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A psychologist is analyzing a patient's personality. While they agree with the idea that early life experiences are fundamentally important, they argue that the patient's current social relationships and cultural background are more critical to understanding their issues than any underlying instinctual drives. This psychologist's perspective best illustrates the primary theoretical shift made by which group of thinkers?
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A psychologist is analyzing a patient's personality. While they agree with the idea that early life experiences are fundamentally important, they argue that the patient's current social relationships and cultural background are more critical to understanding their issues than any underlying instinctual drives. This psychologist's perspective best illustrates the primary theoretical shift made by which group of thinkers?
A theorist is analyzing an adult's intense ambition and drive for success. While this theorist agrees that early childhood experiences are foundational, they believe the primary motivators for personality are rooted in social and cultural contexts rather than inborn drives. Which of the following explanations for the adult's ambition would be most consistent with this theorist's modified perspective?