Children's Social Behavior

Children's Social Behavior: Development, Assessment, and Modification presents the principal aspects of social developmental study of children; assessment methodology and techniques; and changes in the behavioral targets of intervention and in the nature of interventions.
The articles in the book deal with various subjects related to the study of children's social behavior. Topics discussed include the interdependence and interplay between biological and social forces on the child's developing social repertoire; causative factors that influence peer interaction deficits; sociometric procedures and direct observation assessment methods; and issues associated with target behavior selection and the selection of intervention tactics.
Psychologists, educators, ethologists, anthropologists, psychiatrists, and sociologists will find the book invaluable.

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Contributors
Preface
Part I Development of Children's Social Behavior

1. A Contemporary Perspective on Social Development
   Introduction
   Some Comments on History
   How Interactions Develop and Function
   Development and Change
   Organization of Social Patterns
   Interpersonal Bias
   Social Inertia: The Conservation of Social Patterns
   Direction and Control
   Concluding Comments
   References
2. "A Chip off the Old Block": Some Interpersonal Characteristics of Coercive Children across Generations
   Introduction
   Cross-Generational Continuities: An Overview of the Literature
   Accounting for Cross-Generational Continuities
   Development of the Matching Process
   New Directions
   References
3. The Peer Relations of Young Handicapped and Nonhandicapped Children
   Introduction
   Development of Peer Interactions of Nonhandicapped Children
   The Peer Relations of Young Handicapped Children
   Peer Interactions in Mainstreamed Settings
   A Framework for Assessment and Treatment
   Summary and Conclusions
   References
   Part II Assessment of Children's Social Behavior
   Conceptual Issues in the Assessment of Social Competence in Children
   Introduction
   Social Skill as a Behavioral Construct
   Social Competence versus Social Skill
   Definitions of Social Skill
   Conceptualization of Social Skill Problems
   Methods of Social Skill Assessment
   Assessment for Intervention-Therapy
   Social Validity: Conceptual Issues
   Conclusions and Future Research Needs
   References
4. Naturalistic Observations of Children's Social Behavior
   Introduction
   Methods of Observation
   Methodological and Conceptual Issues
   Conclusions
   References
5. Sociometrics: Peer-Referenced Measures and the Assessment of Social Competence
   Introduction
   Sociometrics and Social Competence: Definitions and Commonly Employed Rationales
   Methodology
   Correlates of Sociometric Measures
   Relationship of Sociometric Measures to Other Measures of Social Competence
   Sociometrics and the Assessment of Social Competence
   References
   Part III Modification of children's social behavior
6. Social and Language Skills for Preventive Mental Health: What, How, Who, and When
   Introduction
   Question 1: What Goals Should Take Priority?
   Question 2: How May One Most Effectively Promote the Aforementioned Skills?
   Question 3: Who Should Be the Change Agents Who Implement These Methods in the Service of These Goals?
   Question 4: When Should Preventive Intervention Best Be Begun?
   Conclusions
   References
7. Modification of Children's Prosocial Behavior
   Introduction
   Methods of Promoting Prosocial Behavior
   Pragmatic Aspects of Training
   Untested Innovations
   Final Considerations
   References
8. Social Skills Training with Children: Research and Clinical Application
   Introduction
   Definitions of Social Skills
   Social-Skills Training Methods
   Interpersonal Cognitive Problem-Solving (ICPS)
   Summary
   Conclusion
   Generalization Programming
   References
9. Programming the Generalization of Children's Social Behavior
   Introduction
   A Case Study in Generalization
   The Concept of Generalization
   Generalization of Children's Social Behavior
   Conclusion
   References
   Index