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• one strength a reductionist app often forms the basis of accurate scientific reserarch as to conduct well controlled research you need to operationalise the variables which involves breaking them down into their component parts, therefore this reductionist approach allows us to study in a detailed way which is objective and reliable. If they tries to study all the factors influenceing behaviour at once the findings would be too complex to interpret and it wouldnt be as scientific

  counter-issues with highly controlled laboratory research
• one strength of using a low level reducionism is by finding the cause of a specific behaviour we can develop specific therapies to correct this mechnaism. By isolating singular aspects ofbiology for example neurotransmitter seretonins role in depression, successful therapies such as SSRIs have helped many treat the disorder (somroo)success rate 60%, a further blame is it removes blame from patient if process is out of their control, which can further help depression, focusing on lowest level as cause of behav lead to therapies benefiting many patients. inappropriate explanations -not 100%
• the danger of using lower levels of reductionsim can lead us to overlook the fundamental meaning of behaviour, wolpe found that a woman with a fear of insencts didnt develop by classical conditioning as systematic desensetisation didnt work (not 100%) but it was due to her abusive marital issues and her husband had an insect related nickname, this shows lower levels like behavipural may distract from otehr more appropriate explanations, more holistic methods are supported, could be argued middle level serves as the most appropriate compromise
• experimental reductionism , findings not generalised to real life-ewt