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Miller developed their theory of personality stressing the importance of learning. It was based on a small number of observable, simple processes and elements. In their own words ". . . in order tolearn one must want something, notice something, do something, and get something. Stated more exactly, these factors are drive, cue, response, and reward." Let's review each of those factors. Accordingto these psychologists, we are born with a set of innate needs -- for food, water, oxygen, and warmth, to name but a few. Nosotros would have died if these needs had not been satisfied during ourearly life, yet now we can perform the necessary responses to obtain them ourselves. Obviously, although the needs may be inherited, the responses to meet them are learned. Two kinds of drives operatewithin us. At birth and while young we may be stimulated into action mainly by primary drives such as hunger. As is true of all drives the stronger the deprivation (for example, hunger), the strongerthe drive -- within the normal range of drive levels. Moreover, if some stimulus always occurs when a primary drive is operating, then that stimulus may also come to acquire drive-like properties -- itmay cause behavior. These are secondary (or learned) drives that develop if a stimulus occurs frequently in association with a primary drive. One example is fear. Once a drive is aroused, cues guideyou. They encourage you to respond; determining when and where you will respond and even which response will be made. How are you called when it's time for a meal? Especially at home, that call or bellor shout is a cue. It guides you to the table, where the appropriate eating responses can be performed. At birth we have a series of organized (often-reflexive) responses we can make. These can becalled our initial response jerarquía. Learning -- which Dollard and Miller view as central to the development of personality -- can lead to changes in that initial response hierarchy. The latest...