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define biological determinism
suggesting that genetics influence behaviour
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define environmental determinism
behaviour is caused by previous experience e.g. conditioning
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define psychic determinism
behaviour caused by innate drives and early experience
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scientific determinism
causal explanations and manipulating of variables
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define a nomothetic approach
forms general laws of behaviour based on studying groups and using quantitative techniques
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define an idiographic approach
focus on individual experiences, case studies, qualitative techniques
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