Reductionism Vs Holism

Question 1

Biological

Answer 1

Biological Reductionism:

The biological approach reduces behaviour to biological structures/processes and ignores the whole.

Question 2

Behaviourism

Answer 2

Environmental Reductionism:

The behaviourist approach reduces behaviour to simple stimulus-response associations

Question 3

Social learning theory

Answer 3

This approach or theory shares elements of both the behaviourist and cognitive approach.

Question 4

Cognitive

Answer 4

Experimental Reductionism:

The cognitive approach studies cognitive processes (e.g. memory/attention) in isolation, reducing behaviour and processes into isolated variables for testing.

Question 5

Psychodynamic

Answer 5

Reductionism & Holism:

The psychodynamic approach suggests that behaviour is reduced to innate drives (e.g. ID), however the approach also takes into account all aspects of human behaviour.

Question 6

Humanist

Answer 6

Holism:

The humanist approach rejects scientific methods of investigation and focuses on understanding all aspects of human experience and interaction.