Issues and Debates 2

Name a type of determinism associated with being influenced by family, peers, media and surroundings.

• Biological

• Psychic

• Environmental

• Scientific

The dopamine hypothesis illustrates which type of determinism?

• Environmental

• Scientific

• Psychic

• Biological

According to Classical Conditioning, learning occurs through...?

• consequences

• learned associations

• modelling

• biochemical factors

Behaviour which is a product of unconscious forces and drives illustrates which type of determinism?

• Psychic

• Biological

• Environmental

• Scientific

Name the gene whose high risk variant has been linked to aggression and criminality

• SERT

• FTO

• COMT

• MAOA

What is another name for the MAOA gene?

• The dominance gene

• The warrior gene

• The worrier gene

• The explosive gene

Name an approach in psychology which illustrates a free will position?

• Cognitive

• Behaviourism

• Social Learning Theory

• Humanistic

Who suggested that the brain decides how we act before we even have conscious awareness of our choices?

• Bandura

• Chun Soon Song

• Mobley

• Libet

Which of the following is an advantage of determinism?

• It clashes with the legal system which is based on the premise of personal responsibility

• It encourages learned helplessness

• It can be associated with higher rates of mental illness

• It enables researchers to identify cause and effect and is therefore characteristic of science

What is the compromise position in the free will v determinism debate?

• hard determinism

• interactionism

• reductionism

• soft determinism