Tina watches a film in which the main character aggressively yells at his mother when he doesn't get what he wants. Later that day, Tina yells at her own mother in a similar way after failing to get something she wants. The process at play here, according to social learning theorists, is ____.
A) projection
B) monitoring
C) validation
D) modeling

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According to social learning theorists, the process at play in this scenario is modeling. This means that Tina is imitating the behavior of the main character in the film, who is serving as a model for her own behavior. Social learning theory suggests that people can learn new behaviors by observing others, and that this process can be particularly powerful when the model is perceived as attractive or credible in some way (such as being the main character in a film).

Tina Watches a Film in Which the Main Character Aggressively