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Modeling Step Four: Motivation

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State

Modeling fails at the motivation step when the learner can perform the behavior and has no reason to.

Show

The child ties shoes correctly when asked and never does it unprompted while an adult keeps offering.

Watch for

This is the step vicarious reinforcement acts on. Seeing the model rewarded supplies what is missing.