(1) Strachan, whose shyness is routinely disguised by attempts at comedy, responded with a wave.
(2) The results revealed that shyness and social phobia have a number of similar features.
(3) Examination of a number of major studies of personality questionnaires reveals the existence of a shyness factor which is related to but separable from both introversion and neuroticism, and which loads on items referring to feeling uncomfortable and self-conscious, and keeping in the background in certain kinds of social situations.
(4) Animals receiving low-intensity electrical stimulation of the basolateral nucleus of the amygdala while drinking plain tap water were injected with toxic doses of lithium chloride to examine whether brain stimulation can serve as a conditioned stimulus in a bait-shyness paradigm.
(5) Furthermore, profiles of emotions experienced by youths with a depressive disorder differed significantly from emotion profiles of nondepressed youths on the following emotions: enjoyment, surprise, sadness, anger, shame, shyness, guilt, and self-directed hostility.
(6) They have an outrageously provocative nature that's combined with real shyness and awkwardness.
(7) Previously proposed personality correlates of passivity, shyness, and dependency were also in evidence.
(8) In conversation, he is a curious mix of openness and a sweet, faintly diffident shyness.
(9) Unexpectedly, the shyness of adolescents highly sensitive to an imaginary audience increased with age, possibly because they are unwilling to provide themselves with the social experiences necessary for decentering.
(10) Compared with findings in manic subjects, the dimensional score for Harm Avoidance was elevated in all affective groups, "worry and pessimism" was elevated in mixed-state subjects, "shyness with strangers" was elevated in depressed and nonaffective subjects, and "attachment" was lower in depressed and nonaffective subjects.
(11) Twenty-three volunteer subjects were compared with 23 (matched) control subjects on self and parental ratings of anxiety, depression, shyness-sensitivity, sleeping difficulties, perfectionism, psychosomatic problems (unrelated to headache), other behavioural disturbances, major life stress events and parental expectations (i.e.
(12) Love-shyness is believed to be the result of a genetic-biologically rooted temperament and learning experiences with peers and family.
(13) His teachers made accommodations for his painful shyness and he graduated with the grades and test scores that got him into Virginia Tech.
(14) These results support the self-presentational view that fear of being socially evaluated is pivotal to dispositional shyness.
(15) Discussion focuses on the implications of these data for the measurement and conceptualization of shyness.
(16) All the children presented psychological alterations, especially misanthropy and shyness.
(17) Sex differences in the strategic use of shyness are discussed in relation to other research on sex differences in the etiology and correlates of social anxiety.
(18) Sending ability was positively related to teacher's ratings of activity level, aggressiveness, impulsiveness, bossiness, sociability, etc., and negatively related ti shyness, cooperation, emotional inhibition and control, etc.
(19) These findings suggest that the construct of shyness shows a strong continuity from preschool age through adulthood.
(20) Phase 2 compared the five shyness measures with one another on indices of internal consistency and with other relevant measures of emotionality, personality, relationships, and behavior.
Wallflower
Definition:
(n.) A perennial, cruciferous plant (Cheiranthus Cheiri), with sweet-scented flowers varying in color from yellow to orange and deep red. In Europe it very common on old walls.
(n.) A lady at a ball, who, either from choice, or because not asked to dance, remains a spectator.
Example Sentences:
(1) Trierweiler always claimed that she would not become a presidential "wallflower" .
(2) Lionsgate, meanwhile, has been at pains to flag up its equal rights credentials, issuing a statement describing the studio as "proud longtime supporters of the LGBT community, champions of films ranging from Gods and Monsters to The Perks of Being a Wallflower and a company that is proud to have recognised same-sex unions and domestic partnerships within its employee benefits policies for many years".
(3) An internship is your chance to show an employer what you're made of, so it's not the time to be a wallflower, says Natasha Pearlman, deputy editor of Elle.
(4) Miller, star of We Need to Talk About Kevin and The Perks of Being a Wallflower, said: "I can't feel the tips of my fingers or toes but my head and heart are filled with a newfound determination.
(5) At the world's mega-art blowouts, it's only the pictures that end up as wallflowers.
(6) Going up Orlebar Brown swimshorts The new Miami collection is dazzling: retro Americana prints for the bold, spicy graphic prints for the hip and gorgeous primary colours for the wallflowers.
(7) Photograph: Instagram Glastonbury is such a special occasion that it even prompted noted wallflower Cara Delevingne to come out of her shell and draw attention to herself in a slightly obnoxious way for once .
(8) That is true as far as it goes, but he is not to be mistaken for a wallflower and during matches he will snap at team-mates who perform below the standard he expects.
(9) You wouldn't expect to be a wallflower and she’s not.” He said Credlin answered the “fallacy” that there are no strong women involved in running the country.
(10) Nepotism in other settings rankles people without much effort – from Jakob “Son of Bob” Dylan and the Wallflowers to the entire cast of Girls to Chelsea Clinton’s NBC News contract (or an episode of MSNBC’s The Cycle with Abby Huntsman and Luke Russert).
(11) "I think she is half wallflower and half freedom fighter."
(12) Things are perhaps harder for aspiring actors than established names – a recent Screen Actors Guild survey suggested many out actors in Hollywood feel they have suffered prejudice, not least when it comes to perceived marketability – but increasing numbers of young performers, such as Russell Tovey, The Perks of Being a Wallflower's Ezra Miller and Glee's Chris Colfer, gamble on being out more or less from the start.