Abstract
Abstract Twenty-two same-sexed dyads of preschool children, paired on the basis of pretest observations of low mutual social interaction in freeplay, were randomly assigned to experimental and control conditions. The experimental dyads were trained over a two-week period on a series of games which required cooperative behavior for successful task completion. The control group dyads received parallel play experience. All dyads received tangible reinforcement at the conclusion of each training session. Posttest observations of freeplay interactions were obtained subsequent to the two-week training period. Statistical comparison of pretest to posttest change scores indicated significantly greater increases in social interaction in cooperatively trained dyads than in control dyads (p < .03). Pretest to posttest sociometric data failed to yield this condition effect.
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