A-level Free Will vs. Determinism

The free will vs. determinism debate argues whether our behaviour...

• can be explained by more complex ideas or simplistic ideas

• is because of a choice or because of internal and external factors out of our control

• is best explained by looking at the individual to create a unique explanation or groups to create general laws

• is caused by biological factors or environmental influences

Freuds psychoanalytic approach argues that adult behaviour is determined by innate drives and experiences. What type of determinism is this? (pick 2)

• Biological Determinism

• Soft Determinism

• Environmental Determinism

• Psychic Determinism

• Hard Determinism

All behaviour has a cause and effect. What type of determinism is this?

• Biological Determinism

• Soft Determinism

• Scientific Determinism

• Hard Determinism

This version allows for some free will. What type of determinism is this?

• Biological Determinism

• Soft Determinism

• Scientific Determinism

• Hard Determinism

Phobias are acquired through classical conditioning and maintained through operant conditioning What type of determinism is this?

• Psychic Determinism

• Environmental Determinism

• Scientific Determinism

• Hard Determinism

It is doubtful that there will ever be 100% concordance rates for twin studies, this is a problem as...

• It undermines biological determinism

• It suggests that we can't create universal treatments

• It will mean the individual can understand their behaviour better

• It undermines free will

There must be some free will as...

• There are treatments that work for all OCD patients

• Bandura recognises that mediational processes are under our control

• The cognitive approach suggest that we have no control over what we pay attention too.

• The motor regions of the brain are making decisions before our conscious brain has recognised it.

The value of this approach is that it allows us to make predictions and control human behaviour...

• Free will

• Soft determinism

• Hard determinism

• Environmental determinism

If all our behaviour is controlled by external and internal forces then...

• We should not have a justice system as our behaviour is not under our control

• We should allow people to decide what treatments work best for them

• We should expect people to be able to make sensible and logical decisions

• It would make it hard to predict peoples behaviour