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CONDITIONING AND PERSONALITY
Author(s) -
EYSENCK H. J.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1962.tb00835.x
Subject(s) - psychology , champion , personality , field (mathematics) , personality theory , social psychology , cognitive psychology , epistemology , philosophy , mathematics , political science , pure mathematics , law
The application of learning theory to the study of personality presents many problems, some of which are here discussed in reply to a critique by Champion of the author's particular contribution to this field. It is suggested that such discussions are relatively fruitless unless they take into account the differences between ‘strong’ and ‘weak’ theories, and unless they bear in mind the many different ways along which predictions may be mediated from postulates.