quiet-the-power-of-introverts-in-a-world-that-cant-stop-talking-susan-cain

pro-social. But as we’ve seen, neither
formulation is correct; introverts and
extroverts are differently social. What
psychologists call “the need for intimacy”
is present in introverts and extroverts
alike. In fact, people who value
intimacy highly don’t tend to be, as the
noted psychologist David Buss puts it,
“the loud, outgoing, life-of-the-party extrovert.”
They are more likely to be
someone with a select group of close
friends, who prefers “sincere and meaningful
conversations over wild parties.”
They are more likely to be someone
like Emily.
Conversely, extroverts do not necessarily
seek closeness from their socializing.
“Extroverts seem to need people as
a forum to fill needs for social impact,
just as a general needs soldiers to fill
his or her need to lead,” the psychologist
William Graziano told me. “When
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