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If a pattern can be transferred to another person who is not the modeler, that is an even better indication of a successful model than whether the modeler can demonstrate the skill, since another person would not have the same “perceptual and analytic categories of the modeler.” The transfer of a behavior to any other person should be adequate evidence of successful modeling of that behavior. An even more stringent test is that someone else who has acquired the model can use the model to teach the same behavioral skill to a third person.
When a new model is offered to people who do not yet have the behavioral skill, often the model needs to be adjusted so that it fits smoothly into the rest of who they are. These adjustments can then be incorporated explicitly into the model itself, as additional optional steps to deal with these contingencies. I have described this process of repeated testing and modification in more detail elsewhere. (4)
In conclusion, the proposed distinction between unconscious acquisition and analytic modeling is an interesting one for those who want to have more choice in how they model, but any implication that one is better than the other is specious. Good modeling utilizes both conscious and unconscious processes. Sometimes unconscious acquisition may produce a better model; at other times analytic modeling will. The evidence for this will be in the results, not the process. The only test of a model is that it works, as St. Clair and Grinder themselves stated clearly only four years ago. Now lets compare the criteria for modeling provided by St. Clair and Grinder to their statements about the major NLP models.
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