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MORE ADVANCE NOISE FOR QUIET “An intriguing and potentially life-altering examination of the human psyche that is sure to benefit both introverts and extroverts alike.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Gentle is powerful…Solitude is so-cially productive…These important counterintuitive ideas are among the manyreasonstotake Quiet to ...
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- Section Overview
- Setting the Stage
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- How Extroversion Became the Cultural Ideal
- The Culture of Personality, a Hundred Years Later
- The Rise of the New Groupthink and the Power of Working Alone
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- Section Overview
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- The Role of Free Will (and The Secret of Public Speaking for Introverts)
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- Why Cool is Overrated
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- How Introverts and Extroverts Think (and Process Dopamine) Differently
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- How Dopamine Neurons Learn to Predict Rewards
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- Asian-Americans and the Extrovert Ideal
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- Chapter 9 When Should You Act More Extroverted than You Really Are?:
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- How to Talk to Members of the Opposite Type
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- How to Cultivate Quiet Kids in a World That Can’t Hear Them
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In the first part of this book (Chapters 1–3), the author explores the origin of the Extrovert Ideal, which refers to the basic cultural assumption that extroverts are superior to introverts. Extroverts are generally defined as people who are outgoing, confident, and assertive, and they frequently desire social interaction. In contrast, introverts ...
Students discuss the terms extrovert and introvert and consider whether they share the cultural bias toward favoring extroverts. Students will pair up to discuss their hopes and fears in talking about themselves and their own temperaments in front of the class. Teachers will discuss positive and nonjudgmental ways to talk about differences, respect...
The interview: Students choose three friends or family members to interview. The students will ask their subjects whether they see themselves as extroverts or introverts and what impact their temperaments have on how they live their lives. The journal: Have students begin private journals that are to be kept for the length of the course. Students s...
The chapter begins with a summary of the life of Dale Carnegie, one of the first nationally recognized promoters of the Extrovert Ideal. Carnegie spent his early professional years working as a successful traveling salesman, but it was his public speaking class at the YMCA in New York and his lecture series that won him fame as a proponent of the o...
From Moses to Rosa Parks, strong introverts have been powerful leaders in history. But to hear Tony Robbins tell it, leadership is all about extroverted qualities. A world-renowned motivational speaker, Tony Robbins uses his “Unleash the Power Within” workshops, a blend of entertainment and pop-psychology, to help his stadium-sized audiences enhanc...
Building off the themes introduced in Chapter 2, we continue to explore other contexts in which extrovert qualities and the environments that promote them (e.g. open-plan work spaces) can actually hamper employee productivity. Over the last fifty years, American corporate culture has increasingly emphasized collaboration and group work as the means...
Best of both worlds: Divide the class into three groups and present a general problem that fits the nature of the coursework (e.g. psychology, political science, business, etc.) The groups should be represented by the following: a collaborative/brainstorming group a solitary/individual working group a mix of brainstorming and solitary activities in...
1. What’s best for you: Create your ideal working model by combining the elements of collaborative and solitary work with the leadership style that you believe works best for you. Write a description of how that model will function when working on a project.
All of us are constrained by our biological makeup; the genetic code we inherit only lets us grow so tall or run so fast. But is there nothing more we can do? Increasingly, scientists appreciate the vast flexibility of our bodies and their ability to adapt to the ever-changing demands of our environment. In this section, we review evidence that sug...
In this chapter, a lot of data is revealed suggesting that qualities of temperament are manifest from very early age and that personality is malleable as we grow. What would you identify as your temperament (i.e. high-reactive or low-reactive)? In what ways has your adult personality transcended your temperament? In what ways has it not? Were you s...
Temperament is not destiny, but it does place limits on what we can do. One of Kagan’s mentees, Carl Schwartz, has demonstrated this by picking up where his mentor left off. Schwartz recruited the participants of Kagan’s earlier longitudinal studies, who were now adults. Schwartz’s question was a simple one: would the patterns of high-reactivity an...
What are the different challenges faced by high-reactives and low-reactives as they mature? At the end of this chapter, the author encourages each of us to find our “sweet spot” of stimulation and novelty, that is, the place where we are most comfortable. What is your sweet spot? How do you know? What are the top three signs that you are overstimul...
Can we change them: Students discuss, in pairs, whether it is easier to expand the repertoire of behaviors and social skills of an introvert or the reflection and sensitivity of an extrovert. Walk a mile in my shoes: Have students role-play conversations in which introverts try to be more extroverted and extroverts try to be more introverted. What ...
Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt were among two of the most influential political figures of twentieth-century American life, but they represent remarkably distinct leadership styles. Franklin, the man who believed that “the only thing we have to fear is fear itself,” was brash and charming, and he loved crowds, mingling, and gossip. Eleanor, on the ...
1. In your journal, keep track of your empathic responses to a few current situations (e.g. bad news reports, troubles of a friend or stranger, family problems, etc.) Record how you feel about your ability to empathize and how strongly your feelings of empathy are. Include any judgments you might have about how you think you are supposed to feel as...
Warren Buffett’s investment acumen is legendary, and there is no shortage of theories to explain his success. But this chapter may contain the first instance where it has been suggested that Buffett’s large bank balances may be attributable to his dopamine functioning. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is critical to how the brain orients itself ...
