Idiographic Vs Nomothetic Flashcards

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Idiographic

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Insight into unique individual behaviour
Eg - Freud - case studies

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Nomothetic

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Considers behaviour is same for everyone and can be generalised
Eg- Bio, Behave, Cog approach

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Evaluation

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+idiographic- focuses on individual
-idiographic- cannot be generalised and is time consuming
-idiographic- lacks objective evidence

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