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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 DVD
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Leicester, England : ShortCutsTV, 2017.
Series:ShortCutsTV collection.
Subjects:
Psychology > Study and teaching.
Psychology > Philosophy.
Reductionism.
Holistic medicine.
Psychology > Research > Methodology.
Documentary films.
Educational films.
Nonfiction films.
Video recordings.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video
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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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 videodisc (4 min.) :) sound, color