tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8282735098434199982011-06-27T19:20:42.246-07:00BIRAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387599384302123093noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-828273509843419998.post-35394266490408481472011-06-22T20:28:00.001-07:002011-06-22T21:18:20.643-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="color: #674ea7; font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>The term </b><b>Role Model generally means any "person who serves as an example, whose behavior is emulated by others as a inspiration to individual one."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role_model#cite_note-0"></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role_model#cite_note-0"></a></sup><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role_model#cite_note-0"></a></sup></b></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dgzXyxsPTOA/TgK-Ly81inI/AAAAAAAAAAM/tqDcB-dj26g/s1600/12bHKv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="281" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-dgzXyxsPTOA/TgK-Ly81inI/AAAAAAAAAAM/tqDcB-dj26g/s400/12bHKv.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: &quot;Trebuchet MS&quot;,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="color: #674ea7;">The term first appeared in Robert K. Merton's socialization research of medical students.</span><sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-Holton_2004_1-0" style="color: #674ea7;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role_model#cite_note-Holton_2004-1"></a></sup><span style="color: #674ea7;"> Merton hypothesized that individuals compare themselves with&nbsp;</span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_group" style="color: #674ea7;" title="Reference group"></a><span style="color: #674ea7;">reference groups of people who occupy the social role to which the individual aspires.</span></b></span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Role_model#cite_note-Holton_2004-1"></a></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/828273509843419998-3539426649040848147?l=yourrolemodel.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>BIRAThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03387599384302123093noreply@blogger.com0