Free Will and Determinism Flashcards
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free will
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- idea we have a choice and play an active role in how we behave
- assumes individuals are free to choose their behaviour and are self-determined
2
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determinism
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- view that free will is an illusion and our behaviour governed by internal and external forces over which we have no control
3
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scientific emphasis on causal relationships
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- seeks to discover whether independent variables cause changes in dependent variable
- establishing cause and effect relationships between variables
4
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hard determinism
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- view forces outside our control shape our behaviour
- seen as incompatible with free will
5
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soft determinism
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- behaviour constrained by biological make-up or environment to a certain extent
- some behaviours more constraint than others
- element of free will in all behaviour
- e.g. SLT takes into account through motivation in ARMM
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biological determinism
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- all human behaviour innate and determined by genes
- e.g. serotonin imbalance causing OCD
7
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environmental determinism
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- behaviour determined by outside forces,
- caused by previous experiences, learning through CC/OC
- e.g. cupboard Love associations
8
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psychic determinism
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behaviour a result of childhood experiences and innate drives
- e.g. failure at anal stage causes anal retentive - controlling/obessesive
