Allana is generally an outgoing person. A ____________ psychologist would be most likely to suggest that Allana's personality is the result of being reinforced for outgoing behavior by her parents, teachers or other people she interacted with in the past

A) behaviorist
B) humanistic
C) psychodynamic
D) social-cognitive


Answer: A
Rationale: Behaviorists believed that the behaviors that are associated with different personality traits are simply learned behaviors. For example, if particular behaviors are reinforced in a given situation, they are more likely to reoccur.

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