Psychology A-Level
Nomothetic and idiographic methods
What Nomothetic and idiographic methods means in Psychology A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Behaviourist, biological and cognitive research is nomothetic and experimental, psychodynamic and humanistic work idiographic and case-based.
Topics that use Nomothetic and idiographic methods
- Approaches in Psychology (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Behaviourism
- Cognitive neuroscience
- Computer models
- Conditions of worth
- Evolution
- free will
- Id, ego and superego
- Internal mental processes
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