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Core concepts in research. Reductionism /

This film illustrates both the importance and limitations of reductionism in psychological explanation using the example of research into diet and obesity. It compares reductionism and holism and cautions students against simply using reductionism as a critique to be compared unfavourably with holis...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Leicester, England : Shortcuts TV, 2018.
Subjects:
Reductionism.
Psychology > Research > Methodology.
Réductionnisme.
Psychologie > Recherche > Méthodologie.
Educational films.
Films éducatifs.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:This film illustrates both the importance and limitations of reductionism in psychological explanation using the example of research into diet and obesity. It compares reductionism and holism and cautions students against simply using reductionism as a critique to be compared unfavourably with holism.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed December 07, 2018).
Physical Description:1 online resource (4 minutes)
Playing Time:00:03:46