Perspectives on Behavioral Inhibition

by Steven J. Reznick

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226710408
• ISBN13: 9780226710402
• Release Date: November 1989
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"