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Encouraging Counselor Trainee Affective Group Behavior by Social Modeling
Author(s) -
RANK RICHARD C.,
THORESEN CARL E.,
SMITH RICHARD M.
Publication year - 1972
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.1972.tb01522.x
Subject(s) - practicum , psychology , group counseling , applied psychology , focus group , counselor education , social psychology , clinical psychology , medical education , developmental psychology , higher education , pedagogy , medicine , marketing , political science , law , business
Can the planned social modeling of affective, group‐focused, personal responses significantly increase such group behaviors in counselor trainees? In the study reported here 32 counselor trainees were randomly assigned to four practicum discussion groups: two video social model groups, one video lecture group, and one discussion group (eight in each group). Pre‐ and post‐response frequencies were analyzed from audiotapes of the counseling groups to study type of delivery, content, process, and focus. Social modeling treatment significantly increased the response frequencies on all measures, while insignificant changes were generally found for the video lecture and group discussion treatments. Questions about social modeling variables and the usefulness of planned modeling in training are considered.