“Shyness: an evolutionary tactic?” It is the article written in the newspaper The New York Times. Susan Cane wrote the article in June 2011. The article used a variety of techniques to illustrate her point such as examples, sources, and new definitions. Cain writes about shyness, introversion, social anxiety disorder, and extroversion. Compare introversion to extroversion. We need equal people in society. In my experience, people show both characteristics at the same time. The article shyness and evolutionary tactics is an interesting article because current social judgment favors extroverts, but does a disservice to introverts who also make important contributions to society. There is a tendency in American society today to have a prejudice against anyone who is not sociable, optimistic, part of the crowd or in the spotlight. There are people who on the outside are not sociable, because these people are shy. However, there is a difference between shyness and introversion. Shy people often avoid many things because they are nervous or criticize themselves for speaking out. Introverts, however, will not be nervous or criticize themselves. Both shyness and being introverted are acceptable traits. It only becomes a problem when a person suffers from a social anxiety disorder that significantly interferes with a person's life. We want and need people to be quiet thinkers who can go it alone with an idea and bring it back to the group. A famous example is Steve Wozniak, an introvert, who worked at Hewlett-Packard and worked overtime on the world's first personal computer. However, he needed Steve Jobs, an extrovert, to be the front-line person who could go to the front of the crowd and... middle of paper... eat up his details. When quoting science journalist Winifred Gallagher he summed it up as sitters "look before you leap" and Rovers as "just do it". At the beginning of his article Cain used the example to set the stage for the rest of the article. He used the image of a beautiful woman standing with her eyes downcast under a hat. One might imagine that she was mysterious in an earlier time. However, today with advertisements like Zoloft you might think she is sick. After reading her article, you understand that she is not sick. Cain used a variety of sources in his article, the reference book for DSM-IV psychiatrists. He also used the source of a psychologist Gregory Feist to explain the fact that some of the most creative people are introverts. Both introverts and extroverts have a place in the scheme of things.