Dollard and Miller believe that the first six years are important to personality development because childhood is a time

A. When most fixations occur resulting in an oral, anal, or phallic personality
B. When one starts forming the idea of an "ideal self" as well as other possible selves
C. When the framework of our personality is formed through the expression of one's inborn temperament
D. Of urgent drives, powerful rewards and punishments, and crushing frustrations


Ans: C. When the framework of our personality is formed through the expression of one's inborn temperament

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