Effects of a stranger's modelling on a child's subsequent play preference, interaction with and liking for the stranger

• Main Authors: Agcaoili, Agnes, Zaldivar, Reanne
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Animo Repository 1995
• Subjects: Children and strangers; Interpersonal relations in children; Social interaction in children; Psychology
• Online Access: https://animorepository.dlsu.edu.ph/etd_bachelors/3718
• Institution: De La Salle University

This explanatory research deals with the interpersonal relation of the child with the stranger inside a playroom. It was hypothesized that a.) if the sex of the stranger is female b) if the sex of the child is female c) if the type of play modeled is under the same category of the child's most preferred play d) if the sex of the stranger and the child is female (e) if the sex of the stranger and the type of play modeled by this stranger is under the same category of the child's most preferred play f) if the sex of the child is female and the type of play modeled by the stranger is under the same category of this child's most preferred play, then a.) the child's subsequent play preference will be the stranger's currently modelled play b) the child's Ikiking for the stranger is high and c) the interaction of the child and the stranger will be dyad. Eighty children (40 males and 40 females) were assigned to the 8 experimental groups. Observation, frequency counts and percentage counts of the subjects play after the stranger's modeling were tabulated and statistically analyzed using five separated ANOVA. Results showed that the type of play modeled has a main effect on the child's subsequent play preference, (p. .050), on solitary interaction (p. .013), and on dyad interaction (p. 004) and an interaction effect with strangers sex on the child's liking for the stranger. The type of play modeled turned out to be an effective way in making social contact/rapport with a child. Adults and stranger alike who would like to establish rapport/friendship with a child may try to copy or imitate a child's play/interest. This would make the child, in turn, perceive a similarity between him/her and the stranger that would eventually lead to more imitation.