Introversion and Extroversion Around the world, nowadays you can see various personalities, different attitudes, and behaviors. Therefore, the psychologists are making a lot of researches and studies about how the personalities affect the human thinking and behavior. People are being taught that everyone has distinguished personality. However, two types of opposite personalities that always make the psychologists deep in thought about them are introverted and extroverted personalities. The simplest definition of extroverted personality is describing a person who adjusts with people easily in social situations and events (1). Furthermore, extroverts gain energy from interaction with people every day (2). For instance, Adeson , an American inventor , had many drawbacks in his life particularly when he was a student. His teachers hated him and called him stupid. However, he did not give up. He became more extroverted. He studied a lot at home and invented many helpful inventions like the battery that power the cars. He is a good example of a successful extroverted inventor who lead the world by his importamt achievements (3). We all know Albert Einstein, a scientist, who developed the theory of relativity. In fact, he had an introverted personality. Despite his personality, he is considered the most influential physicist of the 20th century (1). On the other hand, an introverted personality does not
Introverts act as mavericks, tending to converse with others with deeper connections whereas extroverts form more superficial connections with a greater number of people, which seems almost quixotic. It 's especially important to consider the arguments constructed in this book in the frame of a child. Introverted children should be exposed gradually to the world of extroversion, but should not be pushed past their limits otherwise they may "feel emotionally threatened" and associate school with negative emotions. Instead, they should focus on their deepest interests and try to attend a school that suits their personalities, with understanding teachers an integral element of the
Albert Einstein, Dr. Seuss, J. K. Rowling. With such an honorable registry, surely introverts must be appreciated members of society, right? Wrong. As Cain divulges, introverts are put at a disadvantage from the moment they are born, throughout school, and into the workforce, not by any flaw of their own, but by a society that upholds what Cain calls the “Extrovert Ideal”. From kindergarten to office jobs, it’s safe to say that life in America (and other countries, mainly those in the West) is geared towards the gregarious.
He acknowledges that introverts tend to formulate their ideas in their heads before saying them unlike extroverts who think out loud and formulate their ideas with talking to other people. So as a mentor, a teacher should understand that just because a student is quiet does not mean that they are disconnected from the discussion or just don’t care enough to participate. It means they process information differently. Knowing and acknowledging the two different learning styles will lead to success of all students instead of just the more extroverted ones. To add to that point, Susan Cain, author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking and co-founder of the Quiet Revolution even narrates that, “One of the most interesting findings, echoed by later studies, was that more creative people tended to be socially poised introverts” (Cain).
Extroverts can be some of the best people you meet. They have plenty to offer and thrive at the attention of others. However, being introverted can be just as great. In a society where being extroverted is the ideal, it can be very difficult to be an introvert. Susan Cain argues in her Ted Talk, “The Power of Introverts”, that introverts can share many brilliant ideas with the world and should be encouraged and celebrated for who they are.
An extrovert lives in the outside world. These people are perceived to be more bold and outgoing. An introvert, in contrast prefers to live inside their mind. They are seen as more quiet and shy. Jack shows the traits of an extrovert from the very beginning.
Susan’s Ted Talks discusses how we live in a world that caters to extroverts: group projects, open offices, constant meetings. From a young age you are taught you need to be part of a group and cheer with the team. These are all things that introverts find draining; when we are unable to submerge ourselves into these situations, we are often
For example, the advances in civil rights made by Rosa Parks, scientific theories discoveries made by Albert Einstein and Sir Isaac Newton, and other modern luxuries: including The Cat in the Hat by Theodor Geisel and Google by Larry Page would not be accessible to the modern world without the help of these established introverts. Cain also discords the societal belief that introverts cannot do as well as extroverts in a business, educational, or competitive setting. Tony Robbins, an extrovert salesman, teaches a seminar called “UNLEASH THE POWER WITHIN” where he emphasizes how to act like an extrovert, how being an extrovert will increase one’s occupational success, and how being an extrovert can help one’s overall life. He uses many persuasively uplifting techniques to get someone to drop their idea of being an introvert to join him on the extrovert bandwagon. Cain uses Robbins as an example of the types of pressures set by society that introverts endure daily.
The significance of this paper to the report is that is has used both the Big 5 Personality Measure and the Oxford Happiness Inventory, there has not been much research that uses both these measures to look at the association of extraversion and happiness, and most use students or small samples. Further research is needed with a larger and more diverse sample of participants in order for these results to be backed, this is what the following study aims to do. Overall this essay aims to explore the relationship between extraversion and happiness. The hypothesis of this study is: ‘Those who are more extroverted are more likely to be happy’.
In Susan Cain’s book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking she proves that introverts are vital to the world and everything typically thought of “the quiet ones” is wrong. She starts the book by introducing the idea of the introvert. This term is derived from psychologist Carl Jung who basically invented the personality test. When deciding on a name for different types of individuals, he called the more reserved people who gain their energy from being alone and are typically not very open introverts.
Weather it is my sports coaches, youth group leaders, or even the people at the gym I go to. In the words of Mr. Rawlings ,”Nolan, you are one of the biggest extroverts I have met.” Being outgoing and a having positive attitude are not my only traits. I am a participating student in class. I have had good grades since sixth grade.
Shyness has an element of apprehension, nervousness and anxiety, and while an introvert may also be shy, introversion itself is not shyness. Basically, an introvert is a person who is energized by being alone and whose energy is drained by being around other people. Another common misconception is that introverts are anti-social. They’re not anti-social, they’re just socially
Jung’s (1923) idea about extroversion-introversion was the starting point for more scientific investigation in the personality traits domain in the early twentieth century. Jung proposed the “duality” in human personality. He distinguished two schools of thought in philosophy, namely idealists and realists and claimed that idealist consider the subject of perception as a base for knowledge while realists believe that the object of perception is the base of knowledge. Having studied the background of these schools of thought, Jung claimed that a comprise exists between philosophy and psychology in which realists are more extroverts while idealists are more introverts. He further differentiated these two distinctions by characteristics that identify
My whole entire life I have been an introvert. You would think after going to seven different schools while growing up that by now I would have learned how to be more outgoing and more of an extrovert as it is called. However, I do not think that is something that I personally can learn. I have always been the quiet or shy girl. When I started going to a new high school my freshman year I was very quiet and never really said much.
In our world today people are assessed by how much they do, how they behave, how communicative they are, and how well they socialize. Introverts and extroverts are two different personality traits based on characteristics. So, who are introverts and extroverts? Basically, introverts are people who are reserved and prefer more time being alone because they feel more comfortable and energized whereas extroverts are people who are energized by social interaction and love being at the center of interaction. According to Susan Cain, who talked about ‘The Power of Introverts’ in her Ted Talk, extroverts really crave large amounts of stimulation, whereas introverts feel at their most alive and their most switched-on and their most capable when they're
INTRODUCTION The area of study of this research project is aimed at understanding the relationship between personality traits and its association with learning styles in academic settings. The study of personality traits has fascinated psychologists over the years, including individuals like Gordon Allport and Raymond Cattell, who mainly defined personality through different techniques, each attempt at defining personality culminated in multiple theories of personality and their types which are seen across all behavioral characteristics. While reviewing the literature on personality, it was noted that over the years research has shown consistently that personality traits do indeed influence various aspects of human lives like academic performance