Reductionism

Question 1

What is reductionism

Answer 1

About looking at separate parts of something or someone and building up the knowledge to understand the whole person

Question 2

What is holism

Answer 2

Considers the whole person or thing, it considers all aspects of a subject e.g. nature and nurture

Question 3

how is social reductionist

Answer 3

theorys such as social impact theory reduce social to an equation, this is reductionist as it does not consider disposition factors at all such as nurture. This is a problem as it does not explain why people do not obey, you cannot explain a social interaction in just an equasion

Question 4

how is social holistic

Answer 4

social agency theory can be considered holistic as it suggests we have an evolutionary predisposition to be obedient as to stay alive in a group. This is good as it looks at a range of reasons why we are obedient not just the nature or nurture so we can explain the behaviours better.

Question 5

how is cognitive reductionist