Perspective-taking — the ability to understand that others have different viewpoints, knowledge states, and experiences than oneself — is among the most clinically significant social cognitive skills targeted in behavior analytic and developmental programming. Deficits in perspective-taking are closely associated with the social communication challenges characteristic of autism spectrum disorder and have downstream effects on friendship formation, conflict resolution, academic social competence, and emotional regulation.
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Join Free →Read the following article and pass an 8-question quiz on it: Weil, T. M., Hayes, S. C., & Capurro, P. (2011). Establishing a deictic relational repertoire in young children.The Psychological Record, 61, 371-390. To earn credit, you will be required to read the article and pass an 8-question quiz about it. You can retake the quiz as many times as needed, but you will not receive exactly the same questions each time. Perspective-taking skills have been shown to be pivotal in a variety of social and interpersonal interactions. A better understanding of the process involved in building such a repertoire could be beneficial in a wide variety of language and social skills training programs. A relational frame theory approach to perspective taking involves a focus on deictic relations, such as I-You, Here-There, and Now-Then. The present study examined the effect of operant contingencies on deictic relational responding in 3 normally developing young (57 to 68 months old) children. In a multiple baseline across persons and tasks format, I-You, Here-There, and Now-Then deictic relational frames were successfully shaped as operant behavior. As the children acquired deictic relational frames at the Reversed and Double-Reversed levels, the children's performance on traditional perspective-taking measures generally increased. Only logged in customers who have purchased this product may leave a review.
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| BACB | 1.5 | General |
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