All these examples show that the clearly defined characteristics into which it is sought to divide extrospection and introspection do not exist. From Wordnik.com. [The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps] Reference
We shall then consider the two great directions of interest, introspection and extrospection, and those whose lives are characterized by one or the other direction. From Wordnik.com. [The Foundations of Personality] Reference
These two words introspection and extrospection admirably convey the difference in the manner of thinking between those who from preference look, and those who from preference reflect. From Wordnik.com. [The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps] Reference
Psychology, it has also been said, has as its instrument introspection, while the natural sciences work with the eye, the touch, the ear -- that is to say, with the senses of extrospection. From Wordnik.com. [The Mind and the Brain Being the Authorised Translation of L'Âme et le Corps] Reference
While we have dealt here with the extremes of extrospection and introspection, it is safe to say that in the vast majority of people there is a definite and unassailable interest in both of these directions. From Wordnik.com. [The Foundations of Personality] Reference
Although Deza's considerations are often characterized by theoretical detachment and extrospection, the subjects are too personal for the narration to feel like a mere apparatus of thought orbiting amid associations. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
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