How does the nomothetic approach to personality differ from the idiographic approach?
What will be an ideal response?
NOMOTHETIC: Assumes traits exist and have the same psychological meaning in everyone; people differ only in their relative standing on the traits.
IDIOGRAPHIC (similar to idiosyncrasy): Emphasizes that each person is unique, suggesting some traits are possessed by only one person. Sometimes, it is impossible to compare people because everyone is, in effect, on a different scale.
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Indicate whether this statement is true or false.