Reductionism and Holism 0.0 / 5 ? PsychologyIssues and DebatesA2/A-levelAQA Created by: MajesticSueCreated on: 21-11-16 10:26 Breaking a complex system into its simpler components Reductionism 1 of 8 The individual parts do not express the essence of the whole Holism 2 of 8 Reducing behaviour to the activity of neurons, neurotransmitters and hormones Biological reductionism 3 of 8 Reducing behaviour to stimulus-response links between behaviour and events in the environment Environmental reductionism 4 of 8 Reducing behaviours to variables Experimental reductionism 5 of 8 An approach which argues that what we see only makes sense when considering the whole Gestalt psychology 6 of 8 An approach which argues that an individual reacts as an organised whole rather than as a set of S-R links Humanistic psychology 7 of 8 An approach which argues that memory behaves differently as a whole than its individual connectionist networks Cognitive psychology 8 of 8
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