Ideas for my first experiments in human aggression came from discussions we had in a research seminar about William Golding's 'Lord of the Flies.'

I started studying shyness in adults in 1972. Shyness operates at so many different levels. Out of that research came the Stanford shyness clinic in 1977.

They looked at each other, baffled, in love and hate.

Academic success depends on research and publications.

Human behavior is incredibly pliable, plastic.

Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.