Bandura used the term " determinism" to denote the complex interaction among the individual, behavior, and the environment.

Reciprocal determinism was the term used by Bandura to define the complex interaction between the individual and the environment. According to Bandura, the environment causes behavior and behavior cause the environment. The term can be understood as the material, the social, cultural and personal reality of individuals and the reciprocity of focuses on the behavior of the individual and the environment.