Dr.Patel is a school psychologist who has noticed that a fifth-grade student has recently begun to misbehave and fall behind academically.He decides there must be a reason for the student's sudden problems and decides to try to figure out what it is.Dr.Patel's belief that the student's behaviour is the result of some unknown cause is an example of
A)determinism.
B)parsimony.
C)skepticism.
D)empiricism.

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Determinism is the belief that all events, including human behavior, have causes and are determined by preceding events or natural laws. Dr. Patel's approach reflects this belief as he assumes there is a specific cause for the student's behavior.

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