You are cordially invited to attend the fourth talk in the Department of Psychology’s Proseminar/Colloquium Speaker Series for 2019-20.
On Thursday, October 31st, Dr. Robert Coplan (Waterloo) will be giving a talk titled:
‘Shyness in Childhood: From Etiology to Intervention”.
It is a common experience for many children to feel somewhat wary, nervous, and/or selfwary, nervous, and/or self–conscious when meeting unfamiliar conscious when meeting unfamiliar people or being the focus of others’ attention. However, about people or being the focus of others’ attention. However, about 15% of children are considered extremely shy, routinely 15% of children are considered extremely shy, routinely experiencing fear and anxiety in social contexts to a degree that experiencing fear and anxiety in social contexts to a degree that hinders their abilities to interact with others. This presentation will hinders their abilities to interact with others. This presentation will provide an overview of our ongoing program of research provide an overview of our ongoing program of research exploring: (1) the developmental roots of shyness; (2) risk and exploring: (1) the developmental roots of shyness; (2) risk and protective factors that may impact shy children’s trajectories of protective factors that may impact shy children’s trajectories of sociosocio–emotional functioning; and (3) the creation and evaluation emotional functioning; and (3) the creation and evaluation of a multiof a multi–modal early intervention program designed to assist modal early intervention program designed to assist extremely shy children.extremely shy children.
The talk will be held in Tory Building, Room 208, from 2:30-4:00pm.
