holism and reductionism DONT DO

Question 1

debate for holism and reductionism

Answer 1

whether behaviour is a result of a whole integrated experience or by breaking it down into smaller constituent parts

Question 2

holism meanin

Answer 2

looking at human behaviour as a whole integrated experience; looking at individual parts is inappropriate for example the humanistic approach

Question 3

what did Gesalt say about holism

Answer 3

The whole is greater than the some of its parts

Question 4

reductionism meaning

Answer 4

Breaking down behaviour into smaller constituent parts, parsimony is a scientific term to state that behaviour should be explained in the simplest way and is the lowest level of explanation

Question 5

levels of explanation

Answer 5

different ways of explaining the same behaviour, e.g., sociocultural, psychological, physical, physiological, neurochemical (in order of least reductionist to most)

Question 6

biological reductionism

Answer 6

all behaviour can be explained by biology such as genes hormones and your transmitters so there is some level of biology involved

Question 7

environmental reductionism

Answer 7

(also known as S-T based on behaviourism), all behaviour is acquired and learn through the environment for example attachment, so the child associate the mother with food and the mother provides food forming pleasure which forms attachment