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Issues & Debates
Holism vs Reductionalism
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3 layers of
Reductionism
:
Biological
Psychological
(Cognitive, Behavioural)
Social &
Cultural
(social influence)
Reductionism
- the belief that human behaviour can be
explained
by breaking it down into
simpler
component parts
Reductionism
is based on the scientific
assumption
of
parsimony
: the idea that
complex phenomena
should be explained in the
simplest
terms possible.
Occham's Razor
: one should not make
unnecessary
assumptions and that the
answer
to a problem is often the
simplest.
Holism
- human behaviour should be viewed as a whole
experiences
, and not as
separate
parts
holos
-
greek
word for
whole
Psychologists who
adopt
a holistic approach are known as
Gestalt
Psychologists
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