Essays on Matilda by Roald Dahl

The humanistic theory, the social cognitive theories, and the behaviorist theories all achieved the goal of explaining the personality of Matilda Wormwood but had different philosophies on describing the personality. Behaviorist theories focus on the character’s external behavior, while Maslow’s humanistic theory focuses on describing the character’s personality as a whole. The humanistic theory also follows a more subjective point of view because of the use of qualitative research, while behaviorist theories depend on scientific data. The humanistic theory described…