Abstract:
This study aimed to discover the social interaction and behavior in the The
Silent Patient novel by the character. The sources of the data used was novel The
Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides.
In analyzing the data, the writer uses a qualitative descriptive method through
a social and psychological approach. Data obtained by using techniques of
reading, recording and analyzing. Meanwhile, to classify the data, the authors use
Scheinkman's theory in social interaction research and Skinner's theory in
behavioral research.
The writer found that the novel The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
contained 82 data where divided into 2 type namely Social Interaction and
Behavior consisted 3 data of cooperation, accommodation 22 data, assimilation 4
data, contravention 28 data, conflict 8 data. While the Impact of Responses that
can follow formation and change of behavior were 5 data of neural operant,
reinforces 8 data, and punishes 4 data. from the data above it can be said that
easily influenced, accommodation and contravention whit the impact of responses
reinforcers factor were the dominant.
