Dr. McCutcheon is trying to formulate a means of identifying people who are likely to develop antisocial personality disorder. He administers the MMPI-2 to several thousand people - some of whom do and some of whom do not have this diagnosis - and determines a specific MMPI profile for people with antisocial personality disorder. He then suggests that this can be used to accurately anticipate who will and who will not develop this condition. Dr. McCutcheon is using a ________ strategy in his work.
a. nomothetic
b. standardized
c. culture-fair
d. idiographic
Ans: a. nomothetic
Psychology
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