deterministic

(adjective)

Having each state depend only on the immediately previous state, as opposed to having some states depend on backtracking where there may be multiple possible next actions

Examples of deterministic in the following topics:

  • Evaluating the Biological Perspective on Personality

    • This method can also be deterministic.
  • Evaluating the Humanistic Perspective on Personality

    • This view gives the conscious human being some necessary autonomy and frees him/her from deterministic principles.
  • Evaluating the Psychodynamic Approach to Personality

    • Thus, in psychoanalytical theory, human behavior is deterministic and human beings are reduced to animals merely attempting to control primal drives that might go against social order and conduct.
  • Rogers' Humanistic Theory of Personality

    • Both Rogers’ and Maslow’s theories focus on individual choices and do not hold that biology is deterministic.
  • Genetics, the Brain, and Personality

    • This method can also be deterministic, meaning that some factors are identified as causal—i.e., certain brain structures or patterns may be identified as causing certain psychological outcomes.
  • Humanistic Psychology

    • It stresses the importance of free will and personal responsibility for decision-making; this view gives the conscious human being some necessary autonomy and frees them from deterministic principles.
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