Nevada State Hospital, Reno.
J Appl Behav Anal. 1973 Winter;6(4):573-8. doi: 10.1901/jaba.1973.6-573.
To increase cooperative and social behaviors in children, contingency management programs have been successfully employed. This study examined the possibility that children's social behavior might also be significantly influenced by the nature of the available play materials. Children in an urban recreation center were systematically provided with toys designed for social or isolate play. It was found that social play occurred only 16% of the time when the children were provided with "isolate" toys, whereas social play occurred 78% of the time when children were provided with "social" toys. Thus, the selection of play materials should be an important consideration in any effort to teach children social behaviors.
为了增加儿童的合作和社交行为,已经成功地采用了随因管理计划。本研究检验了这样一种可能性,即儿童的社会行为也可能受到可用游戏材料的性质的显著影响。在一个城市娱乐中心,系统地向孩子们提供设计用于社交或孤立游戏的玩具。结果发现,当给孩子们提供“孤立”玩具时,社交游戏只发生了 16%的时间,而当给孩子们提供“社交”玩具时,社交游戏发生了 78%的时间。因此,在任何教授儿童社交行为的努力中,选择游戏材料都应该是一个重要的考虑因素。