According to B.F. Skinner, which of the following ideas about personality was acceptable?

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According to B.F. Skinner, rewards and punishments shape our behaviour through the process of operant conditioning. Skinner believed that behaviour is learned through a process of reinforcement and that our personality is therefore shaped by the environment and our experiences. He did not believe that people necessarily have free will or that they directly control their own behaviour, which makes choice B incorrect. Skinner also did not believe that abnormal behaviour is primarily biological in origin, which makes choice C incorrect. However, personality as a concept was useful and relevant to Skinner's theories, which makes choice D partially correct, but not the best choice given that Skinner's specific ideas about personality are more accurately reflected in choice A.