Social Boldness Case Study

Openness to Experience - Openness describes a dimension of cognitive style that can distinguish imaginative, creative employees from down-to-earth, conventional employees. Employees who score high with Open are intellectually curious, appreciative of art, and sensitive to beauty. They tend to be, compared to closed people, more aware of their feelings (Carver & Scheier, 2000). These employees tend to think and act in individualistic and nonconforming ways and intellect is probably best regarded as one aspect of openness to experience.

The Book Quiet challenges cultural Biases for and against extroversion and Introversion. The book focuses on the different personality types, and how each type has its positive and negative effects. Introverts are generally people who are often more reserved, contemplative and passive. In the U.S, The extrovert personality is dominant. Assertiveness, charisma, social dominance reflects a superior type of person.

Susan Cain’s book “Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking.” Cain explains how introverts and extroverts is normally wrong for our culture. She also describes that shy people can still love social interactions, while outgoing people can still have some fear towards social are independent criticism/ failure of some sort. This means that introverts can be interested in others, friendly, and socially interactive. On the other hand, people can become overstimulated via their social environments quicker than an extroverted person.

When should you act more introverted than you really are? Susan Cain poses this critical question in her book Quiet: When Should you Act More Extroverted? Susan Cain's purpose is to broaden her audience's minds and perspectives on introversion and extroversion. There is a divide that favors extroverts and arguments that people are susceptible to sociable areas, leading introverts to be ignored. Introverts are capable of acting like extroverts for the sake of work they consider important, people they love, or anything they value highly.

Being an introvert may help me and hold me back at the same time in a managerial

Self-control of mine is evident in dangerous situations. Also, my relationships with fellow students and staff have improved through this attribute. Improving upon this obstacle, my self-confidence has elevated to a comfortable level. Every person faces obstacles and challenges throughout their lifetime that shapes them for the rest of their

The book Quiet by Susan Cain. gives a unique insight into the world of introverts. Cain (2012) covers an array of topics but the most that stood out were how introverts are leaders just like extroverts, but with small differences. Introverts have certain leaderships skills that will come easier to them than extroverts, such as self-awareness, listening skills and empathy (Cain, 2012). However they also have disadvantages such as being too sensitives as times and being spoken over and at times brushed aside by extroverts in certain industries. However as tied to educational leadership, Quiet reveals that many introverts can easily become leaders, learn quickly what their strengths are and make up for their weaknesses by sometimes pretending to be extroverted since and some people who are thought to extroverts are in fact be introverts (Cain, 2012).

Throughout the process of learning about my personal Jungian typology, I was able to get in contact with who I was and what certain things mean. My Jungian typology was ISTJ, this meaning I tend to think of the consequences of a situation before engaging in a certain issue. This self-assessment stated that I am an introverted person, that is partially true because I am socially outgoing but professionally reserved. I can personally say being outgoing is not always a proper solution, sometimes being outgoing can put me in pretty awkward situations , it lead me to perform certain actions that I later regretted.

According to my IPIP-NEO narrative report I am a very independent, outgoing, calm, and curious person. My comprehensive report shows that I am: high scoring in openness, conscientiousness, and extraversion, average scoring in agreeableness and low scoring in Neuroticism. Raking in the 82nd percentile, extraversion was my second highest scoring trait. This means I am pretty outgoing, extraverted and love people. This is evident my scores of 89 in friendliness, 84 in assertiveness and 75 in activity level. Despite my high score in extraversion, I am on the lower side of average in the excitement-seeking facet with a score or 33. This means that even though I might like a little hustle and bustle and take charge I wont take to many risks and don’t always need a thrill to be satisfied.

Emotional Stability-moderate I rated myself moderate for the emotional stability factor. I am a little more anxious than I would like

For the second Big 5 Trait-Agreeableness- I scored relatively above average. The test indicated a strong interest for others’ needs and well-being. Words it described me as was pleasant, sympathetic, and cooperative.

As I have gotten older, some of the introversion has faded to a certain extent, but it is still present. Through my job as a Special Education Teacher, I have had to overcome a majority of my introversion so I can effectively do my job. On any given day, I will have to speak to not only my students but also the office staff, coworkers, and possibly some of the children’s parents. Conversation goes both ways, so to be successful at my job; I would have to be willing to be open and communicate with others more. I also have to realize that I need to make the first step sometimes. Not everyone is going to come to me; there are times I am going to have to go to others.

Also, extroverted people tend to act impulsively without thinking of consequences. An introverted person will think about his or her actions before committing to them (Extroversion). After taking the Myers-Briggs test, I discovered that I had an extroverted personality (Flynn). This is very prevalent in my job, as well as school. While I benefit from some time to myself, I enjoy working with groups of people. If I must choose between conducting a project on my own or with a group, I will usually pick the group. I also have a job that requires working with large groups of children. While some individuals may find such a large group overwhelming, I find it easy and comfortable. Another indicator of my extroverted personality is my tendency to act on impulse. Many times, I will enroll in classes before I take the time to see if I need them or will do well in them. I also make choices without considering consequences. Last semester, I chose to skip class to attend other events. While friends thought it made me a fun, flexible person, I ended up failing my class due to absences. Being introverted and extroverted both have their positive and negative qualities, but I typically benefit from my outgoing personality.

And this last one, to a certain extent, is true. Some stress is good for us. It keeps us excited, challenged and gives us a sense of urgency. Two psychologists, Robert M Yerkes and John Dillinger Dodson, identified way back in 1908 that performance increases with physiological or mental arousal, but only up to a point. When levels of arousal become too high, performance decreases.

      It is critical to understand important stress management skills.  If stress is not dealt with, it can result in a burnout, or perhaps worse, "People who experience high levels of anxiety are four to five times more likely to die of a heart attack or stroke" (Morrison