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Issues and Debates: Holism and reductionism

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Which approach states people and behaviour should be studied as a whole system?
a)
Empiricism
b)
Holism
c)
Interactionism
d)
Utilitarianism
2.
The term for the belief that 'the simpliest explanation is the best' is __________.
a)
Alimony
b)
Hegemony
c)
Parsimony
d)
Very moany
3.
Which of the following is an example of a higher level explanation of behaviour?
a)
Behavioural
b)
Physiological
c)
Neurochemical
d)
Socio-cultural
4.

Environmental reductionism reduces the causes of behaviour to ________ links?

a)

Stimulus-reactive

b)

Stimulus-response

c)

Stimulus-retention

d)

Stimulus-review

5.
Explaining behaviour at the physiological level is _________ reductionsim.
a)
Behavioural
b)
Biological
c)
Brain anatomy
d)
Psychic
6.

An alternative to reductionism, which is subtly different to holism is the diathesis-stress model. This is an example of...?

a)

A reactionist approach

b)

An interactionist approach

c)

A proactive approach

d)

A retroactive approach

7.
By ignoring the social context of behaviour, it could be suggested reductionst approaches lack _______?
a)
Generalisability
b)
Reliability
c)
Rigour
d)
Validity
8.
Which of the following is unlikely to be adequately explained by a reductionist approach?
a)
Conformity in groups
b)
Genetic factors in crime
c)
Neurochemistry of OCD
d)
Psychodynamic explanation of gender
9.

The nomothetic approach has enabled psychologists to establish norms of typical behaviours, which means that it has given psychology as a subject...?

a)

more scientific credibility

b)

more realistic credibility

c)

more generic credibility

d)

more social credibility

10.

Idiographic approaches, however, are restrictive because they are not very scientific as they rely on ________ ________, which means they are open to bias.

a)

subjective interpretations

b)

objective interpretations

c)

abjective interpretations

d)

reflective interpretations