Issues and Debates: Idiographic and nomothetic approaches

What name is given to the study of unique individuals where no attempt is made to compare them with others?

• Idiographic approach
• Idiotic approach
• Interactionist approach
• Interjectionist approach

What name is given to the study of many individuals where an attempt is made to compare them with others?

• Nomopathetic approach
• Nomosynthetic approach
• Nomothetic approach
• Nonsensical approach

Which research method is most associated with the idiogaphic approach?

• Case studies
• Cross-sectional analysis
• Experiments
• Self-report techniques

Which branch of psychology is not associated with the idiographic approach?

• Behavioural

• Biological

• Cognitive

• Humanistic

The idiographic approach is associated with which of the following?

• Analysis of data and statistical significance
• Focusing on individual cases to understand behaviour
• Formulating general principles of behaviour
• Testing hypotheses under controlled conditions

Not examples of the idiographic approach in memory research are _____ and ______.

• The case of HM

• The case of KF

• The case of David Reimer

• The case of Phineas Gage

Examples of the idiographic approach in memory research are _____and _____.

• The case of HM

• The case of Little Albert

• The case of Little Hans

• The case of Solomon Shereshevsky

A strength associated with the idiographic approach is it…

• All other options
• Generates meaningful generalisations
• Produces rich detailed data
• Uses standardised procedures

A weakness associated with the nomothetic approach is…

• A lack of scientific rigour
• A loss of the whole person
• A loss of the whole scientist
• Subjective interpretation of data

One strength of researchers using both approaches is they may be...

• Complementary

• Comprehensive

• Contradictory

• Conventional