The Study of Behavioral Inhibition and Temperamental Shyness Across Four Academic Generations

The contemporary study of phenomena in the psychological sciences can be usually traced to a rich historical past. The study of behavioral inhibition and temperamental shyness is no exception. In this chapter, we review the study of behavioral inhibition and temperamental shyness as viewed across four academic generations (Generation I, Jerome Kagan; Generation II, Nathan Fox; Generation III, Louis Schmidt; Generation IV, Kristie Poole), …