Social Studies skills: Difference between revisions
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==== Proximate cause ==== | ==== Proximate cause ==== | ||
* | * same as "sufficient" cause | ||
** | ** especially in a legal context, identical to "sufficient cause" | ||
* in the Social Studies, proximate causes are often confused with "short term" cause | |||
==== Short or near term cause ==== | ==== Short or near term cause ==== | ||
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==== Ultimate cause ==== | ==== Ultimate cause ==== | ||
* similar to long term cause, but indicates a "necessary cause" | * similar to long term cause, but indicates a "necessary cause" | ||
** i.e., it is necessary that this cause exists, but it is not "sufficient" to trigger the outcome | |||
=== Causality chain === | === Causality chain === | ||