Approaches

Question 1

What is determinism?

Answer 1

You are saying that everything you do is caused by a specific thing

Question 2

What is biological determinism?

Answer 2

The belief that behaviour is caused by biological influences
For example testosterone will cause aggressive behaviour

Question 3

What is environmental determinism?

Answer 3

The belief that behaviour is caused by features of the environment (such as systems of reward and punishment) that we cannot control
For example if we are raised in an aggressive household, we will learn aggressive behaviour through vicarious reinforcement

Question 4

What is psychic determinism?

Answer 4

The belief that we are controlled by internal, unconscious conflicts that we cannot control
For example we might suffer from depression because of repressed memories

Question 5

What is soft determinism?

Answer 5

The view that determinism and free will are compatible

Question 6

What is hard determinism?

Answer 6

Determinism is true and free will does not exist