debates within issues 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyPsychology case studiesA2/A-levelAQA Created by: AaronRawlingsCreated on: 19-09-22 12:23 Free will Each individual has the power to make choices about their own behaviour. 1 of 13 Determinism Behaviour is controlled by external or internal factors acting upon the individual 2 of 13 Soft determinism A version of determinism that allows for some element of free will. 3 of 13 Hard determinism The view that all behaviour can be predicted and there is no free will. 4 of 13 Biological determinism The idea that human characteristics, are determined by hereditary factors passed from parent to offspring. 5 of 13 Environmental determinism The view that behaviour is determined or caused by forces outside the individual. 6 of 13 Psychic determinism The idea that human behaviour is the result of childhood experiences and innate drives. 7 of 13 Holism Perceiving the whole experience rather than the individual features and/or the relations between them. 8 of 13 reductionism An approach that breaks complex phenomena into more simple components allowing for a simpler level of explanation 9 of 13 Biological reductionism A reduction of behaviour to a physical level and explain it in terms of neurons, neurotransmitters, hormones, brain structure, etc. 10 of 13 Environmental reductionism A reduction of behaviour to a stimulus-response associations and that complex behaviours are a series of S-R chains 11 of 13 Nomothetic Seeks to make general laws about behaviour based on the study of groups and the use of quantitative methods. 12 of 13 Idiographic focuses on individuals and emphasises uniqueness, favours qualitative methods in research. 13 of 13
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