... child's behaviour. He found that when a child was put in a situation whereby they were allowed to take a leading, teaching, or controlling role in an accompanying adults actions, this was enough to eliminate the child's Global imitative attitude (GIA) towards the adult and to foster a more independent role. Subbotsky, therefore concluded that independent and conformative behaviours in children are a product of the styles of interaction the child is exposed to. As a result of his findings he chose two styles of social interactions which accounted for these behaviours. The conformative behaviour ( and the global imitative attitude (GIA) towards adults) is a result of a prevalence of the authoritarian style in social interactions between preschool children and adults. As the democratic style of social interactions gradually replaces ASI the independence in the children's behaviour arises. (2). The extensive amount of research into the social interaction styles ...

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