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Reductionism Flashcards

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What is it?

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The belief that human behaviour can be explained by breaking it down into smaller component parts - looks closely at smalles parts

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What is reductionism usually applied to?

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Biological explanations - however criticised

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Strengths?

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Allows scientific study

Development of treatments

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Limitations?

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Over simplistic

Doesn’t address larger issues

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What approaches are reductionist?

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Cognitive - computers

Behaviour - stimulus and response

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