A model is introduced which combines traditional metacognitive explanations for the acquisition of social skills with situationally specific environment variables. This “metabehavioral” model suggests considering such variables as situational characteristics, task demands, and personal characteristics in predicting social performance. Use of this model may help professionals training behaviorally disordered children in social skills.
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