Determinism

• Behaviourist:

  All behaviour is environmentally determined by external forces that we cannot control
• Social learning:

  We are influenced by our environment and also exert some influence upon it (reciprocal determinism)
• Cognitive:

  Suggests we are the 'choosers' of our own behaviour, but only within the limits of what we know (soft determinism)
• Biological:

  A form of genetic determinism, much of our behaviour is directed by innate influences
• Psychodynamic:

  Unconscious forces drive our behaviour (psychic determinism) and these are rationalised by our conscious minds
• Humanistic:

  Human beings have free will and are active agents who determine their own development