Compare and contrast the behavioral and psychoanalytic perspectives on early childhood development of personality
What will be an ideal response?
Behaviorists believe that personality is shaped solely by environmental reinforcers
and punishers, most of which come from the primary caregivers in early childhood.
Psychoanalysts believe that unconscious processes that are shaped through
interaction with the parents, especially the mother, are the sole factors that influence
personality. The answer needs to demonstrate a clear distinction between
environment (behaviorists) and the unconscious reflexes (psychoanalysts).
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