determinism

Question 1

what is hard determinism?

Answer 1

all human behaviour has a cause which should be able to be identified and described

Question 2

what is soft determinism?

Answer 2

all human actions have a cause, but humans have conscious mental control over how they behave

Question 3

what s biological determinism?

Answer 3

biological factors influence our behaviour as many behaviours and characteristics are thought to have a genetic basis

Question 4

what is environmental determinism?

Answer 4

all behaviour is the result of conditioning and choice is merely a reinforcement

Question 5

what is psychic determinism?

Answer 5

human thoughts and behaviour is controlled by unconscious conflict and innate needs

Question 6

what are the strengths?

Answer 6

• consistent with the aims of science
• used in treatments
• establish cause and effect
• no one would choose to have a mental disorder

Question 7

what are the weaknesses?

Answer 7

• doesn’t work with the legal system
• unfalsifiable as the cause may just have not been discovered
• socially sensitive