A01

• holism

  perceiving behaviour as a whole experience and relationships between them rather than individual features. 
• gesalt psychology

  • suggest that ‘the whole is greater than the sum of its parts’ and so it does not make sense to break down target behaviours into their constituent parts, but rather study behaviours as part of whole system.
• humanistic

  • uses holistic approach- studying unique individuals based on their subjective experiences, rejecting the idea of the scientific study of humans