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The Forum: How Shyness and Introversion can be a Strength

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shy lady with fan. credit: Shan Pillay

17/09/2016 GMT

How Shyness and Introversion can be a Strength

BBC World Service - The Forum, How Shyness and Introversion can be a Strength

Are shyness and introversion cultural or innate; do they help us negotiate today’s world?

Are shyness and introversion cultural or innate, and do they help or hinder us negotiate today’s world? With Louis Schmidt, Sanna Balsari-Palsule and Joe Moran.

Shyness and introversion are both very common human characteristics, but why do they have so many different guises? Rajan Datar asks the developmental psychologist Louis Schmidt, the behavioural scientist Sanna Balsari-Palsule and the cultural historian Joe Moran.

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