ISSUES AND DEBATES Flashcards
free will
notion that humans can make the choices and their behaviour/thoughts are not determined by biological or external forces.
determinism
an individuals behaviour is shaped or controlled by internal or external forces rather than an individuals will to do something
hard determinism
view that all behaviour is caused by something
soft determinism
behaviour may be predictable but therei is also room for personal choice from a limited range of possibilities
biological determinism
behaviour is caused by biological influences that we cant control
environmental determinism
behaviour is caused by features of the environment
psychic determinism
behaviour is caused by unconscious psychodynamic conflicts that we cant control
first philosopher to put forward soft determinism
william james
example of biological determinism
autonomic nervous system, genes on mental health
exmple of environmental determinism
conditioning
example fo psychic determinism
freud
AO3 free will V determinism
- Roberts looked at adolescents who had a strong belief in fatalism and they were at greater risk of depression PRACTICAL VALUE
- internal more likely to beleive in free will
- Libert ps had to say when they felt the conscious will to move the unconscious brain activity came half a second before
- legal system of free will + responsibility
idiographic
focuses more on individual case rather than formulating general laws
nomothetic
study human behaviour through development of general principles and universal laws
idiographic research is
qualitative and in depth eg. Rogers uncondiitonal positive regard
