Idiographic and nomothetic approaches

What is the idiographic approach?

An approach focused on the individual case as a way of understanding behaviour, instead of trying to formulate general laws.

What is the nomothetic approach?

An approach which studies human behavior through the development of general principles and universal laws.

Does the idiographic approach use qualitative or quantitative research?

Qualitative

Does the nomothetic approach use qualitative or quantitative research?

Quantitative

What approaches use a idiographic approach?

Humanistic and Psychodynamic approaches

What approaches use a nomothetic approach?

Behaviourist and Biological approaches