The Interference of Introversion-Extraversion and Depressive Symptomatology with Reasoning Performance: A Behavioural Study

Papageorgiou, C; Rabavilas, AD; Stachtea, X; Giannakakis, GA; Kyprianou, M; Papadimitriou, GN; Stefanis, CN

dc.contributor.author	Papageorgiou, C	en
dc.contributor.author	Rabavilas, AD	en
dc.contributor.author	Stachtea, X	en
dc.contributor.author	Giannakakis, GA	en
dc.contributor.author	Kyprianou, M	en
dc.contributor.author	Papadimitriou, GN	en
dc.contributor.author	Stefanis, CN	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-01T02:14:49Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-01T02:14:49Z
dc.date.issued	2012	en
dc.identifier.issn	00906905	en
dc.identifier.uri	https://dspace.lib.ntua.gr/xmlui/handle/123456789/30133
dc.subject	Aristotle syllogism	en
dc.subject	EPQ	en
dc.subject	Extraversion	en
dc.subject	Introversion	en
dc.subject	Personality	en
dc.subject	Reasoning	en
dc.subject	ZDS	en
dc.subject.other	adult	en
dc.subject.other	article	en
dc.subject.other	decision making	en
dc.subject.other	depression	en
dc.subject.other	extraversion	en
dc.subject.other	female	en
dc.subject.other	human	en
dc.subject.other	introversion	en
dc.subject.other	male	en
dc.subject.other	middle aged	en
dc.subject.other	neuropsychological test	en
dc.subject.other	personality	en
dc.subject.other	problem solving	en
dc.subject.other	psychological aspect	en
dc.subject.other	psychological rating scale	en
dc.subject.other	psychometry	en
dc.subject.other	Adult	en
dc.subject.other	Depression	en
dc.subject.other	Extraversion (Psychology)	en
dc.subject.other	Female	en
dc.subject.other	Humans	en
dc.subject.other	Introversion (Psychology)	en
dc.subject.other	Judgment	en
dc.subject.other	Male	en
dc.subject.other	Middle Aged	en
dc.subject.other	Neuropsychological Tests	en
dc.subject.other	Personality	en
dc.subject.other	Problem Solving	en
dc.subject.other	Psychiatric Status Rating Scales	en
dc.subject.other	Psychometrics	en
dc.title	The Interference of Introversion-Extraversion and Depressive Symptomatology with Reasoning Performance: A Behavioural Study	en
heal.type	journalArticle	en
heal.identifier.primary	10.1007/s10936-011-9181-3	en
heal.identifier.secondary	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10936-011-9181-3	en
heal.publicationDate	2012	en
heal.abstract	The objective of this study was to investigate the link between the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) scores and depressive symptomatology with reasoning performance induced by a task including valid and invalid Aristotelian syllogisms. The EPQ and the Zung Depressive Scale (ZDS) were completed by 48 healthy subjects (27 male, 21 female) aged 33.5 ± 9.0 years. Additionally, the subjects engaged into two reasoning tasks (valid vs.invalid syllogisms). Analysis showed that the judgment of invalid syllogisms is a more difficult task than of valid judgments (65.1% vs. 74.6% of correct judgments respectively, p < 0.01). In both conditions, the subjects' degree of confidence is significantly higher when they make a correct judgment than when they make an incorrect judgment (83.8 ± 11.2 vs. 75.3 ± 17.3, p < 0.01). Subjects with extraversion as measured by EPQ and high sexual desire as rated by the relative ZDS subscale are more prone to make incorrect judgments in the valid syllogisms, while, at the same time, they are more confident in their responses. The effects of extraversion/introversion and sexual desire on the outcome measures of the valid condition are not commutative but additive. These findings indicate that extraversion/introversion and sexual desire variations may have a detrimental effect in the reasoning performance. © 2011 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.	en
heal.journalName	Journal of Psycholinguistic Research	en
dc.identifier.doi	10.1007/s10936-011-9181-3	en
dc.identifier.volume	41	en
dc.identifier.issue	2	en
dc.identifier.spage	129	en
dc.identifier.epage	139	en