Families Signed Up to Have Their Child Be a Part

question 141

Multiple Choice

Families signed up to have their child be a part of a new social skills group starting at the local community building. These families all have a child with an autism spectrum disorder and that child has difficulty initiating and maintaining social interaction with peers. The families are told by the clinician that the program is 6 weeks long and has helped many children improve their social skills. The group meets four times a week for 2-hour sessions. After the first week some of the families did not see improvement and the families got together to discuss whether this program was worth the effort and time. What should the program developers be more concerned with?

• A) maturation
• B) mortality
• C) history
• D) testing effects

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Definitions:

Self

Refers to the individual's consciousness of their own identity and personal characteristics.

Structuralists

Thinkers who analyze social phenomena primarily in terms of the underlying structures that shape or determine human behavior and interactions.

External Stimulus

An event or factor outside an organism or system that influences its behavior or responses.

Herbert Blumer

A sociologist known for developing Symbolic Interactionism, emphasizing the importance of meanings in human behavior and social interaction.