comparisons : determinism

• behaviourist approach (deterministic)


  It sees all behaviour as being environmentally determined by external influences.
• biological approach (deterministic)


  It uses genetic determinism as it suggests that behaviour is influenced by innate factors.
• psychodynamic approach (deterministic)


  It suffers from psychic determinism as it suggests all behaviour is affected by unconscious forces.
• cognitive approach (soft determinism)


  It suggests that we can choose our thoughts but the choices can only operate within limits.
• social learning theory (reciprocial determinsm)


  It suggests as well as being influenced by our environment we also exert some influence over our environment through the behaviours we choose to perform.
• humanistic approach (not deterministic)


  It assumes that humans have free will and they act as active agents who determine their own development