holism and reductionsim

• reductionsim - the scientific view that we can explain complex things by reducing them down to basic principles
• holism - behaviour is more complex and needs to be viewed with its essential context
• humanisitc approach uses holism
• issues with holism - untestable and unscientific
• example of holsim - interactionist approach to sz - diathesis stress
• pro of holism - appreciates complexity of humans
• reductionism pro - enables testibility - scientific
• reductionism con - misses context
• reductionism example - mowrers two process model - reduced to stimuli response