Free Will Vs Determinism

Question 1

Free will

Answer 1

Suggests humans have free will to chooose behaviours thoughts and actions

May be external/internal forces that can impact this choice

Free will believes we have ability to reject these preasures and self determine our own reality

Question 2

Determinism

Answer 2

Argued all behaviours is controlled and caused by external and internal factors and induviduals have no free will over their behaviour

Question 3

Hard determinism

Answer 3

All behaviour is a result of external and internal causes

Free will does not play a role so induviduals do not have any choice in the behaviour they display

E.g ocd is cuases by inheritance of mutated SERT gene

Question 4

Soft determinism

Answer 4

All behaviour is a result of internal or external cuases yet we also have the ability to make conscious decision

E.g social learning theory we learn behaviour through observing model

However thought process must play a role as whether or not we identity someone as a model

Question 5

Biological determinism

Answer 5

Human behaviour is caused by biological factors such as genetics evoulution and hormones

Link to psych

Addiction to substance/behaviour can be encouraged through lower levels of D2 receptors

Question 6

Environmental determinism

Answer 6

Behaviour is controlled by external factors e.g parents , society , school , peers , upbringing

Link to pysch

Infants learn to attach to their caregiver via stimulus , response association with food provided

Question 7

Pychic determinism

Answer 7

Human behaviour is controlled by unconscious conflict within mind which have been repressed from early childhoood

E.g anxious personality could be caused by and over active super ego

Question 8

Scientific emphasis on causal explanation

Answer 8

Conducting deterministic a research improves scientific status and follows scientific enquiry

Because we can conduct highly controlled experiment , ensuring high control over extraneous variables

So we are certain IV has impacted the DV

Allowing psychologists to establish cause and effect to discover what external internal factors drive our behaviour

Leading to development of psychological treatments or interventions

Question 9

Concepts of determinism highly scientific Ao3

Answer 9

Because possible to predict behaviour control and treat

Leads to prac apps if we know cuase of abnormal behaviour then easy for us to develop treatments

E.g unlikely anyone in society would choose to have sz

Thus using deterministic stance lead to drugs being developed to help help decrease dophamine activity

Thus reduce positive symptoms of sz e.g hallucinations.

This means explaining human behaviour determinism can play important role in applied psychology

Question 10

Belief of self control and personal choice from perspective of free will can be seen as more positive stance than determinism Ao3

Answer 10

Allows people to believe they have chouce over behaviour

More positive affect on mental health

E.g those with internal locus of control believing they have high influence over own behaviour tend to be more mentally healthy , compared to those who believe lives are decided outside of there control

Suggest even if we do not have free will the fact we think we do may have positive impact on mind and behaviour

Question 11

Taking stance of determinism is inconsistent Ao3

Answer 11

With Idea self control and responsibility has implications for British legal system.

Hard determinism suggests all behaviour is a resault of internal and external factors and we have no choice in our behaviour

However in court of law offenders are condsidered morally accountable for actions

Suggest induvidual free will plays a role in whether or not someone commits a crime.

Thus this restricts use of determinism in real world when explaining people behaviour .