psychological determinism

Question 1

key terms - psychological determinism, behavioural psychology

Answer 1

psychological determinism - form of hard determinism according to whom all behaviour is result of genetic & environmental conditions & all human actions conditioned by good/bad consequences of prior decisions (no free will)
behavioural psychology - theory of learning that all behaviours are acquired through conditioning

Question 2

skinner

Answer 2

• believes psychological determinism holds that all behaviour is product of genetic & environmental conditions
• in this theory every human action is dependent upon the consequences of previous actions they had done so it had good consequences then brain is disposed to repeat it
• pavlov’s dogs is one of the classic experiments in behavioural psychology
• skinner’s approach sometimes termed radical behaviourism as involves every aspect of mental activity
• in ‘beyond freedom and dignity’ he denied the existence of internal psychological states like intention & purpose along with denying free will