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Freedman, Leary, and Ossorio. In the 1950s the Kaiser
foundation and the US Public Health Service sponsored research
projects which were published in 1957. Since then the
Dimensional Model has been demonstrated as a valid
classification of interpersonal behavior and is a dependable tool
for understanding that behavior. I learned about this model in a
book 'Leadership Through People Skills' by Robert E. Lefton,
Ph.D., and Victor R. Buzzotta, Ph.D. © 2004 by Psychological
Associates, Inc." (Ack Marcia Corenman)
Anita Leeds suggests (Mar 2005) points out the similarity and
potential influence of RH Dave's 'Psychomotor Domain' learning
stages model (1970), used in teaching manual skills and part of
Bloom's Taxonomy, and which provides an interesting
comparison alongside the conscious competence four-stage
model: According to Dave's theory, the psychomotor learning
domain emphasises physical skills, coordination, and use of the
motor-skills. Development of these skills requires practice and is
measured in terms of speed, precision, distance, procedures, or
techniques in execution. There are five major categories in RH
Dave's model, whose five stages, given certain learner attitude
and circumstances, could just about be argued overlay the four
stages of the conscious competence model:
1. Imitation: Observes and patterns behavior after someone
else. Performance may be of low quality.
2. Manipulation: Performs skill according to instruction rather
than observation.
3. Develop Precision: Reproduces a skill with accuracy,
proportion and exactness; usually performed independently
of original source.
4. Articulation: Combines more than one skill in a sequence,
achieving harmony and internal consistency.
5. Naturalization: Has a high level of performance. Performance
becomes automatic. Completes one or more skills with ease.
Creativity is based on highly developed skills.
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