Holism And Reductionism Flashcards by Scarlett Daniels | Brainscape

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Holism

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Theory that suggests

Psychs should only study

Indivisible system

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Reductionism

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Belief behavior

Is explained

By breaking down

Into smaller, constituent parts

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Biological reductionism

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Form of reductionism

= explains social x psych phenomena

At lower bio level

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Environmental reductionism

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Explains phenomena

Via stimulus- response bonds

X learned associations

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Levels of explaination

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Diff ways of viewing

The same phenomena

4) Socio- cultural

3) Psych- cognitive

2) Psych- behavioural

1) Biological

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