The behavioral approach to personality postulates that personality is
A) the combination of environmental circumstances and unconscious impulses.
B) a function of how we feel about conditions in the environment.
C) habitual behaviors that we learn to demonstrate.
D) the result of inherited predispositions to behave in certain ways.

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The behavioral approach argues that personality is essentially made up of learned habitual behaviors that we exhibit in various situations. This approach emphasizes the importance of environmental factors in shaping our personalities, and suggests that our patterns of behavior are determined by our experiences with rewards and punishments. Therefore, the correct option is C which emphasizes habitual patterns of behavior that we learn to demonstrate.

The Behavioral Approach to Personality Postulates That Personality Is