DETERMINISM

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N., Pam M.S.
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1. Philosophy. Taking the psoition that all events are the results of an antecedent cause or other force. See causality. 2. Psychology. Taking the position that behaviour results in causal antecedents.

DETERMINISM: "Determinism looks at how past actions can effect our current actions and behaviours."

Related Psychology Terms

  1. CAUSALITY
  2. CAUSALITY
  3. FALSE CAUSE
  4. CAUSAL ORDERING
  5. CAUSATION
  6. DYNAMIC
  7. CAUSAL INFERENCE
  8. CAUSAL CHAIN
  9. CAUSAL ORDERING
  10. BAYESIAN BELIEF NETWORK
Cite this page: N., Pam M.S., "DETERMINISM," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/determinism/ (accessed January 12, 2020).
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