Vicki was reserved as a baby, shy as a child, and shy as an adult. Social learning theorists would say that Vicki
a. was genetically predisposed to be shy.
b. is a product of environments that consistently fostered the same personality trait.
c. was unable to resolve psychosocial crises in positive ways.
d. identified with her shy mother and drove her id to adopt this as a permanent personality characteristic.
b
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