Hollism And Reductionism Flashcards
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Outline- holism
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The idea that it only makes sense to study something as a whole rather than individual parts of it
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Outline- reductionism
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The belief that Human behaviour is best explained by breaking it down into small parts
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Outline- biological reductionism
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Reductionism that aims to explain social and psychological behaviours through studying small biological parts such as genes, hormones etc
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Outline- environmental reductionism
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The attempt to explain all behaviour in terms of stimulus-response links that have be learned through experience
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Outline- levels of explanation in psychology
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- Biological level (physical, chemical processes)
- basic processes level (psychological processes)
- person level explanation (idiographic)
- socio-cultural level (influence others behaviour)
