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Summary: Good book Easy to Read
Review: A good book that is easy to read. I had to read a book for a psychology class from a list in our book. This was one that wasn't written like a report or a text book. I was filled with lots of information that related to me, and has helped give me ideas of how to over come my shyness.
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Summary: Outdated but still the best
Review: An easy to read book that is fit for any generation. I found over 90% of the suggestions and stories relevant to my life. While newer books on shyness are good too, this one provides unique insight into a social disease that plagues a huge percentage of our population. The first of its kind, Zimbardo's book is a must read and a must buy.
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Summary: Outdated but still the best
Review: Being a true-blue shy person, I've ordered every book on shyness I could find. This author seems to be the only one who really knows what he's talking about. The reason I give it 4 stars instead of 5 is that it's outdated. The only thing that has changed since I bought this book 10 years ago is it's cover.
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Summary: Outdated
Review: Philip G. Zambardo obviously wrote this book for the 70s generation. A lot of the theories that he offers about shyness have not stood the test of time. His self-help methods are overly simplistic, and he doesn't really have a handle on how shyness affects people. Especially disturbing is his praise of Synanon, a 70s cult that eventually became mired in controversy over forced vasectomies, beatings, and attempted murder. Very little to offer to the modern reader.
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Summary: The BEST Shyness book on the market!!!
Review: Stanford Professor Phil Zimbardo obviously knows his material. In a clear, and easy-to-read style, Zimbardo presents the essential details on shyness and social anxiety. While the book was written in the 70's, most (if not all) new research supports Zimbardo's founding text on shyness information. It truly is a must read for anyone who is shy, or anyone who knows someone else who is. FIVE STARS!!!
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Summary: not that good
Review: The book is *outdated*. It was written in 1979. Some of its theories really freaked me out. I thought there was some thing seriously wrong with me. And it's not that informative. The impression I got from the writer is shyness is not normal and it's some kind of a character defect that needs to be treated. I read a part about shy people tend to become perverts, rapists or killers. That's not true. If you want a great book about shyness, then you should buy "Shyness: A bold new approach" By Bernardo J. Carducci, Ph.D. His book is recent and the information provided is totally up todate. He doesn't think shyness is a character defect that needs to be treated, etc.
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Summary: Ick.
Review: This book was recommended to me by my manager because I am a quiet person, and very choosy about the people I associate with. While I am a bit shy, it doesn't interfere with my personal or professional life as much as this book implicated that it should. This book covered mostly pathologically shy people, and painfully shy people. The end of the first half of the book pointed out that shy people have greater tendencies to become murderers, rapist, see prostitutes, etc. It freaked me out so badly that I put the book down. I picked it up, read through the second half, and surprise, surprise, it was a bunch of self-exploratory psychobabble exercises. While this might have been fine for someone who has not thought about who they are, where they came from, and what they're doing now, I found the exercises useless, as I know very well who I am. I knew beforehand the particular reasons that I don't like to be around people, so this book wasn't much help. It was interesting to read the interviews with nearly terminally shy people, but other than that... there was almost no reason for me to read this book. It brought me little enjoyment, and even less revelation. I'm sure there are people who haven't looked at their lives, and their surroundings, and their thoughts about themselves and others. Perhaps to them, this may be a wake-up call.
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