Idiographic + nomothetic

• Idiographic + nomothetic approach-

  Idiographic-

  • focused on the individual - not generalised
  • research methods: case study, qualitative data, unstructured
  • E.g- humanistic approach, psychodynamic approach
• Idiographic + nomothetic approach-

  Nomothetic-

  • aim to produce general laws
  • research methods: structured interviews, closed questions, quantitive data, large samples
  • E.g- attachment types, biological approach
  • reductionist- focused on basic universal units
  • deterministic- behaviour has a cause applied to everyone
• Idiographic + nomothetic approach-

  Idiographic evaluations-

  CPS- contributes to nomothetic - in-depth qualitative data as a basis

  S- fits into scientific aims - E.G- triangulation

  CPW- restricted research, limited ability to be meaningly generalised due to the small explainations
• Idiographic + nomothetic approach-

  Nomothetic evaluations-

  S- fits into scientific aims - similar process to natural sciences - standardisation and control of studies

  W- looses the understanding of the individual