Issues & Debates: The Idiographic Approach | tutor2u

Psychologists who take an idiographic approach focus on the individual and emphasise the unique personal experience of human nature. This means they favour ... GradeBoosterstudentworkshopsarebackincinemasfor2022. Learnmore› Mainmenu Subjects Shop Courses Live Jobsboard Viewshoppingcart Viewmytutor2u Oursubjects ›Business ›Criminology ›Economics ›Geography ›Health&SocialCare ›History ›Law ›Politics ›Psychology ›Sociology Specialistchannels ›TheProfessionalTeacher Home Subjects Business Criminology Economics Psychology Sociology Politics Geography Health&SocialCare History Law Shop Courses Live Jobsboard Account Shoppingcart Logout Close ExplorePsychology Psychology Search Explore Blog Referencelibrary Collections Shop Psychology Reference Psychology Explore Overview Latest Topics Watchnow Blog Referencelibrary Collections Shop Close StudyNotesIssues&Debates:TheIdiographic Approach Level: ALevel Board: AQA,OCR Share: Facebook Twitter Email Printpage Theterm‘idiographic’comesfromtheGreekword‘idios’,whichmeans‘own’or‘private’.Psychologistswhotakeanidiographicapproachfocusontheindividualandemphasisetheuniquepersonalexperienceofhumannature.Thismeanstheyfavourqualitativeresearchmethods,suchasthecasestudy,unstructuredinterviewsandthematicanalysiswhichallowanin-depthinsightintoindividualbehaviour.Theidiographicapproachdoesnotseektoformulatelawsorgeneraliseresultstoothers.Casestudiesprovideaninterestingexampleofanidiographicapproach,astheyprovideanin-depthinsightintoanindividualorsmallgroupwhichcanbeusedtoevaluateatheory.Forexample,ShalliceandWarrington(1970)examinedthecaseofPatientKF,whoexperiencedamotorbikeaccident.KF’sshort-termforgettingofauditoryinformationwasgreaterthanhisforgettingofvisualinformation,suggestingthatshort-termmemory(STM)consistsofmultiplecomponents.Consequently,PatientKFunderminestheMulti-StoreModelofMemorysuggestingthatSTMisnotoneunitarycomponent.Therefore,anindividualcasestudycanhighlightflawswithinatheoryandsignificantlyundermineotherresearch.AnotherexampleofanidiographicapproachcomesfromFreud’suseofcasestudies.Freudconductedverydetailedinvestigationsintothelivesofhispatientsinanattempttounderstandandhelpthemovercometheirpsychologicaldisorders.HismostfamouscasestudiesincludeLittleHansandTheRatMan.WhileFreuddidtrytoproducegeneralisationsfromhiscasestudies,theyarestillviewedasanidiographicapproachbecauseeachperson’spsychologicaldisorderderivedfromtheiruniquechildhoodexperiences. TeacherResources Issues&DebatesFullTopicPowerPointsforAQAALevelPsychology InstantDownload £20.00 IssuesandDebatesCoreTopicEssaysforAQAALevelPsychology InstantDownload £20.00 ForMoreStudyNotesTokeepup-to-datewiththetutor2uPsychologyteam,followusonTwitter@tutor2uPsych,FacebookAQA/OCR/Edexcel/StudentorsubscribetothePsychologyDailyDigestandgetnewcontentdeliveredtoyourinbox! Share: Facebook Twitter Email Printpage Psychology StudyNotes Issues&Debates IdiographicApproach Facebook Twitter YouTube Instagram LinkedIn Oursubjects OurSubjects ›Business ›Criminology ›Economics ›Geography ›Health&SocialCare ›History ›Law ›Politics ›Psychology ›Sociology Explore Explore ›Teaching&learningresources ›Ondemandcourses ›OnlineCPDforteachers ›Livebroadcasts ›Teachingjobs Contact Contact BostonHouse, 214HighStreet, BostonSpa, WestYorkshire, LS236AD Tel:+4408448000085 ›Contactus ›Termsofuse ›Privacy&cookies ©2021Tutor2uLimited.CompanyRegno:04489574.VATregno816865400. Backtotop