Issues And Debates(holism Snd Reductionism) Flashcards
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Reductionism
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- The theory of explaining something according to its basic constant parts
- using something in the simplest explanation
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Reductionist
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- The pratice of reductionism
- theory or study that describes a behaviour by a single, simple explanation
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Why do scientists use reductionism?
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- Scientists reduce complex behaviour into basic parts because it means that we can be more certain then one thing causes another
- helps investigate what causes a behaviour
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Holism
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- The theory of explaining something as a whole
- opposite of reductionism
- help understand the whole behaviour rather then its parts
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Holistic
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-the practice of holism
-try to understand whole person
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Holistic psychologists
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- Use qualitative methods to gain greater insight of causes of behaviou
- can be difficult to achieve
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Reductionism scientists
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- Appropriate in circumstances where there is a clear,single explanation
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Reductionist memory research example
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- Atkinson and shiffrin (1968) multi-store memory
- describes our memory as series of component memory stores with specific functions, such as rehearsal
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Holism memory research example
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- Barlett
- used qualitative analysis to explore the reconstructive nature
- spent time establishing the characterand background of his participants in order to understand now their schemas were formed
- found what jobs they had in order to see whether their training and employment might have influenced how they remember things
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Dementia
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- Disease that affects memory
- affects short -term and then long-term memory
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Cognitive stimulation therapy
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- Improve memory and other cognitive skills
- involves activities that have been developed
- cognitive stimulation therapy involves playing memory games,such as thinking of childhood events, word association, remembering songs and so on
