12. Idiographic And Nomothetic Approaches AO3

Question 1

Name a strength of the idiographic approach

Answer 1

Provide rich data

Question 2

Explain how the idiographic approach provides the rich data

Answer 2

Provides a complete and global account of the individual

Question 3

Explain how some research may link to the idiographic approach

Answer 3

(HM helped determine some procedural memories are more resistant to amnesia)

Question 4

What can be concluded about the rich data provided by the idiographic approach

Answer 4

Such findings from unique cases may reveal important insight about normal functioning - contribution to overall understanding of behaviour

Question 5

Name a limitation of the idiographic approach

Answer 5

Supporters of the approach may have to acknowledge the subjective and restrictive nature of their work

Question 7

What is the main issue with research lacking scientific rigour

Answer 7

meaningful generalisations cannot be made without further examples - conclusions tend to rely on subjective interpretation of researcher - open to bias

Question 8

Name a strength of the nomothetic approach

Answer 8

Scientific value of research

Question 9

Why does the nomothetic approach have good scientific value

Answer 9

processes involved tend to be more scientific - processes include standardised procedures - assessing reliability and validity and using statistical analysis to demonstrate significance - great scientific credibility