194. Is It Okay to Be an Introvert?
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What’s the difference between being introverted and being shy? What are extroverts so cheerful about? And does Angela’s social battery ever run out?

Take the Big Five inventory: freakonomics.com/bigfive)

• SOURCES:

• Susan Cain), author.

• Will Fleeson), professor of psychology at Wake Forest University.

• Sigmund Freud), neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis.

• Adam Grant), professor of management and psychology at the University of Pennsylvania.

• Carl Jung), psychiatrist and psychoanalyst.

• Donald Kamentz), founder and C.E.O. of Contigo Ed.

• Sonja Lyubomirsky), professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside.

• Seth Margolis), professor of biological chemistry at Johns Hopkins University.

• RESOURCES:

• "A Crucial Character Trait for Happiness)," by Arthur C. Brooks (*The Atlantic, *2023).

• "Experimental Manipulation of Extraverted and Introverted Behavior and Its Effects on Well-Being)," by Seth Margolis and Sonja Lyubomirsky (*Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, *2020).

• "Challenges to Capture the Big Five Personality Traits in Non-WEIRD Populations)," by Rachid Laajaj, Karen Macours, Daniel Alejandro Pinzon Hernandez, Omar Arias, Samuel D. Gosling, Jeff Potter, Marta Rubio-Codina, and Renos Vakis (*Science Advances, *2019).

• "Rethinking the Extraverted Sales Ideal: The Ambivert Advantage)," by Adam Grant (*Psychological Science, *2013).

• "The Power of Introverts)," by Susan Cain (*TED Talk, *2012).

• Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking)*, *by Susan Cain (2012).

• "Personality Trait Change in Adulthood)," by Brent W. Roberts Daniel Mroczek (*Current Directions in Psychological Science, *2008).

• "Toward a Structure- and Process-Integrated View of Personality: Traits as Density Distributions of States)," by William Fleeson (*Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, *2001).

• EXTRAS:

• Big Five Personality Inventory), by *No Stupid Questions *(2024).

• “Personality: The Big Five),” series by *No Stupid Questions *(2024).