Question

Evaluate the utility of behaviorism as a basis for a personality theory. Make sure you discuss both classical and operant frameworks in your evaluation.

Answer 1

Answer:
Behaviorism is defined as an objective and scientific methods based psychological method or approach.
It only related to observable behaviour based on stimulus-response.
It states that all learning of all behaviours occurs due to environmental experiences.
In 1913, John Watson state that learning of all behaviours is due to environmental interaction.
New experiences are learned through classical conditioning. Because infants are born with the ‘tabula rasa’ mental state.

Hence,It may cause different parsonalty traits like introversion, extrovert, open personality trait,social type personality trait etc.