The intense study of the individual case is called research
A) idiographic
B) nomothetic
C) introspective
D) humanistic
Answer: A
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a. the ego. b. the superego. c. the id. d. the preconscious.
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a. Cigar b. Pipe c. Cigarette d. cigar or pipe