shyness and what it really involves. Charles Darwin, the genius behind evolutionary theory, linked the physical response of shyness, such as blushing, to shame.(Shaw, p.32) He claimed that when people feel shy, they isolate themselves to cover up what they have done wrong and feel ashamed about.(Shaw,p.32) Freud also interested himself in the phenomenon of shyness and viewed it as not shy people thinking too little of themselves, but too much. He believed that shy people interpret everything in light of themselves and do not speak because their attention is focused within and not on those talking.(Shaw,p.32) They live in their heads even when surrounded by many people.(Shaw,p.32) Both these theories have not been proven to be true, but with all the information gathered regarding shyness, it has been concluded that shy interactions involve shy people getting caught in an approach and avoidance conflict, they are generally slow to warm up to new people, places and situations, and they need to establish and expand their comfort zones in their
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