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QR Challenge: Idiographic and Nomothetic Debate

QuestionAnswer
Which approach is based upon the uniqueness of an individual?Idiographic
Which approach is based upon establishing laws and generalisations about people?Nomothetic
What term is used by humanist psychologists to refer to the focus upon individual experience?Phenomenology
Which broad research method is used by the idiographic approach?Qualitative
Give a specific example of a research method used by the idiographic approach.Case study
Give an example of a case study in gender.Money and Erhardt
Which broad research method is used by the nomothetic approach?Quantitative
Give a specific example of a research method used by the nomothetic approach.Experiment
A strength of the nomothetic approach.Objective
Give one reason why the idiographic approach states that general laws cannot be established.Free will
According to the idiographic approach, all individuals are…Unique
Name the type of interview most commonly used by the idiographic approach.Unstructured
Name a problem with idiographic methods of research such as the case study.Low generalizability
Which particular influences does the idiographic approach ignore?Genetic
How many laws does the nomothetic approach use?Three
The nomothetic approach focuses upon the ___ between people.Similarities
Give a specific example of how people can be classified into groups by the nomothetic approach.Phobias
Give a specific example of how people can be classified along a dimension by the nomothetic approach.Eysenck
Which approach is typically associated with the nomothetic approach?Behaviourism
Which approach is typically associated with the idiographic approach?Humanism
What does the nomothetic approach use statistical analysis for?Predictions
A strength of the nomothetic approach is that controlled variables enables repetition of studies. What is the psychological term for this?Replication
A strength of the nomothetic approach is that it combines biological and which other aspects?Social
Humanists have criticised the nomothetic approach by losing sight of the whole person. What is the psychological term for the view of a whole person?Holistic
A limitation of the nomothetic approach is that results have low generalizability to everyday life, known as…Low ecological validity
The idiographic approach is best suited to…Description
A term used for the way in which both nomothetic and idiographic approaches can work together.Complementary
A real world application of the nomothetic approach.Bowlby’s maternal deprivation hypothesis
A real world application of the idiographic approach.Phobias (Little Hans case study)
Give an example of complementarity between the idiographic and nomothetic approaches.Memory (theories and case studies e.g. HM)

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