e. Personality is a result of genetics shaping a person's preferences is not a criticism of the behavioristic perspective of psychology.
- According to the behavioristic perspective of psychology people and animals are controlled by their environment.
- Human or animal behavior is regulated by the learning from the environment.
- The environmental factors or stimuli affect the observable behavior also called as response.
- It includes the classical and operant conditioning.
- Classical conditioning is learning by association and operant conditioning refers to the learning by the consequences of the behavior.
- The psychologists while following the behavioristic perspective often neglect the emotions, biological drives, and thoughts responsible for behavior.
- They often disregard the free will and personal choice as the behavior is often conditioned depending upon the stimuli.
- The application of behavioristic perspective is unethical as it is responsible for modifying the behavior of the subjects especially while observing the effect of stimulus on the animal behavior.
- The changes in the animal behavior with respect to a stimulus cannot help in deducing the same conclusion for humans as humans have more effective thinking ability.
- Behavioristic perspective of psychology does not give indication of role of genetics in the development of behavior or shaping the personality.
Hence, option, e. Personality is a result of genetics shaping a person's preferences is not a criticism of the behavioristic perspective of psychology.
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