Wow, as a psychology student, thank you, thank you, thank you!!! The video is very informative, well-structured, and it really connects and sums up a lot of information. Keep up the amazing work!
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If the whole idea behind science is to make universal predictions about a given phenomenon, how does the idiographic approach fit in all this? Humanistic approach is regarded as unscientific because it makes use of this approach. Also, Freud's Psychodynamic theory utilises the idographic approach and makes universal claims about the human behaviour and his apprach too is widely regarded as unscientific. How can a subjective experience lead to universally objective reality
Yep - that's spot on. The criticism of the idiographic approach is that it doesn't fit with the scientific approach (objectivity, universal laws) and is illustrated with the humanistic and psychodynamic approaches as you mentioned.
Abraham Maslow’s theory of hierarchy of needs comes from a universal objective reality, and it is a humanistic perspective. All humans civilizations include shelter as a means of safety. The rest of the hierarchy can be clearly observed within societies.
@@Anna-ii3ee i totally get it. However, Maslow's emphasis that it should be a pyramid like hierarchy of needs does not really stand as accurate. It's more of a circle than a pyramid. Also not acheiving one of those does not stop me from actauliseing myself.
All situations and circumstances are different. Consequently, neither is superior to the other. Although, I can see the nomothetic being more susceptible for uses that could manipulate mass numbers of people. There within lies the problem for me. It isn’t art or science. It’s art and science.
Is the Psychodynamic approach idiopathic or nomothetic? I thought it would be a bit in the middle since it has idiopathic elements (because of the Little Hans study) and also nomothetic aspects: it gave the psychodynamic stages and general principles of behaviour and generalised everyone had 3 aspects to their personality. Also, does the Humanistic Approach have a nomothetic element in that it generalises Maslow's hierarchy and self-actualisation as everyone's innate desire?
Hi Daphney. Good question. It could be argued that Psychodynamic is both: nomothetic in that they have some general laws that they apply to all people (i.e. we all go through the psychosexual stages of development, we all have a structure of personality etc.) However the research method is idiographic (in depth studies of individuals through highly qualitative methods). For Humanistic psychology they are mainly idiographic (with a bit of nomo!) for the following reasons: They are interested in the unique person (not looking for generalisations) and their subjective experiences (qualitative data). The hint of nomo (some would argue) can be see in that they state that we all have the innate desire to self-actualise, and related to this Maslow would have the general law that we all have to meet our deficiency needs to self-actualise. For Rogers, we all need congruence to actualise. Hope that helps some what.
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Wow, as a psychology student, thank you, thank you, thank you!!! The video is very informative, well-structured, and it really connects and sums up a lot of information. Keep up the amazing work!
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If the whole idea behind science is to make universal predictions about a given phenomenon, how does the idiographic approach fit in all this? Humanistic approach is regarded as unscientific because it makes use of this approach. Also, Freud's Psychodynamic theory utilises the idographic approach and makes universal claims about the human behaviour and his apprach too is widely regarded as unscientific. How can a subjective experience lead to universally objective reality
Yep - that's spot on. The criticism of the idiographic approach is that it doesn't fit with the scientific approach (objectivity, universal laws) and is illustrated with the humanistic and psychodynamic approaches as you mentioned.
Abraham Maslow’s theory of hierarchy of needs comes from a universal objective reality, and it is a humanistic perspective. All humans civilizations include shelter as a means of safety. The rest of the hierarchy can be clearly observed within societies.
@@Anna-ii3ee i totally get it. However, Maslow's emphasis that it should be a pyramid like hierarchy of needs does not really stand as accurate. It's more of a circle than a pyramid. Also not acheiving one of those does not stop me from actauliseing myself.
@@ahmadsamir5866 I agree that it needn’t be causal or one after the other. It would probably be easier to reach the apex, though.
All situations and circumstances are different. Consequently, neither is superior to the other. Although, I can see the nomothetic being more susceptible for uses that could manipulate mass numbers of people.
There within lies the problem for me. It isn’t art or science. It’s art and science.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts - art AND science👍
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Is the Psychodynamic approach idiopathic or nomothetic? I thought it would be a bit in the middle since it has idiopathic elements (because of the Little Hans study) and also nomothetic aspects: it gave the psychodynamic stages and general principles of behaviour and generalised everyone had 3 aspects to their personality.
Also, does the Humanistic Approach have a nomothetic element in that it generalises Maslow's hierarchy and self-actualisation as everyone's innate desire?
Hi Daphney. Good question. It could be argued that Psychodynamic is both: nomothetic in that they have some general laws that they apply to all people (i.e. we all go through the psychosexual stages of development, we all have a structure of personality etc.) However the research method is idiographic (in depth studies of individuals through highly qualitative methods).
For Humanistic psychology they are mainly idiographic (with a bit of nomo!) for the following reasons: They are interested in the unique person (not looking for generalisations) and their subjective experiences (qualitative data). The hint of nomo (some would argue) can be see in that they state that we all have the innate desire to self-actualise, and related to this Maslow would have the general law that we all have to meet our deficiency needs to self-actualise. For Rogers, we all need congruence to actualise. Hope that helps some what.
@@BearitinMIND Yes it does! Thank you very much 😊