Adaptive Shyness: Multiple Perspectives on Behavior and DevelopmentLouis A. Schmidt, Kristie L. Poole This book examines the adaptive aspects of shyness. It addresses shyness as a ubiquitous phenomenon that reflects a preoccupation of the self in response to social interaction, resulting in social inhibition, social anxiety, and social withdrawal. The volume reviews the ways in which shyness has traditionally been conceptualized and describes the movement away from considering it as a disorder in need of treatment. In addition, it examines the often overlooked history and current evidence across evolution, animal species, and human culture, demonstrating the adaptive aspects of shyness from six perspectives: developmental, biological, social, cultural, comparative, and evolutionary. Topics featured in this book include:
Adaptive Shyness is a must-have resource for researchers and professors, clinicians and related professionals as well as graduate students in developmental psychology, pediatrics, and social work as well as related disciplines, including social/personality, evolutionary, biological, and clinical child psychology, anthropology, sociology, and cultural studies. |
Contents
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Part II Developmental Perspectives | 22 |
Adaptive Shyness A Developmental Perspective | 23 |
Development and Psychophysiological Correlates of Positive Shyness from Infancy to Childhood | 41 |
Shy but Getting By Protective Factors in the Links Between Childhood Shyness and SocioEmotional Functioning | 63 |
Part III Biological Perspectives | 88 |
Inhibited Children in a Social World Transactional and Interactive Processes | 91 |
Quiet Strengths Adaptable Introversion in the Workplace | 181 |
Part V Cultural Perspectives | 198 |
Shyness and Adaptation Across Cultures | 201 |
The Many Faces of Shyness in Childhood Across Cultural Contexts | 219 |
Perspective on Shyness as Adaptive from Indigenous Peoples of North America | 238 |
Part VI Comparative and Evolutionary Perspectives | 250 |
Comparative Perspectives on Temperament and Personality in Human and Nonhuman Animals | 251 |
Evolution of Adaptive Individual Differences in Nonhuman Animals | 279 |
The Biology of Shyness and Adapting to Threat | 111 |
Shyness Adaptation Human Contact | 128 |
Part IV Social Perspectives | 144 |
The Shy Child Adapting to the Challenges of School | 145 |
Shyness and Sociability Revisited | 169 |
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Adaptive Shyness: Multiple Perspectives on Behavior and Development Louis A. Schmidt,Kristie L. Poole No preview available - 2020 |
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