Mr Harrison is the Head Coach of a youth gymnastics club. On Monday, he started spending his post-session time sweeping and tidying the training mats. The club's facilities manager warmly praised Mr Harrison in front of the young gymnasts for keeping the training space safe and tidy. By Thursday, several young gymnasts started helping to sweep the mats, resulting in the facilities manager praising them as well.
Using social learning theory, describe why the young gymnasts started to sweep the training mats.
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