The Hidden Gifts of the Introverted Child (41 page)

and feelings,
88

giftedness,
215

homebody syndrome,
243
–44

learning styles,
97
–98

meltdowns,
111
–12

play,
116

study skills,
209
–10

toddlers,
227
–29

stop-sign emotions,
91
–93,
108
–9

stranger anxiety,
76
,
244
–45

Streep, Meryl,
124

stress,
128
,
262
–63,
276
–77

study skills,
208
–12

suggested reading materials,
283
–90

sympathetic nervous system,
23
,
32
–33,
43
,
67
,
281

synapses,
21

syndromes.
See
emotional disorders

T

team sports,
217
–19

teasing,
258
–59

teens.
See
adolescence

television.
See
electronic media

temperament

adoptive families,
150
–51

awareness of,
80
–83,
246
–48,
273
–74

brain research,
20
–31

college roommates,
217

definition,
4
–5

detection methods,
13
–18

energy management,
82
,
226

family relationships,
134
–42,
149

Greek theories,
6
–7

information processing,
5

innate temperament,
20

introversion/extroversion

continuum,
4
–5,
25
,
52
–54,
158
–61

and Jung, Carl,
8
–9

mixed temperaments,
139
–42

physical affection,
84
–85,
100

psychological testing,
7

school years,
195
–96

sibling relationships,
154
–55

teacher responsiveness,
206
–8

temperament quiz,
16
–18

twin studies,
160

temper tantrums,
111
–13

temporal lobes,
28
,
29
,
46

testing skills,
211
–12

thalamus,
28
,
29

Tigger,
81

time, importance of,
275

toddlers,
15
,
227
–29

tolerance,
13
,
88
,
155
,
196
,
203

Tortoise and the Hare, The
(Aesop),
7

Touchpoint
(Brazelton),
163

toys,
116
–19,
229
,
230
,
239
–40

transition management,
96
–99,
178
–80,
195
,
238
–40

trust,
80
,
109
,
276

tween/teen years.
See
adolescence

twin studies,
xvii
,
150
–51,
160

U

unfamiliar events,
96
–98

V

van Oers, Kees,
52
–53

video games,
116
,
121

Violet (the brainy inventor),
81

voluntary actions,
38
–39

W

waiting ability,
192

Weasley, Ron,
81

Wet Mind
(Kosslyn and Koenig),
23

Whybrow, Peter C.,
69

Winnie-the-Pooh
(Milne),
13
,
81

Woods, Tiger,
50

Z

Zellweger, Renée,
124

About the Author

Marti Olsen Laney, Psy.D., is a researcher, educator, author, and psychotherapist. One of America’s foremost authorities on introversion, she speaks and leads workshops on the topic in the United States and Canada. She and her extroverted husband have two grown daughters and four grandchildren. They live in Portland, Oregon.

Author’s Website:
www.hiddengiftsoftheintrovertedchild.com

Copyright © 2005 by Marti Olsen Laney, Psy.D.

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