PROXIMATE CAUSE

Proximate cause is the direct or apparently obvious cause of an event; directly produces the effect. For instance, a violent outburst may have a proximate cause of being insulted, but the remote cause may be hidden anger from a similar event early in the respondent’s life.

PROXIMATE CAUSE: “The waitress dropping the dishes was the proximate cause of the caf”

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mohammad looti (2025). PROXIMATE CAUSE. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Retrieved from https://scales.arabpsychology.com/trm/proximate-cause/

mohammad looti. "PROXIMATE CAUSE." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 21 Oct. 2025, https://scales.arabpsychology.com/trm/proximate-cause/.

mohammad looti. "PROXIMATE CAUSE." PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, 2025. https://scales.arabpsychology.com/trm/proximate-cause/.

mohammad looti (2025) 'PROXIMATE CAUSE', PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. Available at: https://scales.arabpsychology.com/trm/proximate-cause/.

[1] mohammad looti, "PROXIMATE CAUSE," PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES, vol. X, no. Y, ص Z-Z, October, 2025.

mohammad looti. PROXIMATE CAUSE. PSYCHOLOGICAL SCALES. 2025;vol(issue):pages.

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Related terms:

  1. Proximate And Ultimate Explanations
  2. REMOTE CAUSE
  3. Cause and Effect
  4. FALSE CAUSE
  5. PRIMARY CAUSE
  6. OCCASIONAL CAUSE
  7. ORIGINAL CAUSE
  8. CAUSE
  9. CAUSE-AND-EFFECT DIAGRAM
  10. CONTRIBUTING CAUSE
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