idiographic and nomothetic methods Flashcards
1
Q
what is nomothetic?
what does it use?
what type of data
who uses it? (4)
A
establish general laws for everyone
experiments and correlation studies
quantitave data
behavioural, biological, social learning and cognitive approach
2
Q
what is idiographic ?
what methods does it use?
type of data
who uses it?
A
focus on indivual differences
unstructured interviews and open questions
qualitiave data
humanistic and psychodynamic but psychodynamic use nomothetic theories but uses idiographic methods.
