Fostering the Development of Shy, Withdrawn Children
Being socially withdrawn in middle childhood is associated with several developmental assets and risks. Among the assets are the ability to tolerate the solitude that is required for educational achievement. Further, social withdrawal is often associated
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erament and Children Profiles of Individual Differences
Temperament and Children
Roy P. Martin • A. Michele Lease Helena R. Slobodskaya
Temperament and Children Profiles of Individual Differences
Roy P. Martin Educational Psychology University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA
A. Michele Lease Educational Psychology University of Georgia Athens, GA, USA
Helena R. Slobodskaya Child Development and Individual Differences Institute of Physiology and Basic Medicine Novosibirsk, Russia
ISBN 978-3-030-62207-7 ISBN 978-3-030-62208-4 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-62208-4 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
This book presents a new way to think about individual differences in the behavior of children. We argue that to be a successful parent, teacher, child psychologist, or pediatric medical professional, it is important to understand why one child tends to be shy when meeting new people while another is talkative, initiates conversation, and seems generally excited in this situation. But the tendency to be shy is only one of the behavioral tendencies that plays a central role in child development. Characteristics like the energy level of the child, their tendency to experience joy, the tendency to express anger in the face of frustration, as well as the tendencies to be argumentative, distractible, and disorganized play a role in how the child develops. These individual differences are viewed by contemporary researchers in child development as temperamental differences. This term is used to describe individual differences in be
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