Balanced risk: In your journal, record how you balanced your use of caution and risk throughout the week. What choices did you make? What results did you get? What would you change about how you balance risk and reward? If you would not change anything, explain why. Life is just a fantasy: Write a fantasy in your journal about how you would act if ...
Above is an illustrative example of dopamine neuron activity recorded from nonhuman primate brains as the animal learns that a particular shape (triangle) predicts delivery of a reward (juice).
So far in this book, we have focused on American culture, where the Extrovert Ideal has been a cherished institution for more than a century. But is the primacy of extroversion a fundamental fact of human nature, or is it a cultural phenomenon? One way to find out is to examine how introvert and extrovert qualities are viewed in non-Western societi...
Extroversion is not a universal ideal. To be sure, as the personality psychologist Robert McCrae has demonstrated, European cultures are extroverted, and many Asian-American cultures are introverted. Summing up the temperament of whole civilizations is of course a sweeping generalization, but it speaks to the basic differences in social mores that ...
Take my lead: Have students discuss current leaders who lead with soft power and leaders who lead with outgoing, extrovert power. Compare and contrast their leadership styles and explore their worldwide appeal. Debate session: Set up a debate between a soft power leader and a charismatic, extroverted leader. Ask students which leader had more appea...
Preferred leadership: Make a list of all the leaders you respect in your personal life. Take stock of whether they use soft power or charismatic power. Explain which type of power you are more responsive to and the reasons why. The situation room: With your own preference for leadership style in mind, consider whether the particular contexts of the...
Throughout this book, we have challenged the accepted dogma that being an extrovert necessarily leads to a better life, and that introverted qualities should be “cured” wherever possible. We have found that the truth is far more nuanced, and that the relative benefits of extroversion and introversion depend on a number of contextual factors. The qu...
Regardless of our native temperaments or preferences, we can all appreciate the importance of being flexible and adaptive, particularly in social situations. As the old saying goes, “When in Rome, do as the Romans do.” But what if the Romans are all gregarious, extrovert types, and you are more of a quiet, contemplative introvert type? Is it po...
What are the tenets of Free Trait Theory? Why is it so important? Think of three different circumstances in which you left your comfort zone in terms of interpersonal style. How did you feel afterwards? Did the circumstances make a difference? How far outside your own comfort zone are you willing to go to support a cause you really care about? Woul...
Reaching your goals: Have students assess their current personal and professional life goals. Students discuss, in pairs, which traits they should be developing to enhance their chances of attaining their goals. Feelings versus beliefs: Students discuss whether they should choose life goals that best suit their temperament or whether they should ch...
Family interview: Interview your parents and siblings about where they see themselves on the introvert-extrovert spectrum and how their personality styles affected their parent-child relationship. (If students are uncomfortable interviewing their own families, they can interview a friend’s family.) Parent/child relations: In your journal, describe ...
Family interview: Interview your parents and siblings about where they see themselves on the introvert-extrovert spectrum and how their personality styles affected their parent-child relationship. (If students are uncomfortable interviewing their own families, they can interview a friend’s family.) Parent/child relations: In your journal, describe ...
Family interview: Interview your parents and siblings about where they see themselves on the introvert-extrovert spectrum and how their personality styles affected their parent-child relationship. (If students are uncomfortable interviewing their own families, they can interview a friend’s family.) Parent/child relations: In your journal, describe ...
Family interview: Interview your parents and siblings about where they see themselves on the introvert-extrovert spectrum and how their personality styles affected their parent-child relationship. (If students are uncomfortable interviewing their own families, they can interview a friend’s family.) Parent/child relations: In your journal, describe ...
Family interview: Interview your parents and siblings about where they see themselves on the introvert-extrovert spectrum and how their personality styles affected their parent-child relationship. (If students are uncomfortable interviewing their own families, they can interview a friend’s family.) Parent/child relations: In your journal, describe ...
Family interview: Interview your parents and siblings about where they see themselves on the introvert-extrovert spectrum and how their personality styles affected their parent-child relationship. (If students are uncomfortable interviewing their own families, they can interview a friend’s family.) Parent/child relations: In your journal, describe ...
Family interview: Interview your parents and siblings about where they see themselves on the introvert-extrovert spectrum and how their personality styles affected their parent-child relationship. (If students are uncomfortable interviewing their own families, they can interview a friend’s family.) Parent/child relations: In your journal, describe ...
Large corporations, institutions, and schools are emphasizing the concept of “New Groupthink,” which highlights the importance of group dynamics to improve creativity and innovation; however, author Susan Cain believes the power of working alone is critical for brainstorming ideas and increasing productivity.
Quiet: The power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking. By Susan Cain. In every class, in every team and in every office, there is a ‘quiet one’. Usually regarded as shy and unsociable, this person is reluctant to speak out in group discussions and dreads giving presentations. After work or school, they are home alone with a book ...
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eryone is always kind.If the task of the first half of life is to put yourself out there, the task of the second half is to make sense. where you’ve been.Love is essential, gre. riousness is optional.“In a gentle way, you. can shake. e world.” – GandhiQUIZ: ARE YOU AN IN.
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Apr 23, 2018 · The likes of Eleanor Roosevelt, Al Gore, Warren Buffet, Gandhi and Rosa Parks, have achieved tremendous changes while being introverts. Even in adulthood, many feel bruised and embarrassed about ...
