Psychology A-Level
environmental and psychic determinism
What environmental and psychic determinism means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for OCR.
Definition of environmental and psychic determinism
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Both perspectives are determinist, but behaviourism focuses on observable environmental conditioning while psychodynamic focuses on unobservable unconscious drives.
Topics that use environmental and psychic determinism
- Section B: Areas, perspectives and debates (OCR A-Level)
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