Idiographic & Nomothetic Approaches (OCR A-Level Psychology): Quizzes
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12 questions from this quiz
What does the idiographic approach focus on?
What does the idiographic approach focus on?
Individual cases
What does the nomothetic approach study behaviour through?
What does the nomothetic approach study behaviour through?
General principles
What type of data does the idiographic approach generally produce?
What type of data does the idiographic approach generally produce?
Qualitative data
What type of data does the nomothetic approach generally produce?
What type of data does the nomothetic approach generally produce?
Quantitative data
Which approaches are examples of idiographic?
Which approaches are examples of idiographic?
Humanistic & psychodynamic
Which approaches are examples of nomothetic?
Which approaches are examples of nomothetic?
Behavioural & biological
Which methods are idiographic?
Which methods are idiographic?
Case studies & unstructured interviews
Which methods are nomothetic?
Which methods are nomothetic?
Experiments & questionnaires
Why is the nomothetic approach seen as more scientific?
Why is the nomothetic approach seen as more scientific?
It uses standardised methods
What is a weakness of the idiographic approach?
What is a weakness of the idiographic approach?
Reduced generalisability
What strength does idiographic research provide?
What strength does idiographic research provide?
Detailed understanding
What weakness does the nomothetic approach have?
What weakness does the nomothetic approach have?
Overlooks individual differences