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Issues & Debates: Free Will V Determinism DP Flashcards

1
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What does free will suggest we are free to choose?

A

Our behaviours, thoughts and actions

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2
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What does free will believe we have the ability to reject?

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Internal and external pressures

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3
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This side of the debate believes that we have the ability to self-determine our own destiny

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Free will

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This side of the debate argues that all behaviour is controlled and caused by external and/or internal factors

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Determinism

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What does determinism argue?

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All behaviour is controlled and caused by external and/or internal factors

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6
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What does determinism say individuals do not have?

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Free will over their behaviour

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7
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Topic evidence for free will comes from…

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Humanism / Humanistic approach

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Which approach argues that humans are self-determining and provides topic evidence for free will?

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Humanism

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9
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Which type of determinism argues that individuals do not have any choice in the behaviour they display?

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Hard determinism

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10
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Which type of determinism argues that as individuals we also have the ability to make conscious decisions about what we want in life?

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Soft determinism

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Hard determinism argues that individuals…

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do not have any choice in the behaviour they display

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12
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Soft determinism argues that as individuals we have…

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the ability to make conscious decisions about what we want in life

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Vulnerability to developing OCD is caused by internal factors such as the inheritance of a mutated SERT gene which causes anxiety

This is an example of…

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hard determinism / biological determinism

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14
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Topic evidence for soft determinism comes from…

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Social learning theory

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Topic evidence for hard determinism comes from…

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The biological explanation for OCD / SZ

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16
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Social learning theory is topic evidence for which type of determinism?

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Soft determinism

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17
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How is social learning theory an example of soft determinism?

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Our thought processes play a role as to whether or not we identify someone as a role model

18
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What does biological determinism argue that all human behaviour is controlled by?

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Internal biological factors such as genetics, evolution and hormones

19
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Which type of determinism argues that all human behaviour is controlled by internal biological factors such as genetics, evolution and hormones?

A

Biological determinism

20
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Addiction to a substance/behaviour can be encouraged through lower levels of D2 receptors

This is an example of…

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Biological determinism

21
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What does environmental determinism argue that all human behaviour is controlled by?

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External factors within individuals’ surroundings such as parents, society, schools, peers, upbringing, e.g. reinforcements and punishments

22
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Which type of determinism argues that all human behaviour is controlled by external factors within individuals’ surroundings?

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Environmental determinism

23
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An infant learns to attach to their caregiver via stimulus, response, association with the food provided

This is an example of…

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Environmental determinism

24
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Topic evidence for biological determinism comes from…

A

Brain neurochemistry explanation of addiction / biological explanation of OCD / biological explanation of SZ

25
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Topic evidence for environmental determinism comes from…

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Learning theory explanation of attachment / phobias / nicotine addiction / gambling addiction

26
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What does psychic determinism argue that all human behaviour is controlled by?

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Unconscious conflict within the mind which have been repressed from early childhood

27
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Which type of determinism argues that all human behaviour is controlled by unconscious conflict within the mind which have been repressed from early childhood?

A

Psychic determinism

28
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Topic evidence for psychic determinism comes from…

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Structure of personality (psychodynamic approach)

29
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A guilty/anxious personality could be caused by an overactive superego

This is an example of…

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Psychic determinism

30
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Deterministic research helps establish…

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cause and effect

31
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What type of research method led to determinism?

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Lab experiments where the IV is manipulated

32
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How can lab experiments be sure of what is controlling behaviour?

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Due to controlling all extraneous variables in a lab setting

33
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Establishing cause and effect between the IV and DV has led to…

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General laws of behaviour being created

34
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What has led to general laws of behaviour being created?

A

Establishing cause an effect between the IV and DV

35
Q

Determinism allows us to predict behaviour and to control/treat behaviour. This is a strength of…

A

practical applications

36
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How does determinism lead to practical applications?

A

Knowing the cause of abnormal behaviour allows us to develop treatments

37
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Hard determinism is inconsistent with the idea of self control and responsibility. This has implications for…

A

the British legal system

38
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Which type of determinism restricts the use of determinism in the real world e.g. the British legal system?

A

Hard determinism

39
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Which side of the debate has a more positive stance?

A

Free will

40
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How does free will have a more positive stance than determinism?

A

It allows people to believe they have control over their behaviour which may have a positive effect on mental health

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