Aaron Fedor

Cain's book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, was published in January 2012.

Susan Cain

Susan Cain is the author of Quiet, which was published in January 2012. She has taught negotiation and communication skills at law firms, universities and corporations, including Merrill Lynch, Shearman & Sterling and the University of Chicago, and she practiced law on Wall Street for seven years. She is an honors graduate of Princeton and Harvard Law School. Cain lives in the Hudson River Valley with her husband and two sons. Contributor Photograph: Aaron Fedor
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+Psychology | January 26, 2012

Don’t Call Introverted Children ‘Shy’

By Susan Cain
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Imagine a 2-year-old who greets you with a huge smile, offering a toy. Now here’s another child who regards you gravely and hides behind his parent’s leg. How do you feel about these two children? If you’re like most people, you think of the first child as social and the second as reserved or, as everyone [...]