Question

Juan used to be a fairly generous individual, but it seemed that whenever he loaned things to people, the were never returned, or they were returned broken. Consequently, Juan is no longer generous. The explanation of Juan's personality is based on a(n) __________ explanation. a. psychoanalytic b. humanistic c. behavioral d. trait

Answer 1

A. psychoanalytic

Explanation:

The basis of psychoanalytic approach is that the behaviour of a person is determined by past experiences. This study focuses mainly on the unconscious mind.

Juan used to be a generous person who liked giving out things to people but after they repeatedly returned his things broken and damaged or sometimes not at all, he decided to stop being generous. His subsequent decision and behaviour was shaped as a result of the bad experiences he had in the past after giving out his things to people.

Juan used the past experiences to tailor his future responses, he stopped being generous and the explanation of his personality change is based on psychoanalytic explanation.

Answer 2

Answer: C. Behavioral

Explanation: Juan's personality is closely based on behavioral explanation. Analyzing the cause of Juan's change in generosity, which is an attribute or behavior exhibited by some individuals. According to behavioral psychology, behaviors, attitudes are learnt or avoided through a process called conditioning. Conddituoning may be in the form of reinforcement which strengthens the tendency of repeating a particular behavior OR punishment which lessens or leads to avoidance of a behavior in the future. In the scenario above, Juan's reduction or lack of generosity can be attribute to punishment which occurs when people fail to return items loaned to them.