RDA Flashcards
1
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Nomothetic
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Molecule focused, for things to be understood they need to be observable and measurable.
2
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Idiographic
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Person focused, universal laws aren’t appropriate because psychological processes cannot be removed from their social or cultural context.
3
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Qualitative
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Discursive, is text based and offers complex explanations of behaviour.
4
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Quantitative
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Favours numerical measurement and are easily generalisable (offers simple explanations of behaviour).
5
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Experiments
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Measures how different circumstances affect behaviour and adresses a hypothesis.
6
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Surveys
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Collects large amount of data from participants using self-report questionnaires.
7
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Text-based
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Methods that are interpretive of psychological phenomena that includes the influence of time and social context
