Ideographic approach

The ideographic approach refers to the idea in psychology proposed by Marc Brysbaert that the conclusions of a study stay limited to the phenomenon under study.^[1] It also focuses on the importance of individual traits when determining behavior instead of group norms.^[2] It reinforces the position that the study of the individual is the most effective method of understanding behavior.^[3]

Background

A major tradition in behavioral psychology is concerned with the variables and how one's characteristics are abstracted from other people's.^[4] The ideographic approach emerged from the position among pioneers in personality psychology that focuses on the study of individuality.^[4]

Methodologies

The ideographic approach often use qualitative methodologies in its study of small number of individuals rather than make generalizations out of information collected from a large quantitative database.^[5] The methods operate according to the idea that each person is like no other person.^[6]

The psychological literature distinguishes ideographic approach from the nomothetic laws, which are concerned with the general perspective.^[7]

References

^ Brysbaert. Historical and Conceptual Issues in Psychology. p. 453.
^ Freeman, Arthur; Felgoise, Stephanie H.; Davis, Denise D. (2008). Clinical Psychology: Integrating Science and Practice. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 155. ISBN 978-0-470-19055-5.
^ Association, Research and Education (1995). The Best Test Preparation for the Advanced Placement Examination in Psychology. Research & Education Assoc. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-87891-883-6.
^ ^a ^b Deaux, Kay; Snyder, Mark (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 702. ISBN 978-0-19-022483-7.
^ Archer, John; Lloyd, Barbara (2002). Sex and Gender. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 14. ISBN 978-0-521-63533-2.
^ Lerner, Richard (2015). Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science, Theory and Method, Seventh Edition. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. p. 638. ISBN 978-1-118-95297-9.
^ Roeckelein, Jon E. (1998). Dictionary of Theories, Laws, and Concepts in Psychology. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 249. ISBN 978-0-313-30460-6.

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[1] Brysbaert. Historical and Conceptual Issues in Psychology. p. 453.

[2] Freeman, Arthur; Felgoise, Stephanie H.; Davis, Denise D. (2008). Clinical Psychology: Integrating Science and Practice. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. pp. 155. ISBN 978-0-470-19055-5.

[3] Association, Research and Education (1995). The Best Test Preparation for the Advanced Placement Examination in Psychology. Research & Education Assoc. p. 213. ISBN 978-0-87891-883-6.

[:0-4] Deaux, Kay; Snyder, Mark (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology. New York: Oxford University Press. p. 702. ISBN 978-0-19-022483-7.

[5] Archer, John; Lloyd, Barbara (2002). Sex and Gender. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 14. ISBN 978-0-521-63533-2.

[6] Lerner, Richard (2015). Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science, Theory and Method, Seventh Edition. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. p. 638. ISBN 978-1-118-95297-9.

[7] Roeckelein, Jon E. (1998). Dictionary of Theories, Laws, and Concepts in Psychology. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 249. ISBN 978-0-313-30460-6.

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