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Degree of sociability and interactive behaviors in dyadic situations of problemproblem solving

The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the sociability rating of children, their behavior during dyadic problem solving, and their subsequent level of individual performance. First, 200 children were assessed for their degree of sociability and their skill level on two spa...

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Published in:European journal of psychology of education 1998-06, Vol.13 (2), p.253-270
Main Authors: Da Silva, Eric, Winnykamen, Fayda
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Language:English
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Summary:The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between the sociability rating of children, their behavior during dyadic problem solving, and their subsequent level of individual performance. First, 200 children were assessed for their degree of sociability and their skill level on two spatial tasks. Eighty were then chosen to form 20 dyads of sociable children and 20 dyads of not-so-sociable children. The dyads were made up of two low-ability subjects (same-ability dyads) or one high-ability subject and one low-ability subject (mixed-ability dyads). It was hypothesized (1) that the sociable children would initiate collaboration more readily than the not-so-sociable ones, while the latter would exhibit more individualistic behaviors than the former, and (2) that sociable partner collaboration would help the sociable low--ability children to progress significantly more than the not-so-sociable ones. The first hypothesis was validated. However, while the second hypothesis turned out to be true for the mixed-ability dyads, the not-so--sociable subjects in the same-ability dyads progressed as much as the sociable ones. This result is discussed in terms of multiple ways of processing. L'objectif de cette étude était d'examiner la relation entre le degré de sociabilité des enfants, les comportements observés pendant une situation dyadique de résolution de problème et les progrès des performances individuelles consécutifs à cette période. Dans un premier temps, 200 enfants ont été classés selon leur sociabilité et leur compétence à l'égard de deux tâches spatiales. Quatre vingts d'entre-eux ont été retenus pou former 20 dyades d'enfants sociables et 20 dyades d'enfants peu sociables. Ces dyades pouvaient être constituées de deux sujets peu compétents (dyades symétriques) ou bien d'un sujet compétent et d'un sujet peu compétent (dyades asymétriques). Nous faisions l'hypothèse (1) que les enfants sociables initieraient une collaboration plus facilement que les enfants peu sociables alors que ces derniers manifesteraient plus de comportements individualistes que les sujets sociables. (2) La collaboration entre les partenaires sociables devait égalements permettre aux enfants peu compétents sociables de progresser significativement plus que les enfants peu compétents peu sociables. La première hypothèse a été confirmée. En revanche, si la seconde hypothèse est bien vérifiée dans le cas des dyades asymétriques, les résultats indiquent, pour les dyades symétr
ISSN:0256-2928
1878-5174
DOI:10.1007/BF03173092