Lecture Outline for March 28, 2000
Shyness


I. Types

• A. Dispositional
  
  
• B. Situational
  
  

II. Dispositional Correlates

• A. Educational
• B. Occupational
• C. Relational
  
  

III. Causes of Dispositional Shyness

• A. Genetic
• B. Reinforcement
  1. Punishment
  2. Non-Resposiveness
  3. Learned Helplessness
     
     

C. Skills

D. Modeling

IV. Reducing Dispositional Shyness

• A. Behavioral Therapies
  1. Systematic Desensitization
  2. Cognitive Restructuring
  3. Visualization
     
     

B. Skills Training V. Transitory Causes

• A. Conspicuousness
• B. Rigid Rules
• C. Labels
• D. Evaluation
• E. Novelty/Ambiguity
  
  

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