issues and debates - reductionism and holism

Question 1

what is holism?

Answer 1

is when they focus on the whole experience rather than breaking it down into separate parts.

Question 2

humanist psychology

Answer 2

humanism investigate all aspects of the individual as well as the interactions between people

Question 3

what data is used for humanist psychology?

Answer 3

qualitative methods

Question 4

what is reductionism?

Answer 4

human behaviour can be explained by breaking it down into simpler component parts.

Question 5

what is the highest level?

Answer 5

social and cultural explanations - the influence of social groups on behaviour.

Question 6

what is the middle level?

Answer 6

psychological explanations - cognitive, behavioural/ enviromental.

Question 7

what is the lowest level?

Answer 7

biological explanations - neurochemical, genetic, brain structure.

Question 8

what are the two types of reductionism?

Answer 8

biological and environmental

Question 9

biological reductionism

Answer 9

biological organisms made up physiological structures and processes, all behaviour is at some level biological.

Question 10

environmental reductionism

Answer 10

learnt through experiences and measurable through lab experiments.