free-will and determinism

Question 1

free will

Answer 1

human beings are self-determining and free to choose their own thoughts and actions
able to reject biological and environmental forces on thoughts and behaviour

Question 2

hard determinism

Answer 2

all human behaviour has an identifiable and describable cause
everything we think/do dictated by internal/external forces out of our control

Question 3

soft determinism

Answer 3

William James

all human behaviour has a cause, however behaviour can also be controlled through conscious choices

Question 4

biological determinism

Answer 4

places the cause of human behaviour in physiological and neurological processes
e.g. the influence of the autonomic nervous system on the stress response

Question 5

environmental determinism

Answer 5

human behaviour is the result of environmental events such as conditioning and socialisation

Question 6

psychic determinism

Answer 6

human behaviour is the result of biological drives and instincts, as well as unconscious conflicts repressed in childhood