The purpose of this thesis was to investigate how and to what degree shy individuals differ from non-shy individuals regarding their attributional patterns. The results from 3 quantitative and 1 qualitative study paint a somewhat different picture of how shyness is associated with social cognition compared to previous research in the field. The following 4 main conclusions were drawn. (1) Being shy does not necessarily imply distorted social cognitions since shy people exhibited less of a self–other difference compared to non-shy people. (2) Being self-focused and shy means that emotional reactions are likely to be perceived as caused by stable internal causes rather than less stable internal and external causes…
Contents
GENERAL OUTLINE
SHYNESS
EARLY ACCOUNTS OF SHYNESS
WHAT IS SHYNESS?
WHAT IS SHYNESS NOT, AND WHY NOT?
Social anxiety
Inhibition
Social phobia
SHYNESS AND CULTURE
SHYNESS AND DEVELOPMENT
SHYNESS AND GENDER
ATTRIBUTION
EARLY ACCOUNTS OF SOCIAL COGNITION
WHAT IS SOCIAL COGNITION?
ATTRIBUTION
ATTRIBUTIONAL BIASES
Self–Other Difference
ATTRIBUTION AND CULTURE
ATTRIBUTION AND DEVELOPMENT
ATTRIBUTION AND GENDER
SHY AND NON–SHY INDIVIDUALS’ ATTRIBUTIONAL
PATTERNS
EXPLORING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SHY AND NON–SHY INDIVIDUALS
EXPLAINING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SHY AND NON–SHY INDIVIDUALS
Self–focused attention
Self–focused attention and shyness
AIMS OF THE THESIS
SUMMARY OF STUDIES I–IV
STUDY I
Purpose
Method
Results and Discussion
STUDY II
Purposes
Method
Results and Discussion
STUDY III
Purposes
Method
Results and Discussion
STUDY IV
Purpose
Method
Results and Discussion
DISCUSSION
REFERENCES
Author: Alm, Charlotte
Source: Linköping University
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