Peer Perception of Social Behavior Change in Popular and Unpopular Children

Despite the large number of social skill training studies designed to improve the sociometric status of unpopular children, little is known about how children perceive and interpret social behavior change in their less popular classmates. The present research, using videotape simulation, examined three issues related to reputation and children's perception of behavior change: (a) the relationship between a child's reputation and the way other children perceive and interpret the child's social behavior; (b) the influence of the salience of the behavior change on children's perceptions and interpretations; and (c) differences between high- and low-sociometric status children in their perception of a peer's behavior change.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

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Dissertation

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Education

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Singleton, Louise Cornacchia

• Psychology, Developmental

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(UMI)AAI8203590

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oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/68758