Holism And Reductionism

Question 1

What is holism?

Answer 1

People must be studied as a whole stystem

Question 2

What is reductionism?

Answer 2

Behaviour is broken down into constituent

Question 3

What is the benefits of holism?

Answer 3

• Provide a complete picture
• Accepts and deals with complex nature of behaviours
• Considers individual differences

Question 4

What is the limitation of holism?

Answer 4

• Very costly to investigate into different types and levels of explanation
• Not based on empirical evidence

Question 5

What does DSM stand for?

Answer 5

Multi-axial tool looks at patients physical condition, social & economic condition when diagnosing.

Question 6

What can psychology be replaced with?

Answer 6

Hierarchy of reductionism

Question 7

What is the hierarchy of reductionism?

Answer 7

More precise at the bottom and more general at the top

Question 8

What is biological reductionism?

Answer 8

Reduce behaviour to a physical level and explain it in terms of neurons, neurotransmitters, hormones, brain structure

Question 9

What is environmental reductionism?

Answer 9

Reduced behaviour to the simple building blocks of S-R (stimulus-response) associations and that complex behaviours are a series of S-R chains.