Levels of explanations within reductionism

• What does the reductionist approach in psychology suggest

  It suggests that explanations begin at the highest level and progressively look at component elements
• Higher level explanations

  They are more holistic and broad explanations and take multiple factors into account (e.g. cultural, social, psychological) and how these interact and lead to behaviour
• Mid level explanations

  They are broader psychological explanations
• Lower level explanations

  Most reductionist explanations are lower level as they break down behaviour into the smallest, underlying components to study them