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Holism and Reductionism - Coggle Diagram

- - - - idea that we can be reduced to a biological level, all of our thoughts and actions are based upon our genes and genetic evoulution
    - - through the idea of tabla rasa, we see that all behaviours are learnt through the environment around us
- - - - holism lacks practical validity , accounts of human behaviour tend to become hard to use as they become more complex. when using treatment, it is hard to find the right area - as this is looking at a system a a whole
    - - idea that certain behaviours can only be understood at a higher level. there are social behaviours that can only emerge within a certain group, meaning that trying to find a cause for this behaviour e.g. the behaviours displayed in the Standford prison experiment can only be shown when given that role of power, meaning that these behaviours would not usually be learnt
  - - - used operationalised variables, standardised procedures and experimental methods. to break down a behaviour we must use controlled observations that are objective and reliable
        
        COUNTER-POINT
        
        this may have lead to being accused of oversimplifying complex ideas, leading to reduced validity. this means when looking for a behaviour we must look at the sum of the whole rather than isolations of different parts. Most behaviours don't really have one single cause