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Quiet : the power of introverts in a world that can't stop talking / Susan Cain

By: Cain, Susan
Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publisher: London : Penguin Books, 2013Description: xii, 333 p. ; 20 cmISBN: 9780141029191 (pbk.)Subject(s): Aspects psychologiques. Communication. Comportement. Extraversie. Introversie. Introversion. Psychological PersonalityDDC classification: 155.232 CAI
Contents:
Introduction : the north and south of temperament The rise of the "mighty likeable fellow" : how extroversion became the cultural ideal The myth of charismatic leadership : the culture of personality, a hundred years later When collaboration kills creativity : the rise of the new groupthink and the power of working alone Is temperament destiny? : nature, nurture, and the orchid hypothesis Beyond temperament : the role of free will (and the secret of public speaking for introverts) "Franklin was a politician, but Eleanor spoke out of conscience" : why cool is overrated Why did Wall Street crash and Warren Buffett prosper? : how introverts and extroverts think (and process dopamine) differently Soft power : Asian-Americans and the extrovert ideal When should you act more extroverted than you really are? The communication gap : how to talk to members of the opposite type On cobblers and generals : how to cultivate quiet kids in a world that can't hear them Conclusion : Wonderland
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Originally published in Great Britain by Viking Press, 2012 and in the USA by Crown Publishers, 2012
In Quiet, the international bestseller, Susan Cain shows how the brain chemistry of introverts and extroverts differs, and how society misunderstands and undervalues introverts

Introduction : the north and south of temperament
The rise of the "mighty likeable fellow" : how extroversion became the cultural ideal
The myth of charismatic leadership : the culture of personality, a hundred years later
When collaboration kills creativity : the rise of the new groupthink and the power of working alone
Is temperament destiny? : nature, nurture, and the orchid hypothesis
Beyond temperament : the role of free will (and the secret of public speaking for introverts)
"Franklin was a politician, but Eleanor spoke out of conscience" : why cool is overrated
Why did Wall Street crash and Warren Buffett prosper? : how introverts and extroverts think (and process dopamine) differently
Soft power : Asian-Americans and the extrovert ideal
When should you act more extroverted than you really are?
The communication gap : how to talk to members of the opposite type
On cobblers and generals : how to cultivate quiet kids in a world that can't hear them
Conclusion : Wonderland

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