Intro to Psych - Reductionism

Intro to Psych - Reductionism

11th Grade - University

9 Qs

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Intro to Psych - Reductionism

Intro to Psych - Reductionism

Assessment

Quiz

Social Studies

11th Grade - University

Easy

Created by

Jonathan Lorence

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9 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

All sciences are reductionist to some degree.

True

False

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Reductionism is controversial at times in psychology

True

False

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The opposite of reductionist approach would be called a ___________________ approach.

Empirical

Holistic

Scientific

None of the above

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Reductionists believe we should at several interacting causes of human behavior

True

False

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which type of reductionism does this picture best represent?

Physiological

Biological

Evolutionary

Experimental

Answer explanation

Biological reductionism assumes we have evolved from lower animals, so those animals can be used to study some human processes because we share many of the same bodily functions with them

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which type of reductionism does this illustration best represent?

Biological

Experimental

Physiological

Empirical

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which type of reductionism is best illustrated here?

Physiological

Biological

Experimental

Empirical

8.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Wholists would argue we need to try to understand all aspects of a person to be able to explain why they behave as they do, rather than focus specific parts.

True

False

9.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What does this illustration suggest about reductionist and wholistic approaches?

The approaches should not be used at the same time

They are both flawed approaches

Psychologists may want to use both approaches

Balancing the approaches is not possible