AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Hard determinism sees free will as an illusion and believes that every event and action has a cause. Behaviorists are strong believers in hard determinism. Their most forthright and articulate spokesman has been B. F. Skinner.

Detailed explanation-2: -Free will: The idea that individuals are in control of their destiny and make conscious decisions that affect their behaviour. Determinism: The idea that behaviour is determined by forces beyond the individual’s control which can be both internal and external.

Detailed explanation-3: -Cognitive psychology understands our behavior to be a result of various neurological processes, including thoughts, accepting the nuances of our individual differences rather than the influence of personality and free will on our behavior.

Detailed explanation-4: -Humanistic psychologists believe that humans have free will. Humans are able to make their own decisions and are not determined by biological or environmental factors.

Detailed explanation-5: -Psychoanalysis supports a notion of free will-however constrained-premised on the idea that individuals have the capacity to know their own minds.