Holism And Reductionism Flashcards by Scarlett Daniels

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Holism

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Greek holos - whole

Study Indivisible system

Integrated experience

Qualitative

Societal interactions

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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

E.g. OCD seratonin

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Environmental reductionism

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Explains phenomena

Via stimulus- response bonds

X learned associations

E.g. phobia (OC x CC)

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Levels of explaination

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Diff ways of viewing

The same phenomena

4) Socio- cultural

3) Psych- cognitive (memory)

2) Psych- behavioural (OC, CC)

1) Biological

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AO3: ✅ Holism

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Larger, integration

Understand behaviour

Larger insight

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AO3: ❌ Holism

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Hard to Use

Practical issues

E.g. too many factors to Depression

Hard to treat

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AO3: ✅ Reductionism

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E.g. bio help facilitate treatments

Better attack symptoms

Improve Q of L

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AO3: ❌ Reductionism

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Other factors ignored

Limits understanding

Mental illness= reaccurance of issue

Limits IRL apply

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