Extreme Fear, Shyness, and Social Phobia assembles a stellar group of researchers to discuss the origins, development, and outcomes of extreme fear and shyness. By selecting the foremost experts from disparate fields, the editors provide a thorough and timely examination of the subject and present state-of-the-art research for psychologists, neuroscientists, and clinicians interested in the development and outcome of these emotions in mental health.
This book is divided into three parts. Part I investigates the development of fear and shyness in childhood; Part II examines the endocrine and neural bases of fear; and Part III provides clinical perspectives. As well, this is one of the only books available to cover the development and outcomes of extreme fear and shyness, explain the basic neuroscience of fear, and document the clinical outcomes of social phobia.

• I. THE PHENOMENA AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDHOOD SHYNESS AND FEAR: CONCEPTUAL AND BIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS


• 1: Jerome Kagan: The concept of behavioral inhibition


• 2: W. Raymond Crozier: Individual differences in childhood shyness: Distinguishing fearful and self-conscious shyness


• 3: Kathy STansbury: Attachment, temperament, and adrenocortical function in infancy


• 4: Louis A. Schmidt and Nathan A. Fox: Socially-anxious "Jack," socially-avoidant "Jill": Conceptual, biological, and behavioral distinctions among different categories of shy children


• 5: Richard J. Davidson and Maureen Rickman: Behavioral inhibition and the emotional circuitry of the brain: Stability and plasticity during the early childhood years


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• II. ENDOCRINE AND NEURAL BASIS OF FEAR: IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING EXTREME SHYNESS AND DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME


• 6: Lorey K. Takahashi and Ned H. Kalin: Neural mechanisms and the development of individual differences in behavioral inhibition


• 7: Karim Nader and Joseph E. LeDoux: Neural circuits underlying fear


• 8: Jay Shulkin and Jeffrey B. Rosen: Neuroendocrine regulation of fear and anxiety


• 9: Bruce S. McEwen: Life-long effects of hormones on brain development: Relation to healh and disease


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• III. DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES AND CLINICAL PERSPECTIVES


• 10: Jonathan M. Cheek and Elena Krasnoperova: Varieties of shyness in adolescence and adulthood


• 11: Deborah C. Biedel and Samuel M. Turner: The natural course of shyness and related syndromes


• 12: Elaine N. Aron: High sensitivity as one source of fearfulness and shyness: Preliminary research and clinical implications


• 13: Franklin R. Schneier: Extreme fear and shyness: treatment and intervention


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