How Shyness and Introversion can be a Strength
Are shyness and introversion cultural or innate; do they help us negotiate today’s world?
The Forum · BBC World Service
September 19, 201640m 28s
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Show Notes
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.
(Photo: A lady hides behind a fan. Credit: Shan Pillay)