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An educational psychologist used an idiographic approach to study academic procrastination. She asked three college students to keep a daily diary reflecting on their academic anxiety and study habits over a period of three weeks.
Qualitative analysis of the diaries showed that the students frequently experienced a fear of failure and believed that high self-imposed standards directly triggered their procrastination.
Findings from idiographic research like the study described above are often used as a basis for generalising and initiating other investigations.
Explain how the researcher might develop the above investigation by taking a nomothetic approach.
Practise AQA A Level Psychology Idiographic and nomothetic approaches with exam-style questions for A Level Psychology. 19 questions, matched to the AQA A Level Psychology (7182) specification and written in Paper 1, Paper 2 and Paper 3 style. Every question includes a full worked solution and mark scheme, so you can see where marks are awarded rather than just whether you got the answer right.
