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What does the idiographic approach to personality focus on?
What is the meaning of the Greek term 'nomothetic'?
What does the idiographic approach believe about differences between individuals?
Which method is primarily used to understand one's personality according to the idiographic approach?
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What is the main focus of the nomothetic approach to personality?
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What does the idiographic approach to personality focus on?
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What does the term 'idiographic' mean?
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What is the primary assumption of the nomothetic approach?
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What distinguishes the idiographic approach from the nomothetic approach?
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What type of methods does the idiographic approach primarily use to understand personality?
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Study Notes
Idiographic Approach
- Focuses on understanding the unique characteristics of an individual, emphasizing their distinct experiences, thoughts, and behaviors.
- Believes that individual differences are significant and cannot be averaged or generalized.
- Primarily uses case studies and in-depth interviews to understand one's personality.
Nomothetic Approach
- Focuses on discovering general laws and principles that apply to all individuals, aiming to identify universal patterns and traits.
- Derived from the Greek term 'nomothetic', meaning 'law-giving' or 'law-forming'.
- Assumes that individual differences can be averaged and generalized to establish common patterns and trends.
Key Differences
- The idiographic approach focuses on individual uniqueness, while the nomothetic approach focuses on universal patterns and traits.
- The idiographic approach uses in-depth, qualitative methods, whereas the nomothetic approach uses quantitative, statistical methods.
- The idiographic approach seeks to understand the individual as a whole, while the nomothetic approach seeks to identify common characteristics across individuals.
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Take the "Ellis and Five Factor Model" quiz to test your knowledge of personality theories and approaches. Explore concepts such as motivation, the nature of human beings, idiographic versus nomothetic approaches, and the contributions of Gordon Allport.
