Social determinism is the theory that social interactions alone determine individual behavior (as opposed to biological or objective factors).[citation...

Determinism is the philosophical view that all events in the universe, including human decisions and actions, are causally inevitable. Deterministic theories...

technological determinism and his theory on cultural lag. The term is believed to have been coined by Thorstein Veblen (1857–1929), an American social scientist...

Historical determinism is the belief that events in history are entirely determined or constrained by various prior forces and, therefore, in a certain...

Hard determinism (or metaphysical determinism) is a view on free will which holds that determinism is true, that it is incompatible with free will, and...

Environmental determinism (also known as climatic determinism or geographical determinism) is the study of how the physical environment predisposes societies...

Reciprocal determinism is the theory set forth by psychologist Albert Bandura which states that a person's behavior both influences and is influenced...

Biological determinism, also known as genetic determinism, is the belief that human behaviour is directly controlled by an individual's genes or some component...

incompatible with determinism is called incompatibilism and encompasses both metaphysical libertarianism (the claim that determinism is false and thus...

of social development that describe culture as the factor that determines all of the others. This is distinct from theories of economic determinism such...

Nominative determinism is the hypothesis that people tend to gravitate towards areas of work that fit their names. The term was first used in the magazine...

determinism Environmental determinism Social determinism Technological determinism Nominative determinism Climatic determinism Biological determinism...

Parametric determinism is a Marxist interpretation of the course of history. It was formulated by Ernest Mandel and can be viewed as one variant of Karl...

Economic determinism is a socioeconomic theory that economic relationships (such as being an owner or capitalist or being a worker or proletarian) are...

Hindsight bias, also known as the knew-it-all-along phenomenon or creeping determinism, is the common tendency for people to perceive past events as having...

medical and social components. Causes of gender incongruence Gender essentialism Medicalisation of sexuality Neurosexism Psychic determinism Social construction...

Architectural determinism (also sometimes referred to as environmental determinism though that term has a broader meaning) is a theory employed in urbanism...

Linguistic determinism is the concept that language and its structures limit and determine human knowledge or thought, as well as thought processes such...

nationalist sentiments while rejecting the economic and technological determinism generally characteristic of orthodox Marxism and economic liberalism...

Social determinism Social engineering (political science) Social exclusion Social fascism Social influence Social Justice in the Liberal State Social...

sometimes referred to as determinism versus voluntarism, form an enduring ontological debate in social theory: "Do social structures determine an individual's...

Catholic social teaching (CST) is an area of Catholic doctrine which is concerned with human dignity and the common good in society. It addresses oppression...

innovation and technological determinism. It differs from these notably in the attention it pays to the influence of the social and technological context...

impacting society and social advancement differs among different schools of Marxist thinkers. A related concept is technological determinism. On a prescriptive...

Nominalism Parametric determinism Phenomenology (psychology) Standard social science model – Alleged model of social science thought Social construction of...

this medical determinism social determinism, mainly influenced by Durkheim. Lacassagne's approach, which combined both biological and social factors, was...

Social constructivism is a sociological theory of knowledge according to which human development is socially situated, and knowledge is constructed through...

Social history, often called "history from below", is a field of history that looks at the lived experience of the past. Historians who write social history...

stimulus-response theory. An important factor in Social Learning Theory is the concept of reciprocal determinism. This notion states that just as an individual's...

Romanticism, but distinct in its embrace of determinism, detachment, scientific objectivism, and social commentary. Literary naturalism emphasizes observation...