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Question: Should Kelly’s Personal Construct Theory and Allport’s trait approach be classified as idiographic or nomothetic?
Answer: This essay will discuss whether Kelly’s Personal Construct Theory and Allport’s trait approach should be classified as idiographic or nomothetic. “The idiographic approach takes the view that we are unique individuals and should be studied as such.” (Abbott, 2001 p9) In contrast the nomothetic approach “attempts to unearth general principles about human behaviour” (Ewen, 1998 p286) It can be seen, even from the definitions of these approaches, that they are two completely different ways of classifying personality theories. This essay will probe deeper into these distinctions and decide where the pendulum of classification should rest....(short extract)
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- Subject: Psychology
- Course: Personality and Intelligence
- Level: Degree
- Year: 2nd/3rd
- Mark: 69%
- Words: 1627
- Date submitted: February 05, 2009
- Date written: Not available
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 2882
