I&D Reductionism & Holism
Published on Mar 17, 2020
No Description
MORE DECKS TO EXPLORE
PRESENTATION OUTLINE
I&D Reductionism & Holism
Reductionism
- Belief that behaviour can be explained by breaking it down into specific parts
- E.g. Machine is the sum of parts. Individual parts responsible for specific tasks
Levels of Reductionism
- Lowest level - biological
- Mid level - psychological explanation
- Highest level - Cultural & Social expectations
Biological Reductionism
Aggression - MAOA-L (Brunner), serotonin. Schizophrenia (Dopamine Hypothesis). OCD
Environmental Reductionism
Attachment - learning theory - mother and food (conditioning) = special attachment. Also SLT
Interactionist Approach
Biological and environmental - e.g. Caspi. Diathesis-stress (Phobias, Schizophrenia, OCD).
Holism
Gestalt psychology - human mind and behaviour as a whole
Gestalt
- Individuals react as an organized whole rather than a stimulus-response
- What we see only makes sense when viewed as a whole
Cognitive approach
1Sum of all parts makes the whole. E.g. Memory
