Types of Modeling

The three types of modeling:

Direct modeling- an individual attempts to imitate the behavior of thinking of a live model. An example of that would be, a first grader forms letters in the same way the teacher does. Or Tim imitated Susan's study habits.


Symbolic Modeling - people imitate behaviors and thinking displayed by characters in books, plays. movies, television, or the internet. An example would be people adopting fashion patterns displayed by movie stars or rap stars. Young boys began to wear dresses because Kanye West does.


Synthesized Modeling - People combine behaviors observed in different acts. A child uses a chair to get up and open a cupboard door after seeing her brother use a chair to get a book from a shelf and seeing her mother open the cupboard.




Next time we will talk about the outcomes of modeling. Until next time... Always stay a step ahead.
YourBoyGaryL