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I'm Neil, and I Malice. So, alice, how did you spend Saturday night, curled up on the sofa with a good book?

You Oh, I went out in the town, met some friends, had a few drinks, they went on to a party.

Well, that illustrates the difference between us.

You're an

extrovert and I'm not. And where we are on the spectrum between introvert and extrovert is the subject of today's show.

So would you call yourself an introvert?

Alice No, I'm an ambivert, which means a mixture of introvert and extrovert.

Well, whichever you are, alice, staying in on your own on a Saturday night is pretty boring, not to me.

And you shouldn't be so judgmental, neal, you're reflecting the general view that people seem to have these days, that being an introvert is somehow less valuable than being an extrovert.

Introverts have many valuable qualities. They're reflective, that means thoughtful, and have inner resources.

In other words, they don't rely on other people to enjoy themselves.

OK, well, if you're feeling reflective at the moment, how about answering today's quiz question?

OK, can you tell me who 1st used the term extrovert?

Was it a sigma? Freud b Frederick Niche or c Carl Yung I think the answer is c Carl Yung Well, we'll find out if you got the answer right or not later in the show.

But before we get there, let's listen to Lisa Kenzig, researcher, an Associate dean for William Smith College, new York State, telling us a bit more about what being an introvert Typically.

Introverts are people of any age who really get their energy from within themselves, and who often have sort of a running dialogue and their head going on thinking before they're talking, like to have a little more time to think through things before they're commenting on them or answering a question.

Need some time to recharge their batteries by being by themselves and enjoy having a long time.

Lisa Kensig there, who says that introverts think about what they're going to say before they say it.

Do you do that? Neil Nope Um, you should try it sometime.

Now. Lisa also talks about the different ways people recharge their batteries.

Introverts tend to need time alone to regain their strength and energy when their feeling drained or very tired, whereas extroverts often prefer to recharge by being with other people.

So introverts create their energy internally, from within themselves, and extroverts recharge from being with other people, exactly.

But in some situations, e.g. at school or in the workplace, things can be made suitable for extroverts.

Extroverts typically love being with others in a big class or an open plan office where there's a lot going on.

They enjoy the external stimulation. But introverts can find these big, noisy environments uncomfortable.

I can see that. And these days, people are wild about group work and brainstorming job ads.

Frequently ask if you are a people person, a team player, and so on.

That's right. Introverts like to work alone or into small groups, and need a quieter space to perform.

Well, let's listen now to dr Peter A Loca, a researcher and psychologist in Kenya.

He's been working with introvert teenage mothers in Bondo who are returning to school after having their babies.

And schools are being asked to develop new strategies to support their learning.

Introverts might find it easier working in groups, but with smaller groups, and they work in pairs with extroverts, the teachers should design a classroom for all the students too, to contribute wherever teacher is teaching a question in class, let them allow for wait time for students to process the information before answering the question, just for people to think through that question.

Thinking pairing and sharing. Those three strategies will help the introverts to speak out.

Talk to Peter Aloca is talking about some very clever pairing there.

If you put two introverts together, they might not say anything.

An extrovert is likely to talk, but won't intimidate or overpower their introvert partner as much as a large group would.

So the idea is that with fewer people in a small group or a pair, the introvert will have enough time and space to express their ideas, and because their ideas have been thought through or carefully considered, their contribution is likely to be worth waiting for.

So think pair share. Hmm. I like that.

OK, so I think it's time to share the answer to today's quiz question.

I asked who 1st used the term extrovert?

Was it a Sigman, fried B Friedrich Niche, or c Carl Yung?

I said, carl Young. And you were right, alice.

So thinking things through really works introvert and extrovert other two basic personality types.

According to the theories of the 20th century, swiss psychiatrist Carl Young, according to these theories, an introvert is a person whose interest lies with their own feelings and thoughts.

In contrast to an extrovert whose interest

lies with other people and the outside world.

OK, now let's hear the words we learn today.

Ambivert reflective inner resources, recharge their batteries, drained, intimidate thought through.

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