Mischel and his colleagues argued that personality characteristics are learned habits of thinking and behaving, which are acquired and manifested in particular social situations. They were advocates of the theory of personality.

social cognitive theory of personality

Explanation:

Social cognitive theory explain that learning occurs as a result of interaction between the person,the environment and behavior and it is a social context.

Learning is said to occur as a result of all the factors working together in a social environment.

Learning is a product of social influence, external and internal social reinforcement. Learning is not isolated from social environment according to social cognitive theory.

The theory considers peoples past experiences and determine how it influence their behaviour.