Free Will
- Created by: Tiffany Bryan
- Created on: 31-10-19 07:14
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- Free Will
- A01
- - Assumes we are free to choose our behaviour.
- For example, we are self-determined
- Believers in free will, agree that internal and external forces exist but that people have free will to REJECT them
- Can be supported by the Humanistic Approach
- AO3
- Weakness for Determinism that is a strength for Free Will
- Concept that psychological research and treatments suggest determinism is dominant
- Doesn't feel intuitively correct - Most people feel they have a sense of freedom of choice
- This gives free will FACE VALIDITY - connects with the Humanistic Approach, assumes we have free will
- Successes of Humanistic Approach - revolutionised counselling techniques and provides a positive interpretation towards people than the Psychodynamic Approach
- This gives free will FACE VALIDITY - connects with the Humanistic Approach, assumes we have free will
- Doesn't feel intuitively correct - Most people feel they have a sense of freedom of choice
- Psychologist cannot predict a person's behaviour with 100% accuracy
- Rare to say X causes Y, there's always people who don't have this effect
- Antipsychotic drugs do not successfully treat all schizophrenic patients
- Suggests that there must be something else that affects whether the behaviour happens or not
- Antipsychotic drugs do not successfully treat all schizophrenic patients
- Rare to say X causes Y, there's always people who don't have this effect
- Concept that psychological research and treatments suggest determinism is dominant
- If they pick out our weaknesses
- Research evidence suggest people who believe they have a high influence in their behaviour tend to be mentally healthier than those who don't
- Roberts et al - adolescents with a strong belief in fatalism were at a greater risk of developing depression
- Suggest that if we think/believe we have free will, it has a positive impact on our mental well-being
- Roberts et al - adolescents with a strong belief in fatalism were at a greater risk of developing depression
- Free will cannot be falsified
- Determinism as an approach cannot be falsified also. It is based on the idea that causes of behaviour will always exist, even though they may not be found
- Suggests that the determinist approach to human behaviour may not as scientific as it appears
- Determinism as an approach cannot be falsified also. It is based on the idea that causes of behaviour will always exist, even though they may not be found
- Research evidence suggest people who believe they have a high influence in their behaviour tend to be mentally healthier than those who don't
- Weakness for Determinism that is a strength for Free Will
- A01
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