Date of Award
8-1981
Degree Name
Master of Arts
Department
Psychology
First Advisor
Dr. Chris Kornonakos
Second Advisor
Dr. Wayne Fuqua
Third Advisor
Dr. Malcolm Robertson
Access Setting
Masters Thesis-Open Access
Abstract
The effects of social skills training were examined in a multiple baseline across behaviors design. Three shy children were taught four component conversational skills: expressing feelings, expressing opinions, agreeing with another's opinion, and praising others. The training package consisted of instructions, modeling, rehearsal, feedback, and reinforcement. Results indicated that treatment was highly effective for each child. The subjects' improvement remained evident at two- and four-week follow-up sessions. Generalization to novel role play situations was variable within and across subjects. Extra-laboratory measures of generalization did not yield significant pre-, posttraining results.
Recommended Citation
Haist, Patricia A., "A Multiple Baseline Analysis of the Use of a Social Skills Training Package with Shy Children" (1981). Masters Theses. 1767.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/masters_theses/1767