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.

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

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.

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.

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).

While I he American culture, extroversion is the desirable trait for that majority of jobs there are still jobs that introverts are more suited to hold. Growing up with a huge family, I think influenced me the most for being very low on the extroversion scale. While women score higher on the agreeableness scale which is why I probably score higher on the scale like my fellow women. I also, sore high n the openness, because ever since I was little my parents have traveled all over the world bringing my siblings and I along for the journey. My conscientiousness comes from my mother and grandmother whom were both neat freaks and were always on top of us kids to be organized and clean up after our-selves from a very young age. And my neuroticism

These private people seldom blurt their business to others and are on alert about befriending others. In Rauch’s opinion, introverts could be smarter, but not arrogant due to the fact that introverts are more reserved and tolerable to others different then

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.

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.

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.

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.

Introverts approach people with a more calm and collected manner than many extroverts do. They are known to talk in long, complex sentences often talking around the point, so as not to offend anyone. Accordingly, Brian Little, a psychologist and also an introvert says, “—we speak differently. We prefer contextually complex, contingent, weasel-word sentences” (Little). Introverts often speak like this not only because they don’t want to offend people, but also because it is a trait of their personality to hint at something rather than be assertive. In certain ways, this can make them better leaders because it allows them to communicate with others without making too many waves. In addition, Susan Cain, author of “Quiet” says, “Because of their inclination to listen to others and lack of interest in dominating social situations, introverts are more likely to hear and implement suggestions” (Cain 57). Allowing others to input suggestions and ideas ultimately make a team work more

      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