Researchers who use experiments and correlational studies to formulate general laws and principles that de-emphasize individual variations in the population or situations being studied are using a(n) _____ orientation.

a. idiographic
b. nomothetic
c. longitudinal
d. evidence-based


Answer: b. nomothetic

Psychology

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a. low; low b. low; high c. high, low d. high; high

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