A major focus of the study was to compare the effectiveness of overt and covert modeling. Overt modeling was defined as visually observing a model while covert modeling involved a process of verbal description followed by mental rehearsal. The subjects included 48 graduate students at a large, southern university. Random assignments of subjects were made to one of four treatment groups. All subjects were exposed to the modeling of line patterns. They either saw the line patterns being drawn by a videotaped model or heard a verbal description of the patterns. In addition, subjects in two groups had the opportunity for mental rehearsal of the line patterns while those in the remaining group did not. The treatment groups, then, were as follows: (1) visual observation of a videotaped model without an opportunity for rehearsal, (2) visual observation of a videotaped model with an opportunity for rehearsal, (3) verbal descriptions of an audiotaped model without rehearsal, and (4) verbal descriptions of an audiotaped model with rehearsal. Subjects were assessed on their immediate and delayed recall of the line patterns. / Apriori tests were conducted on the data as well as 2 x 2 x 2 repeated measures ANCOVA. Results indicated that visual observation was significantly better than verbal description on the immediate reproduction measures. No significant differences, however, were found on the delayed measures. In addition, no significant differences between rehearsal and non-rehearsal conditions were found. Also, no significant differences were found between the four treatment group means. / In the past, the effects of verbal description in covert modeling has been ignored in favor of "imagining a model." It is now clear that verbal description is an important factor in covert modeling and that imagining a model is a form of mental rehearsal rather than a modeling stimulus as previously thought. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 46-01, Section: B, page: 0348. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1984.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75509 |
| Contributors | NEILL, JAMES R., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 192 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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