SOCIAL INTERACTION AND BEHAVIORISM IN THE SILENT PATIENT NOVEL BY ALEX MICHAELIDES

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.