Idiographic vs. Nomothetic approaches

Idiographic is derived from the Greek word 'idios' meaning ?

• personal and private
• unique
• optional
• open

No attempt made to formulate general law of behaviour

• idiographic
• nomothetic

Associated with qualitative measures

• nomothetic
• idiographic

Psychodynamic approach uses case studies, this means it takes an ? approach

• idiographic
• nomothetic

nomothetic is derived from the Greek word 'nomos' meaning?

• normal
• law
• unique
• personal

provides a benchmark against which people can be compared and classified

• idiographic
• nomothetic

Associated with scientific methods

• idiographic
• nomothetic

Biological approach is an example of ?

• idiographic
• nomothetic

A strength of idiographic:

• work is unique
• rich/detailed data
• scientific
• has a paradigm

a weakness of idiographic

• experimental methods
• can be falsified
• least scientific method
• reductionist