A resolution or a commitment to a position or a decision: Peter's determination to participate in the marathon required a great deal of preliminary training and practice before it took place.

In psychiatry, a social learning theory, that behavior is a result of the interplay between cognitive and environmental factors: People learn reciprocal determinations by observing others and imitating their actions and negative behavior patterns can be suppressed or eliminated by having someone learn different ways of behaving from other people who are role models.