Development of a child's social interaction through behavior modification: a case study

• Main Author: Del Rosario, Robert V.
• Format: text
• Published: Animo Repository 1984
• Subjects: Behavioral assessment of children; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/301
• Institution: De La Salle University

The purpose of this study was to develop the deficient social interaction of a 7-year old boy, Jay, through the application of a priming technique and teacher-supplied social reinforcement consisting of verbal and non-verbal expression of approval. Three target behaviors were chosen by the researcher to be treated by the procedure. At the same time, a fourth behavior was specified in order to assess the possibility of a collateral effect which the treatment procedure may cause. The analysis of the findings presented support of the hypotheses that the chosen target behaviors would increase in frequency and that the rate of the fourth behavior would decrease. It was concluded in this study that, the combination of the treatment procedure supplied by both the teachers and the other children in a classroom thus developing a therapeutic environment is very valuable in the development of a child's social behavior in the classroom setting.