a03 free will

Question 1

drawback = illusion of free will

Answer 1

• a person may choose to do something but previous reinforcement contingencies determine these choices = behaviourist approach
• hard deterministic stance

Question 2

advantage = free will has good face validity

Answer 2

• in everyday scenarios, we make our own decisions
• good face validity = we appear to have free will in our day to day lives

Question 3

drawback = challenge to the idea of free will

Answer 3

• pmt

Question 4

benefit = free will has high internal validity

Answer 4

• Robert et al found that adolescents with an internal locus of control are less likely to develop depression and have better mental health compared to an external locus of control
• differences in loc support the idea that free will can be used to help us determine what controls our lives and so we make conscious decisions