Which option represents the BST technique that involves showing the learner how to perform a skill by demonstrating the target behavior?

Which option represents the BST technique that involves showing the learner how to perform a skill by demonstrating the target behavior?

• A. BST: Instructions
• B. BST: Modeling
• C. BST: Rehearsal
• D. Behavioral skills training (BST)

Answer: (C)

Modeling is the part of BST where the instructor shows the learner how to perform the skill by demonstrating the target behavior, often narrating what they’re doing as they do it. This gives a clear, observable example for the learner to imitate and helps establish the correct form before practice. Instructions, by contrast, provide verbal steps without a live demonstration. Rehearsal is the practice phase where the learner performs the skill, usually with guidance or prompts. BST as a whole encompasses all these pieces, but the act of showing how to perform the skill through demonstration is modeling.

Modeling is the part of BST where the instructor shows the learner how to perform the skill by demonstrating the target behavior, often narrating what they’re doing as they do it. This gives a clear, observable example for the learner to imitate and helps establish the correct form before practice. Instructions, by contrast, provide verbal steps without a live demonstration. Rehearsal is the practice phase where the learner performs the skill, usually with guidance or prompts. BST as a whole encompasses all these pieces, but the act of showing how to perform the skill through demonstration is modeling.