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Written by some of the leading international authorities in the field, this volume provides an overview of significant contemporary psychological research into shyness. It brings together perspectives from developmental psychology, social psychology and clinical psychology.
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Shyness Shyness is a pervasive feature of contemporary life. International surveys confirm that large numbers of people consider themselves as shy and a significant proportion suffer from acute anxiety in everyday social situations. This volume aims to provide an overview of significant contemporary psychological research into shyness, bringing together perspectives from developmental psychology, social psychology and clinical psychology. Key topics covered include: • • • • the relationship between inhibition in infancy and later shyness; the psychophysiology of shyness and blushing; the impact of shyness on interpersonal relationships; coping strategies. Written by some of the leading international authorities in the field, this book offers a wealth of original research material, and a survey of the most important contemporary approaches to the topic. It represents essential reading for any researcher or scholar in psychology. W. Ray Crozier is Reader in Psychology at Cardiff University School of Social Sciences, and is a chartered psychologist and a Fellow of the British Psychological Society. His previous publications include Individual Learners, and the edited collections Shyness and Embarrassment: Perspectives from Social Psychology and Decision-Making (with R. Ranyard and O. Svenson). Routledge Progress in Psychology 1 Emerging Patterns of Literacy A multidisciplinary perspective Rhian Jones 2 Foundation Analysis Presuppositions in experimental psychology Pertti Saariluoma 3 Modelling the Stress–Strain Relationship in Work Settings Meni Koslowsky 4 Philosophical Dimensions of Personal Construct Psychology Bill Warren 5 Shyness Development, consolidation and change Edited by W. Ray Crozier Shyness Development, consolidation and change Edited by W. Ray Crozier London and New York First published 2000 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane, London EC4P 4EE Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada by Routledge 29 West 35th Street, New York, NY 10001 Routledge is an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group This edition published in the Taylor & Francis e-Library, 2001. © 2000 Selection and editorial matter, W. Ray Crozier; individual chapters, the contributors All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reprinted or reproduced or utilised in any form or by any electronic, mechanical, or other means, now known or hereafter invented, including photocopying and recording, or in any information storage or retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Shyness : development, consolidation, and change / edited by W. Ray Crozier. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Bashfulness. 2. Bashfulness in children. I. Crozier, W. Ray, 1945BF575.B3 S575 2001 155.2'32–dc21 00-062749 ISBN 0–415–22432–2 (Print Edition) ISBN 0-203-18342-8 Master e-book ISBN ISBN 0-203-18417-3 (Glassbook Format) Contents List of figures List of tables Notes on contributors Foreword vii viii ix xiii P HILIP G. Z IMBARDO AND L YNNE H ENDERSON Acknowledgements 1 xvi Shyness and social relationships: continuity and change 1 W. R AY C ROZIER 2 Inhibited and uninhibited temperaments: recent developments 22<