The nomothetic approach in psychology (or in any science) is intended to establish broad generalizations and universal "laws." When using the nomothetic approach researchers are likely to make
A. many observations of one individual.
B. observations of many individuals and focus on extreme scores.
C. observations of many individuals and focus on the average (typical) score.
D. few observations of a few individuals and focus on the scores that occur most often.
C. observations of many individuals and focus on the average (typical) score.
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