PSYB45H3 Chapter : Textbook12.docx
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Used together in training sessions to help a person acquire useful skills (such as social skills) Bst procedures typically used to teach skills that can be simulated in a role-play context. Teaching marcia to say no to the professors. She is a secretary at a university, has not been able to refuse these unreasonable requests. She is seeing a psychologists;; who use role-plays to assess marcia"s assertiveness skills and to teach her how to act more assertively. Dr. mills (psychologist) uses both instructions and modeling. After dr. mills models this assertive behavior marcia gets an opportunity to practice it (rehearsal) Dr. mills then gives her feedback on her performance. Correct behavior is demonstrated for the learner. For modeling to be effective, the learner must have an imitative repertoire- that is the learner has to be able to pay attention to the model and perform the behavior that the model just demonstrated. Imitating models ( teachers, parents, siblings and peers) reinforced many times.
