AQA Psychology for A Level Year 2 Flashbook

Free will and determinism — multiple choice questions 1 Free will sees humans as: (a) Self-interested. (b) Self-determining. (c) Self-deluded. 4 Skinner suggestion that free will is an ‘illusion’ is based on: (a) Psychic determinism. (b) Environmental determinism. (c) Biological determinism. 7 Free will is consistent with everyday life giving it: (a) Face validity. (b) Internal validity. (c) Concurrent validity. 2 Behaviour directed by unconscious conflicts: (a) Psychic determinism. (b) Environmental determinism. (c) Biological determinism. 5 Not an influence associated with biological determinism: (a) Physiological processes. (b) Genetic factors. (c) Reinforcement contingencies. 8 The middle-ground compromise in the free will-determinism debate: (a) Hard determinism. (b) Soft determinism. (c) Biological determinism. 3 All human action has a cause but people have freedom to make decisions: (a) Hard determinism. (b) Soft determinism. (c) Free will. 6 Not consistent with the legal system: (a) Free will. (b) Hard determinism. (c) Soft determinism. Answers 1B 2A 3B 4B 5C 6B 7A 8B Possible extended writing questions: • Discuss the free will and determinismdebate in psychology. [AL = 16] • Discuss two or more forms of determinism in psychology. Refer to at least one topic you have studied in your answer. [AL = 16] 8 Topic 1: Issues and debaTes