DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL RESPONSES IN TWO SEVERELY RETARDED CHILDREN1
- 1 June 1970
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis
- Vol. 3 (2), 133-138
- https://doi.org/10.1901/jaba.1970.3-133
Abstract
The effect of reinforcement dependent on the social responses of two severely retarded withdrawn children was investigated.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.Keywords
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