A system which emphasizes that experience and behavior contain basic patterns and relationships which cannot be reduced to simpler components; that is, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
Public MeSH Note
91; was see under PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY 1975-90
Online Note
search PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY 1969-74
History Note
91(75); was see under PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY 1975-90
A system which emphasizes that experience and behavior contain basic patterns and relationships which cannot be reduced to simpler components; that is, the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.
