Clawson's Rational Emotive Behavior Model

In addition to factors that shape human behavior, professor Clawson introduces the Rational-Emotive Behavior Model (REB). This model explains the creation of human behavior with five main components: event, VABE, conclusion, emotion, and behavior. Firstly, events are simply what happen in human life. Different people often have different perception and conclusion in the same event. The second component is VABEs which stands for values, assumptions, beliefs and expectations (Clawson, p. 12). After people observe a situation, they begin to compare the event with their own VABEs. If there are not any difference between their observation and expectation, they can continue behave in the way they think they should behave. In contrast, if they see
On the other hand, when people compare what they should do and what they actually do, they make internal conclusions. These conclusions relate to what people think about their self-image. For example, when a woman becomes a mother, she begins to observe what she actually does for her children and conclude if she is a good mother. If her conclusion is negative, she may try a different way to take care of their children. Fourthly, both internal and external conclusions can cause emotions or feelings. If people conclude that they are doing the right things, they will experience positive feelings such as happy, relieved, hopeful, and peaceful. Whereas, negative conclusions may result in negative feelings such as sad, betrayed, angry, and anxious. The last component of REB model is behavior. It is the consequence of the comparison between events and VABEs, and it is the final results that every leader wants to obtain. In the same situation, different people experience the REB model in different ways and create different behavior. Therefore, effective leaders are those who know how to apply REB model in different people and use it to predict human