Easterbrook / Lykken The Determinants of Free Will

A Psychological Analysis of Responsible, Adjustive Behavior
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-6481-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Web PDF

The Determinants of Free Will: A Psychological Analysis of Responsible, Adjustive Behavior deals with the concept of personal adjustment as freedom of will and a personal responsibility. The book reviews the definitions, rationale, and general framework of concepts of free will, responsibility, and other terminologies. The text explains the determinants of free will; it also analyzes 1) educated intelligence and 2) efficacy as the determinants of mental health or proper personal adjustment. The text explains the philosophy of Kurt Goldstein and cites references to evidence pointing to the differences in thought among people who have forward-looking or situation-dependent behaviors. The issue of independence in a social context is also discussed. This topic includes the determinants of maladjustments and self-disciplined members of society. The text also examines motivation and informational independence through literature dealing with mechanisms of behavioral autonomy. The book also reviews the sharing of freedom and the limits to freedom of will. The text is suitable for psychologists, psychoanalysts, guidance counselors, child educators, and behavioral therapists.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Easterbrook, James A.

Lykken, David T.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;The Determinants of Free Will: A Psychological Analysis of
Responsible, Adjustive Behavior;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;Preface;10
6;PART I: FREEDOM, RESPONSIBILITY, AND RELATED CONCEPTS;14
6.1;Chapter 1. Free Will in Psychology and Human Affairs;16
6.1.1;PRELIMINARY DEFINITIONS;17
6.1.2;FREE WILL AND ADJUSTMENT;19
6.1.3;FREE WILL IN PSYCHOLOGY;20
6.1.4;SITUATIONALISM IN THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ADJUSTMENT;24
6.1.5;FREEDOM AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT;25
6.1.6;SUMMARY;27
6.2;Chapter 2. Responsibility and Freedom in Folk Psychology;30
6.2.1;AN IMPLICIT THEORY OF RESPONSIBILITY;30
6.2.2;THE ITR AS A POLICY FOR SOCIAL SANCTIONS;33
6.2.3;DETERMINANTS OF FREE WILL;35
6.2.4;SUMMARY;40
7;PART II: THE GIVEN AND THE POSSIBLE IN GOVERNMENT OF ACTION;42
7.1;Chapter 3. Freedom from Stimulus Control;44
7.1.1;SEGMENTAL ACTS AND INTEGRATED ACTION;44
7.1.2;INTENTION AND PURPOSE;46
7.1.3;PROACTIVE SERIAL ORGANIZATION AND WILL;47
7.1.4;RESPONSIBILITY AS PROACTIVE PROFICIENCY;51
7.1.5;THE CAPACITY FOR FREEDOM;53
7.1.6;DIFFERENTIATION;55
7.1.7;WORDS AND POSSIBILITIES;58
7.1.8;PROACTIVE INFORMATION PROCESSING;61
7.1.9;SUMMARY;62
7.2;Chapter 4. Efficacy and Freedom of Choice;64
7.2.1;HUNGER AND SELF-ACTUALIZATION;65
7.2.2;THE RELATION OF DRIVE TO FREEDOM OF CHOICE;70
7.2.3;SUBJECTIVITY AND OBJECTIVITY IN BEHAVIOR;73
7.2.4;ACQUIRED DRIVES AND FREEDOM OF CHOICE;75
7.2.5;REMOVAL OF EMOTIONAL REACTIONS;79
7.2.6;ANXIETY AS HELPLESSNESS;80
7.2.7;THE EFFICACY CONSTRUCT;82
7.2.8;SUMMARY;84
