Self And Personality — Psychology STD 12 Humanities — Question
CBSE BoardEnglish MediumSTD 12 HumanitiesPsychologySelf And Personality4 Marks
Question
Explain the behavioural approach to study personality.
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Answer
Behavioural Approach:
Behaviourists believe in data.
Anything which is not observable, empirical and scientifically verifiable cannot be subject matter of Psychology.
All characteristics of personality are learned or can be unlearned. We learn through association (classical conditioning), reward and punishment (operant conditioning), modelling (observational learning).
Response is the structural unit of personality.
Each response is a behaviour which is emitted to satisfy a specific need.
Core tendency that organises the behaviour is the reduction of biological needs. This is accomplished through responses (behaviours) that are reinforced.
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