七十年代以来,美国特别重视研究社会交往对幼儿学习能力、适应新环境的能力以及对成人后社会适应能力等方面的影响。研究成果使他们更加强调幼儿的社会性学习。美国学者的研究表明,交往能力差的儿童,其社会适应能力和学习能力都比较差;相反,交往能力强的儿童,其社会适应能力就强,学习成绩也好。研究还表明,根据儿童早期的社会适应性,能够预测他们成人后的社会适应能力。美国学者通过几项追踪研究还得出这样的结论:青少年犯罪和军人缺乏指挥能力等问题的存在,与他们在幼年 Since the 1970s, the United States has paid special attention to studying the impact of social interaction on young children’s ability to learn, to adapt to the new environment and their ability to adapt to society after they have become adults. Research results make them more emphasis on young children’s social learning. Studies by American scholars show that children with poor communication skills have relatively poor social adaptability and learning ability. On the contrary, children with communicative ability have stronger social adaptability and academic performance. The study also shows that, according to the early childhood’s social adaptability, they are able to predict their social adaptability in adulthood. Through several follow-up studies, American scholars also come to the conclusion that juvenile delinquency and the lack of command ability of military personnel exist in connection with their early childhood