LS4 - Free Will Vs Determinism

Question 1

Biological Determinism

Answer 1

All behaviour is innate and determine by genes e.g. autonomic nervous system

Question 2

Environmental Determinism

Answer 2

Behaviour is determined by external forces and previous experience learned through classical/operant conditioning

Question 3

Soft Determinism

Answer 3

Behaviour is only determined by external forces to a certain extent - people still have conscious control.

Question 4

Hard Determinism

Answer 4

Forces outside of our control completely shape our behaviour, free will has no influence, everything has a cause, which should be able to be identified.

Question 5

Psychic Determinism

Answer 5

Human behaviour results from childhood experience and innate experience i.e. underlying authority of conscious

Question 6

Free Will

Answer 6

All thought and actions are completely self-determining, although there might be some influence we choose what we do.

Question 7

Casual Explanations

Answer 7

Causes allow scientists to predict events in the future. Lab experiments allows psychologists to control/predict behaviour and hence create casual explanations.

Question 8

Free Will (+)

Answer 8

Everyday Life
Internal Locus Of Control
Legal System

Question 9

Free Will (-)

Answer 9

Siong Soon Et Al

Question 10

Everyday Life (+)

Answer 10

Everyday experiences imply we exercise free will, providing face validity.

Question 11

Internal Locus Of Control (+)

Answer 11

People believe they have a high level of control over their behaviour, meaning they exercise free will.

Question 12

Legal System (+)

Answer 12

People are held accountable or their actions after 10, meaning the legal system coincides with free will.

Question 13

Siong Soon Et Al (-)

Answer 13

Demonstrated that brain activity that leads to a choice, starts earlier than our knowledge of creating the choice.

Question 14

Determinism (+)

Answer 14

Consistent With Science
Schizophrenic Research

Question 15

Determinism (-)

Answer 15

Doesn’t Coincide With Legal System
Not Always Falsifiable

Question 16

Consistent With Science (+)

Answer 16

Determinism suggests behaviour is orderly and follows laws e.g. environmental determinism can be proved through behavioural approach and Pavlov’s research.

Question 17

Schizophrenic Research (+)

Answer 17

Schizophrenic patients demonstrate loss of control meaning that we don’t have free will, anti-psychotic drugs treat schizophrenia meaning there must be biological influence.

Question 18

Doesn’t Coincide With Legal System (-)

Answer 18

The legal system holds offenders morally responsible but hard determinism says we have no control.

Question 19

Falsifiability (-)

Answer 19

Causes of behaviour haven’t even been found yet meaning it’s not scientific and you can’t prove it wrong.

Question 20

Innate

Answer 20

Natural