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In behavior therapy social skills are learned behavior that allow people to achieve social reinforcement and to avoid social punishment^[1] According to Schneider & Bryne (1985), who conducted a meta-analysis of social skills training procedures (51 studies)- operant conditioning procedures for training social skills had the largest effect size, followed by modeling, coaching, and social cognitive techniques in that order ^[2]

[edit] See also

• Aggression Replacement Training
• Anger management
• Assertiveness training
• Behavior modification
• Communication skills training
• Human relations training
• Sensitivity training
• Skill learning
• Social cognition
• Techniques in social skills training
• Clinical psychology: Social skills research