Holism Vs Reductionism Flashcards

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Reductionism

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Highest level: cultural and social
Middle level: psychological
Lower level: biological

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Types of reductionism

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Biological - physical level
Environmental - stimulus response
Experimental - isolated variables

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Holism

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Considering behaviour in terms of the whole

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Types of holism

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Gestalt- German whole
Humanistic- mental health
Cognitive- network of links

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Evaluation

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+bio reductionism➡️drug therapies
-too simplistic
-experimental reductionism- low validity
-experimental- non human studies

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