What is modeling, and how can it be used to train children in ...

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What is modeling, and how can it be used to train children in social skills?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

Tyrone is participating in an experiment in which he has to find the objects the researcher names. The three objects on the table are an apple, a balloon, and a garlic press. Tyrone has never seen a garlic press before. When the researcher asks Tyrone to find the glipka, Tyrone points to the garlic press because ________.
 
  a. children are fascinated with shiny objects
  b. children tend to ignore words they do not know and pick up the object that interests them the most
  c. children tend to attach novel words to unfamiliar objects
  d. children are very imaginative and are aware that objects can have more than one name

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Answer to Question 1

Modeling is exposing children to live or recorded models displaying desirable behaviors. Compared with their baseline behaviors, withdrawn children exposed to models increased the number of their social interactions and, in turn, were the objects of more positive social behaviors from others.

Answer to Question 2

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