Open AccessSocial skills and behavior analysis:
Author(s) -
Zilda Aparecida Pereira Del Prette,
Almir Del Prette
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
perspectivas em análise do comportamento
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2177-3548
DOI - 10.18761/perspectivas.v1i2.35
Subject(s) - social competence , social skills , competence (human resources) , psychology , perspective (graphical) , social relation , social psychology , social change , developmental psychology , sociology , political science , computer science , artificial intelligence , law
This paper focuses on issues that have been relatively neglected or scarcely emphasized in available literature regarding the interface between the areas of Social Skills and Behavior Analysis: (a) the contribution of the functional perspective of behavior analysis in the definition of social skills and in social competence criteria; (b) the understanding of social skills and social competence as resulting from the ontogenetic, phylogenetic and cultural selection of social behavioral patterns; and (c) the implications and potential contribution of social skills programs in the planning of cultural practices committed to survival and to quality of life in the complex contemporary society.