Question

Some psychologists use a(n) _____ approach to studying personality, which is a person-centered method in which researchers focus on individual people and their unique personalities.

a. nomothetic
b. factor-analysis
c. idiographic
d. reciprocal

Answer 1

The answer is idiographic.

Step-by-step explanation:

The word comes from Greek "idios", which means "own" or "private". This apporach allows researchers to collect data from individuals in a personal way.

One of its advantages is that it allows researches to predict the subject's behaviour in a given situation, because of its very intimate nature; the downside is that it's usually very time-consuming and might even be expensive.