Free Will vs Determinism

• Event causation - when an event directly causes another event to occur
• Agent causation - the idea that an individual (agent) is the cause of an event.
• Determinism - the principle that all human behaviour comes from internal/external causes
• Free will - people are not acting in response to any external or internal pressures and can make choices freely
• Environmental Determinism - the belief that behaviour is caused by external factors that we have no control over, eg. Skinner's Rat
• Psychic determinism - the belief that behaviour is caused by unconscious processes shaped by childhood experiences.
• Biological determinism - refers to the idea that all human behaviour is innate and determined by genes.
• Hard determinism - implies that free will is not possible as our behaviour is always caused by internal or external events beyond our control
• Soft determinism - behaviour is constrained by the environment or biological make-up, but only to a certain extent.
• Scientific Determinism - emphasis on casual explanations of behaviour and the role of biological and environmental factors in shaping behaviour