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Billy has watched many movies in which the hero smokes cigarettes. billy identifies with these heroes and begins to smoke himself. billy's new smoking behavior is best explained by

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This is explained by modeling. This is also named as imitation or observational learning. It is a psychologically based process that encompasses the use of living or figurative models to show a specific behavior, notion, or personality that an individual may want to obtain or alter.
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