Physical Education A-Level
Behaviour as a function of personality and environment
What Behaviour as a function of personality and environment means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Behaviour as a function of personality and environment
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The summary that behaviour results from personality and environment interacting together.
Topics that use Behaviour as a function of personality and environment
- Aspects of personality (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Consistency across situations
- Layered model of personality
- Learning through observation and imitation
- Person and environment interaction
- Reinforcement and situational influence
- Situational specificity of trait expression
- Stability and change in sporting behaviour
- Stable and enduring characteristics
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