idiograpic vs nonothetic

Question 1

what is
idiographic?

Answer 1

idiographic approach focuses on the individual emphasising their unique and personal experience. they will study using qualitative data

Question 2

what RM is idiographic?

Answer 2

case studies as they provide an in-depth insight to an individual or small group. e.g freud wild man or clive wearing and little hans

Question 3

what is the nomothetic approach

Answer 3

psychologists who take a nomothetic approach are concerned with establishing general laws of behaviour based in the study of a large group of participants. use of statistical analysis through quantitative data collection

Question 4

what RM support a nomothetic approach?

Answer 4

experiments, correlations and meta analysis

Question 5

how are biological psychologists nomothetic

Answer 5

biological psychologists take a nomothetic approach- use scientific methods to identify trends and generate causal laws- identify biological causes for disorder to inform treatment

Question 6

how are behaviourists nomothetic

Answer 6

behaviourists such as skinner conduct reasesrch using animals to draw general laws of learning such as classical and operant conditioning - informs treatments such as systematic desensitisation for phobias