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Leadership by example, where cadets learn by watching good role models, is called what?

Modeling, a behaviorist approach to character.

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  1. Modeling ✔
  2. Sermonizing
  3. Displacing

Why: Modeling exposes people to role models who show the behaviors we value. Much of cadet life relies on it, but it has limits: nobody is a perfect role model.

Huh, didn't know that: Learn to Lead notes that if a role model isn't seen as cool by teens, they have a harder time connecting.

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Why did the model airplane get promoted? It set a great example.
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Answer: Modeling. Modeling exposes people to role models who show the behaviors we value. Much of cadet life relies on it, but it has limits: nobody is a perfect role model.

  1. Learn to Lead, Volume 3: Indirect Leadership, chapter 9 (Civil Air Patrol) www.gocivilairpatrol.com/media/cms/L2LVolume_3__LOW_FINAL_4_MAY_13CC68236BDFE.pdf
    Through modeling, people are exposed to role models who engage in valued behaviors.
    Checked 2026-10-10.

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