Both introverts and extraverts exhibited a marked increase in positive emotions during the extraverted week and a decrease during the introverted week.

We don’t think that introversion is a bad thing,” she explains. “But there has always been a strong correlation found between extraversion and positive emotion,” a finding which partially motivated the research.

n short, acting extraverted appeared to be beneficial for those who were at least moderately extraverted to begin with, but seemed to havepsychological costs for the more introverted people

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those in the acting-extraverted group gave higher ratings of their positive emotions,

Introverted participants in the acting-extraverted group also gave higher contemporaneous ratings of negative emotions

if acting more extraverted would result in participants—particularly the introverts—feeling like they were faking.

People like to be authentic

They sought to explore whether there were psychological costs or benefits to acting out of character

Should they aim to be more gregarious or stay true to themselves? Recent studies suggest that adopting more extraverted behaviors might be worth the effort. While it may feel draining for some, there’s still a chance it could boost introverts’ happiness

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transcend

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What's interesting is relative levels of introversion tend to stay the same.

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Men are more likely to be introverted than women are, but it's really very slight. But the real difference I think is in how it plays out, how it relates to cultural stereotypes.

same thing is true of introverts and extroverts.

I think that introverts too have some of these same cultural biases. If you look at a culture that is sexist the women are upholding the sexist ideals in the same way that themen are.

individuals brainstorming on their own come up with better ideas and more ideas than groups do.

And work like school is geared around the way extroverts like to work?

solitudeis equally a crucialingredient of creativity. So we really need both,

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'New Groupthink' which is the idea that creativity and productivity comes from a creative moments do often come from chance encounters, you have an important conversation and suddenly it gives you an idea about how to do things differently.

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very magnetic, very charismaticin a job interview suddenly became very important.

we moved from an agriculturalsociety into the world of big business. And that's when it reallybecame the case that to stand out and succeed in a company, with people that you had never met before

Western society is based on Greco-Roman ideals of the person that can speak well, a rhetorical ideal. We have always been to some extent a society that favours action over contemplation.

encouraged to join group activities, even if they would prefer not to.

nature favours the extrovert because you are taking kids and putting them into a big classroom

preference to be in a quieter setting.

Shyness is about the fear of social judgments at a job interview or a party you might be excessively worried about what people think of you.

extrovertsreally cravestimulation in order to feel at their best.

introverts prefer lower-stimulation environments, that's where they feel at their most alive.