what is the main idea of the behavioral perspective on personality?

The main idea of the behavioral perspective on personality is that personality is shaped primarily by environmental factors learned through conditioning. It treats personality as a set of observable behaviors and the patterns that arise from a person’s history of interactions with their environment, driven by reinforcements and punishments rather than intrinsic traits or biological predispositions. In this view, behavior is learned through classical conditioning (associations between stimuli) and operant conditioning (consequences that increase or decrease the likelihood of behaviors), and personality develops as these learned behaviors become stable patterns over time.