cognitive dissonance or harmony based on how they may have previously chosen to behave. USING NEGATIVE VS. POSITIVE EXAMPLES IN OBSERVATIONAL LEARNING One outstanding question in observational learning is how effective negative examples are (i.e., watching models make mistakes). The theory is that watching a model make mistakes allows learners to more quickly discard what doesn't work and determine which ones will work best for them. Although intuitively that approach seems valid, the results in studies have been mixed. For example, one study looked at how medical students learned arthroscopic techniques by watching models using a VR arthroscopy simulator. The researchers wondered generate better if watching some models make mistakes instead of only models demonstrating success would performance. The results bore out that hypothesis, perhaps because observing errorshttps://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28651976/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-022-05031-2 https://www.trainingindustry.com/magazine