Differential Responses of Profoundly Retarded Children to Social Stimulation
- 1 June 1965
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 16 (3) , 977-984
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1965.16.3.977
Abstract
20 profoundly mentally retarded children were tested in a “free-field” situation with an adult E providing social stimulation in accordance with a pre-determined role. The social activities included signaling, petting, play, passiveness, and withdrawal. The onset of these activities was contingent upon S‘s making a simple instrumental response. The results showed that specific forms of social stimulation provided by an adult E had definite and differential reinforcing effects. The order of preference for the social activities was as follows: signal, pet, play, passive, and withdraw.Keywords
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