How Do the Idiographic and Nomothetic Approaches to Studying Personality

question 61

Multiple Choice

How do the idiographic and nomothetic approaches to studying personality differ?

• A) The first focuses on the characteristics specific to given people, while the latter looks at similarities across people.
• B) The first uses projective reports, while the latter employs case reports.
• C) The first uses research methods, while the latter employs psychobiography.
• D) They employ essentially the same methods but make different assumptions about personality dynamics.

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