7.3;Chapter 5. Imagination and Venturing;86
7.3.1;FANTASIES OF PROACTIVITY;88
7.3.2;PROACTIVE MINDS;91
7.3.3;THINKING UNDER THREAT;93
7.3.4;EXPECTANCY AND EFFICACY;97
7.3.5;DETERMINANTS OF PROSPECTIVE THOUGHT;99
7.3.6;KNOWLEDGE OF PURPOSIVE TALES;101
7.3.7;TRAINING IN PURPOSIVE BEHAVIOR;102
7.3.8;SUMMARY;105
8;PART III: INDIVIDUAL AUTONOMY IN A SOCIAL CONTEXT;108
8.1;Chapter 6. Obedience;110
8.1.1;APPEARANCES AS CRITERIA FOR ACTION;110
8.1.2;THE COMPLIANT DISPOSITION;112
8.1.3;SOCIAL INFLUENCES ON FREEDOM OF CHOICE;114
8.1.4;REINFORCEMENT OF OBEDIENCE AND COMMANDS;116
8.1.5;INHIBITORY EFFECTS OF PUNISHMENT;119
8.1.6;PUNISHMENT, ANXIETY, AND AGGRESSION;121
8.1.7;A CULTURE OF MISTRUST;122
8.1.8;SELF-DISCIPLINE AND OBJECTIVITY;125
8.1.9;SUMMARY;126
8.2;Chapter 7. The Shaping of Self-Discipline;128
8.2.1;FIELD STUDIES OF INDEPENDENCE TRAINING METHODS;129
8.2.2;ANALYTICAL STUDIES OF CONTROL OVER THE ENVIRONMENT;132
8.2.3;REINFORCEMENT AND SOCIAL LEARNING;136
8.2.4;SELF-DISCIPLINED LEARNING;138
8.2.5;SELF-REINFORCEMENT AND BEHAVIORAL FLEXIBILITY;140
8.2.6;SELF-DISCIPLINE AND MORALITY;143
8.2.7;SUMMARY;145
8.3;Chapter 8. Motivational (and Moral) Constancy;148
8.3.1;THE RELATIONSHIP OF MORAL JUDGMENTS TO ATTITUDES;148
8.3.2;RECOGNITION OF ATTITUDES;149
8.3.3;THE CONDITIONS OF DISPOSITIONAL STABILITY;151
8.3.4;COGNITIVE CONSISTENCY AND NEW INFORMATION;153
8.3.5;CONSISTENCY AND DISCRIMINATION;155
8.3.6;ANXIETY AND THE ACCEPTANCE OF NEW INFORMATION;157
8.3.7;EFFICACY, ATTITUDINAL CONTROL, AND FREEDOM;159
8.3.8;CONCEPTUAL SYSTEMS AND ATTITUDINAL STABILITY;161
8.3.9;CONCEPTUAL SYSTEMS AS PRODUCTS OF SOCIAL INFLUENCE;165
8.3.10;ATTITUDINALLY MEDIATED BEHAVIOR AND THE SUPEREGO;169
8.3.11;SUMMARY;171
9;PART IV: THE SHARING OF FREEDOM;174
9.1;Chapter 9. The Creation of Social Cooperation;176
9.1.1;TRUST AS A FEATURE OF EFFICACY;177
9.1.2;PLANFUL BEHAVIOR AND THE "FITTING" RESPONSE;180
9.1.3;AMENABILITY TO INFLUENCE;180
9.1.4;POWER TO PUNISH;183
9.1.5;FREEDOM, INDEPENDENCE, AND SOCIAL COHESION;186
9.1.6;THE FREEDOM CHARTER;187
9.1.7;SUMMARY;189
9.2;Chapter 10. Cultural Determinants of Freedom and Social Adjustment;190
9.2.1;SELF-ESTEEM AND SOCIAL ADJUSTMENT;190
9.2.2;DETERMINANTS AND CORRELATES OF SOCIAL ESTEEM;192
9.2.3;REACTIVE AND PROACTIVE ECONOMIES;193
9.2.4;FLUIDITY IN SOCIAL SYSTEMS;196
9.2.5;INFORMATION FLOW IN SOCIAL SYSTEMS;198
9.2.6;A SOCIOLOGICAL EXPERIMENT;201
9.2.7;THE INTERACTIONAL CHARACTER OF FLUID SOCIETIES;205
9.2.8;SUMMARY;208
9.3;Chapter 11. Responsibility, Freedom, and Morality;210
9.3.1;SELF-SERVING ACTIONS AND MORALITY;210
9.3.2;A STUDY OF MORAL UNDERSTANDING;211
9.3.3;SIX STAGES OF SUPEREGO;212
9.3.4;SUPEREGO INTELLIGENCE AND SUPEREGO ACTION;218
9.3.5;MORAL THINKING AND FREE WILL;220
9.3.6;SUMMARY;222
9.4;Chapter 12. Limits to Freedom of Will;224
9.4.1;MORALITY AND FREEDOM;224
9.4.2;MAINTENANCE OF THE CONDITIONS OF FREEDOM;225
9.4.3;ALIENATION AS CAUSE AND CONSEQUENCE OF IRRESPONSIBILITY;229
9.4.4;CAN PEOPLE SOLVE PROBLEMS?;232
9.4.5;THE FREE MIND;235
9.4.6;MIND OVER MATTER;237
9.4.7;THE GOOD LIFE;239
9.4.8;SUMMARY;240
10;References;242
11;Name Index;256
12;Subject Index;262