Holism Vs Reductionism Flashcards
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Holism
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An argument or theory which suggests that psychologists should only study an indivisible system.
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Reductionism
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Human behaviour is best explained by breaking it down into smaller parts
3
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Biological reductionism
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Attempts to explain social and psychological phenomena at a lower biological level
4
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Environmental reductionism
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A form of reductionism that attempts to explain phenomena based on stimulus-response bonds and learned associations.
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Levels of explanation
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Different ways of viewing the same phenomena. Some ways are more reductionist than others
