Idiogrpahic & nomothetic

Question 1

Idiographic

Answer 1

Focuses on individual and emphasises unique experience of behaviour.
Uses qualitative data

Question 2

Nomothethic

Answer 2

Establishing general laws about behaviour from stuffing groups of ppl.
Uses quantitative techniques.

Question 3

Examples of nomothetic approach

Answer 3

• experiments
• correlations
• meta-analysis

Question 4

Examples of case studies for idiographic

Answer 4

• KF: found STM is unitary challenged validity of MSM
• Little hans:importance of early childhood

Question 5

Nomothetic AO3 (scientific)

Answer 5

• Nomotheitc is scientific adopts quant experimental methods, draw general laws/predictions

Question 6

Nomothetic AO3 (implications)

Answer 6

• cause of the laws of science, it’s useful in identifying trends to predict and control behaviour
  Biological approach uses nomothetic to explain cause of OCD which led to developments of drug therapies