Key terms for approaches Flashcards

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Reductionism

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-behaviour can be explained by breaking it into parts

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Holistic

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-refers to an approach that focuses on all parts rather than individual components

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Idiographic

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-no general laws because of belief in free will

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Nomothetic

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-establishing generalisations/laws that apply to all people

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Deterministic

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  • everything that happens is the only thing that can happen

- opposes free will

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