idiographic approach Flashcards
1
Q
what does the approach focus on?
A
the nature of the individual and describing it
2
Q
what is the idiographic approach?
A
people should be studied as unique entities with different experiences motivation and values
3
Q
what type of data does it produce?
A
qualitative
4
Q
give examples
A
the psychodynamic and humanistic approach
5
Q
what are the strengths?
A
- the complete account of an individual
- a greater understanding of general laws
- generate a hypothesis for further study
6
Q
what are the weaknesses?
A
- cannot generalise findings
- less scientific
- subject and often bias
- narrow and restrictive
- small sample
7
Q
what is the interactionist approach to the idiographic and nomothetic approach?
A
collect quantitative data to create laws and qualitative to understand
