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The core debate

The core debate

Continuum from hard determinism to free will with biological, environmental, situational, and psychic causes linked to behaviour Free will is the idea that people can make conscious choices and act with agency. Determinism is the view that behaviour is caused by factors outside conscious control, such as biology, learning, the situation, or unconscious motives.

Freewill/determinism Lesson

  1. A Level
  2. /Psychology
  3. /Freewill/determinism

Step-by-step lessons on OCR A Level Psychology Freewill/determinism. Each one builds up to exam-style questions. Start with the compulsory core topics before tackling the more evaluation-heavy optional and issues-and-debates content.

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