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I. THE PHENOMENA AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHILDHOOD SHYNESS AND FEAR:CONCEPTUAL AND BIOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS; 1. The concept of behavioralinhibition; 2. Individual differences in childhood shyness: Distinguishingfearful and self-conscious shyness; 3. Attachment, temperament, andadrenocortical function in infancy; 4. Socially-anxious "Jack,"socially-avoidant "Jill": Conceptual, biological, and behavioral distinctionsamong different categories of shy children; 5. Behavioral inhibition and theemotional circuitry of the brain: Stability and plasticity during the earlychildhood years; Commentary; II. ENDOCRINE AND NEURAL BASIS OF FEAR:IMPLICATIONS FOR UNDERSTANDING EXTREME SHYNESS AND DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOME; 6.Neural mechanisms and the development of individual differences in behavioralinhibition; 7. Neural circuits underlying fear; 8. Neuroendocrine regulationof fear and anxiety; 9. Life-long effects of hormones on brain development:Relation to healh and disease; Commentary; III. DEVELOPMENTAL OUTCOMES ANDCLINICAL PERSPECTIVES; 10. Varieties of shyness in adolescence and adulthood;11. The natural course of shyness and related syndromes; 12. High sensitivityas one source of fearfulness and shyness: Preliminary research and clinicalimplications; 13. Extreme fear and shyness: treatment and intervention;Commentary