Perspectives on behavioral inhibition
By: edited by J. Steven Reznick.
Contributors: Reznick, J. Steven.; John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.
Series: The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation series on mental health and development
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1989
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 315
Subjects: Timidity -- Physiological aspects -- Congresses.; Timidity in children -- Physiological aspects -- Congresses.; Psychophysiology -- Congresses.
Description: "Behavioral inhibition, often displayed as shyness in children and avoidance in animals, can be observed in the earliest stages of infancy. Recent research indicates that in extreme cases the tendency to either approach or withdraw from uncertain events continues through late childhood and is supported by specific biological mechanisms, suggesting a genetic basis. To effectively study behavioral inhibition, researchers are departing from the essentially experiential and descriptive techniques of traditional psychology and turning to a multidisciplinary approach that integrates psychology, psychiatry, epidemiology, genetics, and ethology. Perspectives in Behavioral Inhibition brings together the most current research of leading scholars in the various disciplines involved."--Publisher description (LoC).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Papers originally presented at a conference held Nov. 1986 in Cambridge, Mass., sponsored by the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.