Idiographic And Nomothetic Flashcards

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Idiographic approach

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Research focuses more on the individual case as a means of understanding behaviour, rather than aiming to formulate general laws of behaviour.

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Nomothetic approach

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Aims to study human behaviour through the development of general principles and universal laws.

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