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“Major” debates in Psychology

“Major” debates in Psychology. Reductionism. Learning Objectives. To introduce the reductionist debate To apply the debate to substantive Psychological issues. Reductionism. Reductionism is a scientific approach that tries to explain phenomena in terms of basic elements.

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“Major” debates in Psychology

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  1. “Major” debates in Psychology Reductionism

  2. Learning Objectives • To introduce the reductionist debate • To apply the debate to substantive Psychological issues

  3. Reductionism • Reductionism is a scientific approach that tries to explain phenomena in terms of basic elements. • You can immediately see that some approaches are more reductionist than others. • Bio-psychologists investigate behaviour by looking at brain activity. This is a reductionist approach as it may ignore psychological and cultural variables

  4. YOUR TASKTo examine the significance of this debate to Psychological theory SPEED DATING! (KNOWLEDGE) • You will all be given a piece of card holding one or two arguments surrounding the reductionist debate. • You will be given 5 minutes to read through your argument(s), make brief notes in your own words and be ready to pass this information on to others with confidence • We will start the ‘speed dating’ process! • You will have 3 minutes with each date to get as much information as you can (you will be given pieces of card/paper to make some notes.) • Before you move on (to the sound of the whistle!), give your date a score out of 5 on your score card! (rewards will be given out to those with the highest scores!)

  5. TIME IS UP!!! • Don’t worry if you haven’t seen everybody! As long as you have arguments from both sides! • You can now place your arguments on the ‘scales’ to represent which side of the argument they support!

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