AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Soft determinism (or compatibilism) is the position or view that causal determinism is true, but we still act as free, morally responsible agents when, in the absence of external constraints, our actions are caused by our desires. Compatibilism does not maintain that humans are free.

Detailed explanation-2: -determinism, in philosophy and science, the thesis that all events in the universe, including human decisions and actions, are causally inevitable.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Behaviorism-Determinist Perspective describes the relationship between determinism and behaviorism . Behaviorists are supporters of determinism because they believe that the environment is the only determinant of behavior. They believe there is no free will and no internal roots of behavior.

Detailed explanation-4: -Behaviorists are strong believers in hard determinism. Their most forthright and articulate spokesman has been B. F. Skinner. Concepts like “free will” and “motivation” are dismissed as illusions that disguise the real causes of human behavior.