AP PSYCHOLOGY

RESEARCH METHODS THINKING CRITICALLY WITH PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

THE NEED FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCE

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Cost:Determinism-means?
A
Focus on developing theory
B
Focus on general theory
C
Focus on single explanation
D
Focus on cause-effect relationship
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Determinism is often used to mean causal determinism, which in physics is known as cause-and-effect. This is the concept that events within a given paradigm are bound by causality in such a way that any state of an object or event is completely determined by its prior states.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the philosophical tradition, the notions of determinism and causality are strongly linked: it is assumed that in a world of deterministic laws, causality may be said to reign supreme; and in any world where the causality is strong enough, determinism must hold.

Detailed explanation-3: -Determinism is more than belief in causality. The defining feature of determinism is a belief in the inevitability of causality. The essence of determinism is that everything that happens is the only thing that could possibly happen (given the past) under those circumstances.

Detailed explanation-4: -causation, Relation that holds between two temporally simultaneous or successive events when the first event (the cause) brings about the other (the effect).

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