Personality Development

Personality Development 2(1+1)

Lesson 6 : Development of Personality- Behavioural Perspective

Behavioural Perspectives on Personality

• The fundamental assumption of behavioral perspective is that the characteristics of individual’s result from external events and reinforcement.
• As a result of external forces, people learn specific patterns of behavior and when the behavior meets with acceptance and success it is reinforced.
• People may not show consistent behavior. They may learn from different situations. Though behaviors learnt in early years may continue, personality is not stable.
• People can have new experiences and learn new behavior that might change their personality.