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==Definition==
==Definition==
*1. The [[quality]] of [[being]] '''sensitive''', in various senses of the adj.
*1. The [[quality]] of [[being]] '''sensitive''', in various senses of the adj.
*2. The [[activity]] and [[experience]] of the [[senses]].
*2. The [[activity]] and [[experience]] of the [[senses]].
*3. a. The [[degree]] to which a device, test, or procedure responds to small amounts of or slight [[change]]s in that to which it is designed to respond; the ratio of the response of a device to the stimulus causing it; = SENSITIVENESS 3.
*3. a. The [[degree]] to which a device, test, or procedure responds to small amounts of or slight [[change]]s in that to which it is designed to respond; the ratio of the response of a device to the stimulus causing it; = SENSITIVENESS 3.
:b. spec. in Radio, (a measure of) the ability of a receiver or other part of a radio system to pick up or respond to weak radio signals.
:b. spec. in Radio, (a measure of) the ability of a receiver or other part of a radio system to pick up or respond to weak radio signals.
*4. Psychol. Used attrib., esp. in sensitivity [[group]], training, to denote training in small groups aimed at increasing a [[person]]'s awareness of the [[behaviour]], [[feelings]], and motives of others and of himself. Cf. T-group s.v. T 7.
*4. Psychol. Used attrib., esp. in sensitivity [[group]], training, to denote training in small groups aimed at increasing a [[person]]'s awareness of the [[behaviour]], [[feelings]], and motives of others and of himself. Cf. T-group s.v. T 7.
<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''''Sensitivity''''', follow [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Sensitivity '''''this link'''''].</center>
::1969 Listener 26 June 881/1 A sensitivity group of persons gets together in order to cultivate a heightened awareness of themselves and each other, in a sort of group therapy. 1971 Harvest Years Mar. 8/2 (caption) A few scenes from a sensitivity session.
==Description==
==Description==
A highly sensitive [[person]] (HSP) is a person having the innate trait of high sensitivity (or innate sensitiveness as [[Carl Gustav Jung]] originally coined it). According to Elaine N. Aron and colleagues as well as other [[research]]ers, highly sensitive people, which would represent about a fifth of the population, [[process]] sensory [[data]] much more deeply and thoroughly due to a biological [[difference]] in their nervous systems.[1] This is a specific trait with key consequences that in the past has often been confused with innate shyness, inhibitedness, innate fearfulness, introversion, and so on. [2] The [[existence]] of the trait of innate sensitivity was demonstrated using a test that was shown to have both internal and external validity.[3] Although the term is primarily used to describe humans, the trait is present in nearly all higher [[animal]]s.
A highly sensitive [[person]] (HSP) is a person having the innate trait of high sensitivity (or innate sensitiveness as [[Carl Gustav Jung]] originally coined it). According to Elaine N. Aron and colleagues as well as other [[research]]ers, highly sensitive people, which would represent about a fifth of the population, [[process]] sensory [[data]] much more deeply and thoroughly due to a biological [[difference]] in their nervous systems.[1] This is a specific trait with key consequences that in the past has often been confused with innate shyness, inhibitedness, innate fearfulness, introversion, and so on. [2] The [[existence]] of the trait of innate sensitivity was demonstrated using a test that was shown to have both internal and external validity.[3] Although the term is primarily used to describe humans, the trait is present in nearly all higher [[animal]]s.