faster, less accurate and less reflective performance, particularly in the ‘without information’ condition. Extraverts used a ‘high dot density’ strategy to solve the mazes, whereas introverts used an ‘item-by-item’ strategy. The results are discussed in relation to arousal theory (classical and revised). It is tentatively suggested that performance and strategy differences between introverts and extraverts might reflect differences in their cognitive appraisal of ambiguous task situations.
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