Theories of Personality

How can reactions and behaviors from those around us effect our own personalities or future behaviors? Behaviorists such as B.F.Skinner believe that responses to our behaviors can reinforce and weaken our desire to repeat the behavior. Positive and negative reinforcements are types of responses to our behavior. The responses and/or consequences can be looked at as positive or negative. <Tab/>Positive reinforcement generally make the behavior increase if …

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