Holism - AO1

Question 1

Holism definition:

Answer 1

• Perceiving the whole experience rather than the individual features and relations between them.

Question 2

Gestalt psychology:

Answer 2

• Favoured by a Group of German psychologists in the 20th century.
• Argued explanations for what we see and make sense as a whole rather than the individual elements.

Question 3

Humanistic psychology:

Answer 3

• Believe individual reacts as an organised whole rather than a set of stimulus response links.
• Lack of identity leads to mental disorder

Question 4

Cognitive psychology:

Answer 4

• Memory understood by connectionist networks.
• Each unit is linked to many other units, these links develop through experience where links are strengthened or weakened.
• Connectionist networks are described as holist because the network as a whole behaves differently than the individual parts.