Nomothetic Flashcards
1
Q
What does it look at?
A
How our behaviours are similar to each other as human beings
2
Q
What are psychologists concerned with?
A
Studying what we share with others
3
Q
What do they establish and use?
A
Laws/generalisations
Quantitative methods
Large numbers of people
4
Q
What does the psychometric approach compare?
A
Individuals in terms of traits or dimensions common to everyone
5
Q
What are two examples?
A
Hans Eysencks and Raymond Cattells
6
Q
What is it a feature of?
A
Reductionism and employs scientific methods
7
Q
Strengths?
A
More scientific
Allowed to make predictions
8
Q
Limitations?
A
Accused of losing the whole person
Overlooks human experience
