Free Will and Determinism

Question 1

free will

Answer 1

we have the power to make choice, and control, our own behaviour/thoughts and they aren’t determined by bio or external factors

Question 2

determinism

Answer 2

behaviour controlled by internal/external forces outside our control rather than our will to do something

Question 3

hard determinism

Answer 3

all human behaviour controlled by internal/external causes outside our control and in principle we can identify and describe these causes

Question 4

soft determinism

Answer 4

behaviours to an extent governed by internal/external forces, but we still have some control over them

Question 5

biological determinism

Answer 5

behaviour determined by biological factors outside our control

Question 6

environmental determinism

Answer 6

behaviour determined by environmental factors outside or control

Question 7

psychic determinism

Answer 7

all behaviour (even accidents) determined by unconscious forces repressed in childhood, outside or control