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At around 6 years of age, children learn how to decide what they want and behave in ways which help them get what they want; this is goal-directed behavior. Despite this early development, we all have behaviors and beliefs which are not targeted towards our goals.
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Shy people have a better chance of developing social skills with social networks and social enterprises like ours
There was a time when media opinion about advances in technology, the internet and social enterprises like ours, were damaging. Adults would adversely comment about teens who "locked themselves away" with their computers. Finally, people's viewpoints are changing. Psychologists Baker and Oswald (2010) have shown that computer communication brings shy people out of their shell. Studies have shown that shy people often hyper-focus on unspoken gestures, misinterpreting perhaps a pained grimace as the other person thinking something bad about them. Not seeing a face while communicating, can remove some of these stressors, leaving the shy person free to relax in their own surroundings. Online, shy people can feel in control of the image they portray. Interests are easier to pursue and publicise, and short and to the point communication is often favoured. Small-talk, which shy people often fear, can be filtered out. Baker and Oswald's findings can finally put to bed the scaremongers who warned that the internet might cause shy people to become more socially isolated. Baker and Oswald surveyed 207 undergrads about their shyness, use of social network sites and the quality of their friendships. The more shy students who used social networks a lot, indicated that they had good social support and felt closer to friends who also used the sites.
Baker, L., and Oswald, D. (2010). Shyness and online social networking services. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 27 (7), 873-889 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0265407510375261
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