Published: 2022-12-31

Between expansiveness and withdrawal. Is the modern world too inimical to the shy people?

Irena Pospiszyl
Pedagogical Forum
Section: Articles and essays
https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2022.2.18

Abstract

Many researchers point to a certain paradox regarding the requirements for a person living today. On the one hand, we expect him to be assertive, independent, socially competent and easily adaptable to new situations. In such conditions, the basic mechanism of coping in the social world is its own attractiveness, the ability to interest oneself, find what is common and harmonize with others. On the other hand, the modern world with its galloping pace of life, changing conditions and the need to keep up with emerging challenges, causes an increase in the feeling of being lost, a tendency to withdraw, and is an extraordinary challenge for timid people.

The article deals with the problems of timidity individuals in this demanding the present times, and the contradiction between expectations and the conditions created for their implementation.

Keywords:

withdrawal, fear of exposure, timidity, shyness, social competence

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Pospiszyl, I. (2022). Between expansiveness and withdrawal. Is the modern world too inimical to the shy people?. Pedagogical Forum, 12(2), 233–243. https://doi.org/10.21697/fp.2022.2.18

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