Nomothetic and Idiographic approaches

Question 1

Ideographic

Answer 1

Focuses on individuality and uniqueness.Studies subjective experiences and personalities.Takes context into account.Produces qualitive data

Question 2

Nomothetic

Answer 2

General laws that apply to all of us.Uses large and representative samples of ps.Inferences are made about the broader population

Question 3

a03 nomothetic-Generalise

Answer 3

Easy to make assumptions,and therefore allows us to predict the behaviour of those around us.

Question 4

a03 nomothetic-Overgeneralized

Answer 4

Cannot be generalized to everyone.We all have differences and these differences should not be ignored.

Question 5

A03-IDEOGRAPHIC-QUALITITIVE

Answer 5

Gives us rich detailed data that provides a more valid perspective of human behaviour.However is very time consuming

Question 6

A03 IDEOGRAPHIC-SUBJECTIVITY

Answer 6

With ideographic research,it is very prone to researcher bias when interpreting the data.