ISSUES AND DEBATES - Holism
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- Created on: 01-04-19 12:36
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- Holism
- General
- an approach that involves the study of whole system rather than individual parts
- belief that the whole is diff to its constituent parts
- behaviour should be analysed on its own level, rather than being reduced to a lower level
- eg group behaviour, look as a whole not the individ behaviour that make it up
- Perception
- illusions - we see the whole picture to see the image not the individ parts
- face recognition: holistic template / face map - we recognise a face overall not the individ parts (eg. ear etc)
- Gestalt theory
- requires whole picture but we can see two separate thing (eg. young woman and old lady picture)
- Insight learning
- creative act - example of something that is difficult to break down into parts
- Group behaviour
- conformity - identification / compliance
- de-individuation
- Humanism
- suggests humans can be studied only be viewing the individ alongside their social setting
- complex behaviours require complex explanations
- Evaluation of reductive explanation (A03)
- offers explanation of behaviour
- offers a cure eg. through use of drugs or re-programming
- meets philosophical requirement of 'parsimony' (being economical) (Occam's razor)
- may be at an inappropriate level
- may overlook the meaning of behaviour
- cures may distract from better explanation (etiological fallacy)
- etiological fallacy = X cures/treats Y, therefore, absence of X is the cause of Y
- General
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