LANGUAGE AND CULTURE

LINGUISTIC RELATIVITY

REDUCTIONISM AND HOLISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which approach states people and behaviour should be studied as a whole system?
A
Empiricism
B
Holism
C
Interactionism
D
Utilitarianism
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -From the holistic perspective, behaviors, traditions, and phenomena can’t be understood as isolated events but instead have to be viewed as a piece of a whole in order to be properly understood.

Detailed explanation-2: -Holistic approaches include Humanism, Social, and Gestalt psychology and make use of the case study method.

Detailed explanation-3: -Humanistic psychology also advocates a holistic approach, as it argues that humans react to stimuli as an organised whole, rather than a set of stimulus-response links. As an approach, it uses qualitative methods to investigate all aspects of the individual, as well as the interactions between people.

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