Social skills training programs are interventions in which children are taught specific,discrete behaviors that can facilitate effective social interactions,like making eye contact and asking appropriate questions.Assessments of these interventions indicate that they have modest success in improving peer acceptance.Which of these is the best description of a major shortcoming of these intervention programs?

A) Socially unskilled children are already perceived in biased ways by peers,and that perception is not being addressed by the intervention.
B) Social skills are not the problem.Children who experience low peer acceptance usually already have adequate social skills.
C) These programs are introduced too late.Social skills training must be done much earlier than middle childhood to have any real effect.
D) Socially unskilled children are not capable of learning these basic skills,because their problems stem from a difficult temperament.

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Amber Galyan · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : A, Explanation :  The major shortcoming of social skills training programs is that they do not address the biased perceptions peers may have of socially unskilled children. Therefore, even if the children learn appropriate social behaviors, they may still be excluded by their peers due to pre-existing biases.

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