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Authors: Marti Olsen Laney Psy.d.
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boundaries,
156
–57
challenges,
142
,
171
–76
conflict management,
90
–91,
149
,
161
–62
contributions to the family,
144
–47
divorce,
150
–52
enjoyable activities,
143
–45
family gatherings,
174
–76
family rules,
175
–76
grandparents,
163
–73
importance,
133
–34
innie grandparents,
165
–67
innie parents with innie kids,
135
–36
innie parents with outie and
innie kids,
139
–40
innie parents with outie kids,
137
–38
outie grandparents,
167
–68
outie parents with innie and
outie kids,
140
–41
outie parents with innie kids,
138
–39
outie parents with outie kids,
136
–37
parental relationships,
148
–49
power struggles,
109
–10
shared stories,
44
–46,
147
–48
single parents,
136
,
139
–40
temperament,
134
–42,
149
fear,
86
feelings, awareness of
brain activity,
85
–86,
246
–47
conflict management,
90
–91
emotional IQ,
62
–63,
86
,
93
importance,
85
–87,
235
interiority,
56
–57
learning styles,
185
personality traits,
8
,
88
problem-solving skills,
235
reflective listening,
89
–90
regulation skills,
87
–89
socialization,
13
stop-sign emotions,
91
–92
stress,
262
–63
films, usefulness of,
268
–69
Finding Neverland
(Barrie),
249
flexibility,
259
focusing abilities,
xiii
,
xv
,
8
,
55
food issues,
101
–3
four to five-year olds,
229
–31
Freud, Sigmund,
8
–9
friendships.
See also
one-on-one interactions
aggressive behaviors,
260
–61
conflict management,
242
,
258
–61
conversational skills,
64
innie/outie differences,
222
–24
meaningful friendships,
235
–36
personality traits,
69
–70
popularity,
250
–51
relationship-building skills,
227
,
242
–47
school years,
232
–36
G
GABA (gamma-aminobutyric acid),
27
Gamgee, Samwise,
81
gay teens,
254
–55
genetic influences,
10
,
20
–21,
23
–24,
43
,
52
–53
giftedness,
214
–15
“Give It the Gas” system,
23
,
32
–33,
36
–37
glutamate,
27
Golden, Bonnie,
53
Goleman, Daniel,
92
–93
Gosling, Samuel,
53
grandparents,
163
–73
group dynamics,
212
,
230
–33,
236
.
See also
one-on-one interactions guilt,
86
,
91
–92,
107
–8
H
harassment.
See
bullying
harmful emotions,
92
healthy choices,
66
–67
helping out,
144
–47
Hepburn, Audrey,
xvii
hidden cameras,
178
high context cultures,
52
higher education,
215
–17
hindsight,
240
–41
Hobson, J. Allan,
22
Hoffman, Dustin,
280
homebody syndrome,
243
–44
homeschooling,
191
homework,
212
–14
human behavior patterns,
263
–64
humors, theory of,
7
Hunt, Helen,
108
hypoglycemia,
102
–3
I
icebreakers,
241
individuality,
143
individual sports,
218
–19
information processing.
See also
learning styles
brain activity,
8
,
40
–41
classroom environments,
185
–89,
193
–94
decision-making skills,
125
outie parents with innie kids,
138
–39
socialization,
10
temperament,
5
transition management,
96
–99
interdependence,
77
–80
internal competition,
158
internalization
competitiveness,
158
conflict management,
242
,
258
–59
emotional resilience,
76
–77
learning styles,
187
meltdowns,
111
school years,
197
self-esteem,
76
socialization,
56
–57,
242
–43,
258
–59
internal values,
67
–69
Internet bullying,
270
introspection,
55
introversion/introverted children.
See also
stimulation
acetylcholine pathway,
28
,
30
–31,
34
advantages,
54
–70
blood flow,
30
–31,
34
brain activity,
34
,
37
–39,
186
–88,
201
–3
characteristics, xii,
8
,
34
–35,
107
–8,
223
in children’s literature,
81
conflict management,
258
cultural values,
50
–55
demographics,
5
,
55
detection methods,
13
–18
early psychoanalytical research,
8
–9
emotional disorders,
10
–12,
279
–81
emotional resilience,
73
–93
energy management,
5
–6,
8
,
24
–25
enjoyable activities,
143
–45
family relationships,
133
–42
in films,
268
–69
gender issues,
50
memory systems,
44
–46,
187
–88,
208
myths,
10
–13
parasympathetic nervous system,
23
,
33
parenting issues,
73
–93
“Put on the Brakes” system,
23
,
32
–35
self-esteem,
53
–54
stress,
262
–63
temperament quiz,
16
–18
Introvert Advantage, The
(Laney),
xiii
–xiv,
20
involuntary actions,
38
–39
isolation, feelings of,
215
J
Johnson, Debra L.,
30
–31
Jung, Carl,
8
–9
junior colleges,
216
–17
K
Kennedy, Caroline,
137
Keirsey, David,
83
Kennedy, Caroline,
137
Kennedy, John F., Jr.,
137
kindergarten,
196
–97
kindness,
251
Klaus (the nonstop reader),
81
Koenig, Oliver,
23
Kosslyn, Stephen,
23
L
Land, Edwin,
61
language development,
177
leadership skills,
160
–61
learning styles,
58
–60,
97
–98,
185
–201,
208
–14.
See also
information processing left brain,
40
–43,
116
,
201
–3,
246
lemon juice test,
13
listening skills,
12
,
64
,
89
–91,
235
,
245
–48
Little Mermaid, The
(film),
81
Long Shadow of Temperament, The
(Kagan),
21
long-term memory,
8
,
27
,
44
–46,
187
–88,
208
Lord of the Rings, The
(Tolkien),
81
love of learning,
58
–60,
210
–11,
217
low blood sugar,
102
–3
low context cultures,
51
–52
Lucy (
Peanuts
),
81
M
magazines.
See
media issues
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI),
xvii
–xviii Maguire, Tobey,
50
Martin, Steve,
xvii
Matilda
(Dahl),
81
maturity,
67
–69
McGruff Safe Houses,
266
media issues,
119
–22
memorization techniques,
208
memory systems,
8
,
43
–47,
187
–88,
208
Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI),
7
Mischel, Walter,
192
mistakes, acceptance of,
277
modesty,
65
–66
moodiness,
112
–13
movies.
See
films, usefulness of
My Dog Skip
(film),
268
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI),
xvii
,
7
My Girl
(film),
268
N
name-calling,
258
–59
negative experiences,
10
–11,
87
,
197
,
209
,
240
–41
neurons,
21
–22
neurotransmitters
acetylcholine pathways,
25
–26,
28
,
30
–31,
34
dopamine pathways,
26
,
29
,
30
–31,
36
,
68
functions,
20
–21,
25
–29