Skinner believed that personality is a(n):
a. network of respondent behaviors.
b. enduring, unique cluster of reinforcements.
c. pattern or collection of operant behaviors.
d. set of traits determined by past reinforcements.
ANS: C
FEEDBACK: From infancy on, we display many behaviors, and those that are reinforced will strengthen and form patterns. This is how Skinner conceived of personality, as a pattern or collection of operant behaviors.
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