The Case Against Free Will What a Quiet Revolution in Psychology has
Do judges' decisions depend on how long it is since they ate their lunch? Is the best place for a woman to seduce a man on a rickety bridge? Does free will really exist? This book explores how our genes and experiences determine our behaviour as well as d
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Also by David A. Lieberman HUMAN LEARNING AND MEMORY LEARNING LEARNING AND MEMORY LEARNING AND THE CONTROL OF BEHAVIOR LEARNING: BEHAVIOR AND COGNITION (3 editions)
The Case Against Free Will What a Quiet Revolution in Psychology has Revealed about How Behaviour is Determined David A. Lieberman University of Stirling, UK
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For my beloved wife Myra, and my friend and colleague Glyn Thomas, for all his help
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Contents
List of Figures
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Acknowledgements
ix
Prologue
1
Part I Evidence 1 Sex and Violence
15
2 Childhood: Genes
30
3 Childhood: Environment
55
4 Behaviour Must Be Lawful
81
Part II But . . . ? 5 The Feeling of Freedom: Unconscious Associations
107
6 The Feeling of Freedom: Making Decisions and Solving Problems
125
7 Determinism’s Implications
150
Notes
171
References
180
Index
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Figures 1.1 Changes in level of violent crime between 1964 and 2004, in relation to concentrations of lead in petrol 23 years earlier, from 1941 to 1981
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Acknowledgements Figure 1: Data from Figure 1, p. 318, in Nevin, R. (2007). Understanding international crime trends: The legacy of preschool lead
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