o test his hypothesis, concerning the effect of various styles of social interaction and the impact it may have on a child's behavior Subbotsky and Drobotova (1980) conducted a series of experiments. The first of which is described overleaf.
             Experiment 1. The children taking part in this experiment had shown complete independence towards an adult partner in a prior testing procedure. In the experiment the child and his/her adult partner were presented with a new and more complex program, (this was known as the training phase. Each participant had 3 objects a cup, plate and spoon. The idea of the program was that the child and his/her adult partner were expected to perform identical movements with their objects however; the movements made by the experimenter with his objects governed their movements. For e.g. if the experimenter put his spoon on his plate leaving his cup in its' original place then the child and the adu
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