ABSTRACT
'Extraversion' and 'introversion' derive from Latin roots meaning 'turned outwards' and 'turned inwards'. The Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung had originally grouped people as introverts and extraverts in terms of personality types. Hans Eysenck however investigated introversion-extraversion as a dimensional trait. The Pro-charismatic curates are the most extraverted and the Non-charismatics the least extraverted, but not to a significant level. Eysenck postulated a relationship between personality and social attitudes in terms of a theory of socialization. He argued that aggressive and sexual impulses are socialized by means of conditioning. Since there is empirical evidence that introverts condition more easily than extraverts, it follows that introverts should be more thoroughly socialized than extraverts. Extraverts may be inclined to go to church seeking fun and humour in the service, while introverts may be more inclined to reject such styles of worship as irrelevant or irreverent.
