1. Idiographic and Nomothetic Approaches to Psychological Investigation

2. A Lesson in Greek
Idios- Own and Private
Nomos- Law

3. Define the picture

4. Case studies
Experiments
Correlations
Thematic Analyses
Unstructured Interviews
Psychometric Testing (personality)
Which research methods? Decide which approach they are from and give an example of each

5. What Am I?

6. Approaches Continuum
Idiographic
Nomothetic
Elements of Both

7. Qualitative Quantitatve Advantages Disadvantages
Use the table to summarise the advantages and disadvantages of using quantitative and qualitative data. 
Use your knowledge of qualitative and quantitative methods to write one strength and one limitation of idiographic approaches in psychology. Refer to at least one topic you have studied to illustrate your points.
Do this for nomothetic approaches: Use your knowledge of both qualitative and quantitative methods to write one strength and one limitation of nomothetic approaches in psychology. Refer to at least one topic you have studied to illustrate your points.

8. Evaluation
Idiographic
Nomothetic
One strength of the Idiographic approach to psychological investigation is…
For example…
This is a strength because…
On the other hand…
One strength of the Nomothetic approach to psychological investigation is…
For example…
This is a strength because…
On the other hand…

9. A case for a combined approach?
Millon and Davis ‘96 suggest that we should use the nomothetic approach to establish laws, first. We can then focus on a more idiographic understanding.
This combined approach is a strength because some of the more successful approaches in real-life take a combined approach such as…
This could have further benefits for example, the future of drug therapy is likely to entail individualised recipes based on genetic laws and environmental circumstances.
A case for a combined approach?