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Ecological theory suggests that behaviors and characteristics of individuals are important determinants of interactions those individuals have with others. Regular classroom teachers with different levels of tolerance for selected behaviors were asked to rate a hypothetical child who exhibited certain disturbing behaviors; in this case, the child was rated as to the likelihood of success in a regular classroom within several areas of possible performance. Analyses of the results indicated that ratings of interaction potential were differentially influenced according to tolerance for socially defiant behaviors. Implications for ecological theory and the mainstreaming process were discussed.
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Algozzine et al. (1979) studied this question.
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