Self And Personality — Psychology STD 12 Humanities — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 HumanitiesPsychologySelf And Personality4 Marks
Question
Explain behavioural approach to personality.
✓
Answer
According to behaviourists, the structural unit of personality is the response. Personality can be best understood as a response of an individual to the environment.
Theories of classical conditioning, instrumental conditioning and observational learning view learning and maintenance of behaviour differently and explain development of personality from different perspectives.
If a particular response is positively reinforced or rewarded then we repeat it again in similar situations and these results in a habit.
Observational learning theory emphasizes social learning.
Behaviourists believe in data which they feel are definable, observable and measurable.
Need a full question paper?
Generate a complete, print-ready paper with questions like this in minutes — across 16+ boards, with answer keys.