reductionism vs holism

Question 1

what is reductionism?

Answer 1

Reductionism is the extent to which a study or theory breaks down human behaviour into smaller parts to be studied. Then the findings from studying the ‘parts’ are put together to try to make sense of the ‘whole’.

Question 2

what is holism?

Answer 2

The alternative approach to reductionism is holism, this is when something is studied as a whole, considering the interactions between the units, such as between other individuals.

Question 3

how is cognitive psychology reductionist?

Answer 3

reduces complex beh down to smaller parts to be studied in depth

Question 4

how is cognitvie psycholgy holistic?

Answer 4

bartlett

HM - gathered both qualitative and quantitative data

Question 5

how is social psychology reductionist?

Question 6

how is social psychology holistic?

Answer 6

Sherif - gathered both qualitative and quantitative data

Question 7

how is biological psychology reductionist?

Answer 7

Raine - Dabbs - Shackelford

Question 8

how is biological psychology holistic?

Answer 8

Freud - considers the impact of nature and nurture - we are born with our id and then our childhood experiences shape the balance between our ego and superego

Question 9

how is learning psychology reductionist?

Answer 9

Gathers only quantitative data -

Question 10

how is learning psychology holistic?

Answer 10

SLT - considers cognitive factors

Becker - uses both qualitative and quantitative methods