Shyness Development, Consolidation and Change (Routledge Progress in Psychology 5)-[1]-[W Ray Crozier].pdf

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
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