Symbolic models are those who are in the media.

Symbolic models are those who are in the media.

• A. Live Models
• B. Symbolic Models
• C. Mediational Processes
• D. Imitation

Answer: (B)

Symbolic models are the representations we observe through symbols in the media—such as TV, films, or online figures—rather than real people present in front of us. In social learning theory, learning happens by watching models, and these can be live or symbolic. The media provides symbolic models that we can imitate even without direct contact, as we pay attention, retain what we see, reproduce the behavior, and are motivated to do so. The other options describe different ideas: a live model is someone physically present; imitation is the act of copying rather than the type of model; and mediational processes are the cognitive steps that mediate learning, not a kind of model. So the statement correctly identifies symbolic models as those seen in the media.

Symbolic models are the representations we observe through symbols in the media—such as TV, films, or online figures—rather than real people present in front of us. In social learning theory, learning happens by watching models, and these can be live or symbolic. The media provides symbolic models that we can imitate even without direct contact, as we pay attention, retain what we see, reproduce the behavior, and are motivated to do so. The other options describe different ideas: a live model is someone physically present; imitation is the act of copying rather than the type of model; and mediational processes are the cognitive steps that mediate learning, not a kind of model. So the statement correctly identifies symbolic models as those seen in the media.