"Even the self-assured will raise their perceived self-efficacy if models teach them a better way of doing things." Albert Bandura


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Monday, April 19, 2010

Disadvantages of Modeling

For effective modeling to occur, Bandura suggested four conditions that are necessary before a person can effectively model the behavior of someone else. These conditions are attention, retention, motor reproduction, and motivation (Ormrod, 2008). These conditions vary from person to person and different people will model behaviors differently. Also the absence of any one of these conditions can make modeling unlikely to occur.

A person must first pay attention to the modeled behavior to be able to imitate the behavior accurately. If the person pays attention to irrelevant parts of the modeled behavior then correct learning or modeling will not occur. Also, anything that detracts from your attention is going to have a negative impact on you learning. After paying attention, the person must remember the behavior that was observed. If the behavior is not remembered correctly, correct modeling cannot occur. Replication of the behavior, motor reproduction, is the next step or condition. If a person cannot reproduce the observed behavior because of physical immaturity, disability, lack of strength, or lack of understanding, motor reproduction cannot occur. Lastly, a person must have the motivation to learn a modeled behavior and the desire to demonstrate what they have learned (Ormrod, 2008). As stated previously, behavior will be modeled differently from person to person or not at all depending on each of these conditions.

References:

Ormrod, J.E. (2008). Human Learning (5th Ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Merrill Prentice Hall.

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