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ISSUES & DEBATES 2 (IDIOGRAPHIC & NOMOTHETIC APPRAOCHES…
ISSUES & DEBATES 2
IDIOGRAPHIC & NOMOTHETIC APPRAOCHES
Nomothetic
universal laws & general principles
experiments
Freud
Radford and Kirby
classification / establishing principles / establishing dimensions
strengths: scientific & norms & mental health treatments
criticisms: dont work for everyone & ignore variety and richness of human experience
idiographic approach
uniqueness
e.g. Humanistic - Rogers and Maslow
e.g. psychodynamic - Freud
strength cases: case studies & further research
criticisms: unscientific
ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS
ethical implications
Socially sensitive
Sieber and Stanley
reflexive nature
Cyril Burt
Strengths: Scarr & benefitted society & ethical committees & ethical guidelines
Criticisms: discriminatory practices & Burt & Goddard & feeble-minded & ethical implications