PSY 034 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Reductionism, Psy, Psych
6 Aug 2020
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Holistic/comprehensive perspective: don"t think that one thing is better than another; opposite of reductionism; levels of analysis; biological, psychological, social, cultural, and developmental factors. Causality: not linear cause and effect; several independent inputs that are interdependent; causes cannot be considered out of context. Equifinality: different starting points can end up with same end points (ex: multiple car companies) Multifinality: same starting points can end up with different endpoints. Reciprocal causality: the idea that you cant serrate cause/effect; most things. Sometimes simplified as the diathesis-stress model; disorder is due to 2 groups of factors: one in background making someone vulnerable, stress-immediate cause, understand the diathesis-stress model. Diathesis stress model: individuals inherit tendencies to express certain traits or behaviors, which may then be activated under conditions of stress. Each inherited tendency is a diathesis a condition that makes someone susceptible to developing a disorder. When a certain type of stressor comes along the disorder develops.
