B. F. Skinner and Albert Bandura believed that __________ played an important role in the development of one’s personality.

Both Skinner and Bandura emphasized learning in how personality develops. Skinner focused on learning through conditioning and consequences, while Bandura highlighted learning by observing others. So the best answer is “learning”; observation is especially associated with Bandura, but not the shared answer for both.

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