http://www.askdrjones.com/social-anxiety-disorder/jerome-kagan-study-of-shyness/ Ask Dr. Jones Wed, 23 Nov 2011 20:48:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.askdrjones.com/social-anxiety-disorder/jerome-kagan-study-of-shyness/#comment-35182 Tim at ShyFAQ Tue, 05 Oct 2010 16:12:20 +0000 http://www.askdrjones.com/2004/11/12/jerome-kagan-study-of-shyness/#comment-35182 I always bring up Jerome Kagan's studies whenever someone says, "Shyness is learned, so you can unlearn it." Someone even said "Shyness is learned by the age of two." They usually don't back this up by saying how something like shyness could be learned by the age of two. Just because shyness is partly genetic, however, that doesn't mean we can't do anything about it, just that we should not spend our time obsessing over the past or blaming our parents. I always bring up Jerome Kagan’s studies whenever someone says, “Shyness is learned, so you can unlearn it.” Someone even said “Shyness is learned by the age of two.” They usually don’t back this up by saying how something like shyness could be learned by the age of two. Just because shyness is partly genetic, however, that doesn’t mean we can’t do anything about it, just that we should not spend our time obsessing over the past or blaming our parents.

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