Free Will vs Determinism

Question 1

F Vs D
Psychodynamic

Answer 1

Psychic Determinism
- behaviour is determined by unconscious drives and early childhood experiences

Question 2

F Vs D
Cognitive

Answer 2

Soft Determinism
suggests that behaviour is the result of meditational processes however human can choose what info they attend to

Question 3

F Vs D
Humanistic

Answer 3

Free Will
- only approach that suggest that humans control their own environment and are capable of change

Question 4

What is free will?

Answer 4

suggests as humans, we are self-determining and free to choose our thoughts and actions
Implies that we are able to reject external forces as we are the masters of our own identity

Question 5

AO3 FvsD
Determinism

Answer 5

(+) Consistent with the aims of science
Led to the development of treatments and therapies

(-) Hard determinism is not consistent with the way in which our legal system operates, Offenders are held morally accountable for their actions
Unfalsifiable - based on the idea that causes of behaviour will always exist

Question 6

AO3- FvsD
Free Will

Answer 6

(+) Face validity- everyday experience gives the impression that we are constantly exercising free will through the choices we make
We have an internal locus of control
Gives us a positive impact on mind and behaviour

(-) Chun Siong Soon et al have demonstrated that the brain activity that determines the outcome of simple choices may predate our knowledge of having made such a choice