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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Related terms:

  1. Proximate And Ultimate Explanations
  2. Cause and Effect
  3. Root Cause Analysis
  4. FALSE CAUSE
  5. EFFICIENT CAUSE
  6. OCCASIONAL CAUSE
  7. CAUSE
  8. CAUSE-AND-EFFECT DIAGRAM
  9. CAUSE-AND-EFFECT TEST
  10. CONTRIBUTING CAUSE