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DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL RESPONSES IN TWO SEVERELY RETARDED CHILDREN 1
Author(s) -
Whitman Thomas L.,
Mercurio J. R.,
Caponigri Vicki
Publication year - 1970
Publication title -
journal of applied behavior analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.1
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1938-3703
pISSN - 0021-8855
DOI - 10.1901/jaba.1970.3-133
Subject(s) - reinforcement , psychology , praise , generalization , developmental psychology , multiple baseline design , mentally retarded , social relation , audiology , psychotherapist , social psychology , psychiatry , medicine , mathematical analysis , mathematics , intervention (counseling)
The effect of reinforcement dependent on the social responses of two severely retarded withdrawn children was investigated. During 30 training sessions (30 min each) food and praise were administered dependent upon the children's mutual participation in a ball‐rolling and block‐passing task. Both children showed a progressive increase in social interaction in a non‐training situation during this reinforcement period. After the reinforcement procedures were removed, social behavior decreased markedly. Response generalization to children not involved in training occurred.