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Introverts are often seen as shy, reclusive people who are problems that better, more extroverted people have to put up with, but in reality the differences between them only constitute whether they respond best to internal or external stimulations (Cain). Extroverts tend to thrive best when in environments surrounded by lots of people, and introverts tend to thrive best when in quieter environments where they can think (Cain). Because of the more outgoing, open personalities of extroverts, introverts are often denied the chance to shine, partly because they tend to not speak up. In Susan Cain’s Ted Talk, “The Power of Introverts”, she claims, “the more freedom that we give introverts to be themselves, the more likely that they are to come up with their own unique solutions to these problems.” If introverts are allowed to operate under their own circumstances, maybe they will speak up with their own ideas rather than someone else speaking for them. According to Cain, we need to, “Stop the madness for constant group work.” She claims that in many classrooms students are required to work in groups, and when an individual doesn’t seem to be participating with the other group members, they are considered to be problems (Cain). Group work can be very beneficial, but so can working alone. We should go off by ourselves and discover our own ideas and solutions to problems, and then come together as a group (Cain). Solitude is also crucial to one’s well being. Moses, Jesus, Buddha,…

Susan Cain in her book, “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World that Won’t Stop Talking” writes, “There’s zero correlation between being the best talker and having the best ideas.” This idea is especially relevant in today’s school systems where so much pressure is put on classroom participation. In recent years the question has been posed of whether or not grading based on classroom participation, which has been the norm in many classes for years, is really the best way to engage students.…

Personally, I thought the interview with Judge Cerski was pretty different from the other interviews. While the others talked about the balance between their work and their social life, Judge Cerski said his work is his life. I have great respect for him, and it is inspiring to hear how far he has come in his career. Although, I do not think that is the leadership approach that I want to follow. He had some great advice, but I think that I would not be happy or completely successful if I…

Introduction The focus of our study was analyzing the helping behavior of people based on their given personality type and then on their class rank. It was predicted that people who described their personality as extroverted would be more willing to help even in inconvenient situations versus those who indicated they were introverted. And, thus would indicate higher scores for willingness to help in the three continuous outcome questions. These predications were made based on the common notion…

Susan Cain, speaker in “The Power of Introverts” educates us by explaining that introverts in our society should not be frowned upon as they are not like their counterparts, extroverts. She concludes, stating that just like extroverts, introverts have their own special abilities and reasons on how they are just as important to our society. Similarly, Frank Portman’s novel, King Dork, features these types of people and they face social problems which leads them through different paths but ends up…

The Department of Psychology at Carlton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada have used their research data that was back up by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada to test their hypothesis that “predict affective forecast”. For example, extraverted people would would much strongly prefer extraverted behavior, whereas introvert people would predict more of a positive affect for introverted behavior compared the extraverts. The Department of Psychology did five studies for…

A few months ago I appeared on the fantastic youth ministry podcast 'The Longer Haul ' to talk about ministering to introverted students. This is an issue that keeps coming up, and I think represents one of the fundamental missteps youth ministry can take. For those of us who prefer reading to listening, I 've taken some of my key thoughts from the podcast and written them up here as notes. Enjoy! The Extrovert Epidemic Much of our youth ministry is focused towards the extrovert, which…

Susan Cain, the author of Quiet, the power of introverts in a world that can’t stop talking, puts a new light on introverts, and how society has affected our view on this personality. Especially in the workplace. Interviewers and interviewees are more open, and responsive to willing and ambitious extroverts, over a calculated, smart introvert at times. However, often in order to get ahead in the workplace, the extrovert mentality is the only way to go about it. Hiring managers are more often…

EF International Language School Psychology The relation between being introvert and choosing delayed gratification. Author: Teacher: Sina Gertsch Alex Rugens 10th February 2017 Word count: 1448 words Introduction 3 Literature Review 3 Methodology 4 Participants 4 Material 4 Procedure 4 Results 5 Discussion 6 References 7 Appendices 8 Questionnaire example 8 Introduction How are humans capable to control themselves and their urges? This question has psy-chologists…

Cain uses metaphor to compare the relationship of introverts verses extroverts with the relationship of women verses man. She also describes introversion as an illness that should be diagnosed. These ideas strongly support her claim that people see extroverts as good leaders and better communalist, and see introverts as shy, quiet and taciturn. But introversion is not a mistake. This trait is what they are and it is the core of their personality. I agree that maybe introverts resembles women…