Psychologists Study Personalities in Two Ways, Called the Nomothetic and the Idiographic

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Essay

Psychologists study personalities in two ways, called the nomothetic and the idiographic approaches. Discuss the difference between the nomothetic and idiographic approaches to personality.

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