Shyness and embarrassment : perspectives from social psychology

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Shyness and embarrassment : perspectives from social psychology

edited by W. Ray Crozier

Cambridge University Press, 1990

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Description

In this 1990 volume leading international researchers draw upon a variety of perspectives on the study of shyness and embarrassment, shame, blushing and self-consciousness. The contributors conceive of shyness and embarrassment as widely shared everyday experiences in which the desired routine flow of social interaction is inhibited by self-consciousness and feelings of discomfort or foolishness. The dominant position within social psychology - that these are aspects of social anxiety - is both attacked and defended. The role of unwelcome self-referential thoughts in the experience of the social emotions is critically evaluated in terms of objective self-awareness, social anxiety, and impression management theories. This engaging volume will appeal to all of those interested in psychology - particularly in personality theory, social and clinical psychology, and the study of the self - and to students and teachers of communication studies and related disciplines.

Table of Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction W. Ray Crozier
  • Part I. Theoretical Issues in the Study of Shyness and Embarrassment: 1. Social psychological perspectives on shyness,embarrassment and shame W. Ray Crozier
  • 2. Shyness and embarrassment in psychological theory and ordinary language Peter R. Harris
  • 3. The expression of shyness and embarrassment Jens Asendorff
  • 4. The impact of focus of attention and affect on social behaviour Frederick X. Gibbons
  • 5. The evolution and manifestation of social anxiety Paul Gilbert and Peter Trower
  • Part II. An Emphasis Upon Embarrassment: 6. Embarrassment: a conceptual analysis Rom Harre
  • 7. Embarrassment and blushing: a component-process model, some initial descriptive and cross-cultural data Robert J. Edelmann
  • 8. Blushing as a discourse: was Darwin wrong? Cristiano Castelfranchi and Isabella Poggi
  • Part III. An Emphasis Upon Shyness: 9. A definition of shyness and its implications for clinical practice Henk T. Van Der Molen
  • 10. Shyness and self-presentation James A. Shepperd and Robert M. Arkin
  • 11. Shyness as a personality trait Jonathan M. Cheek and Stephen R. Briggs
  • 12. Social anxiety, personality, and the self: clinical research and practice Lorne M. Hartman and Patricia A. Cleland
  • Name index
  • Subject index.

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  • NCID
    BA1086478X
  • ISBN
    • 052135529X
  • LCCN
    89077376
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xii, 363 p.
  • Size
    24 cm
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