GEO 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Nomothetic
17 Oct 2016
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Cognitive filters: personal: we all have our own definition of truth, geodemographic: gender differences, age within life cycle. Men and women will perceive danger differently from one another. A child will perceive a city differently than a young adult: ability. Women: child bearing capacity, sports: sociocultural: how wise you use money. If you are rich and poor, you will use your money differently: culture: shared way of life that includes belief systems, values attitudes, behaviour, language, religion, folklore, festivals, etc. If (cid:455)ou"re fro(cid:373) i(cid:374)dia, (cid:455)ou"ll per(cid:272)ei(cid:448)e ca(cid:374)ada"s (cid:449)a(cid:455) of life differe(cid:374)tl(cid:455). Nomothetic means the tendency to generalize and is an approach to knowledge typical of science where objective analysis of phenomena is sought. Idiographic means the tendency to specify details and is used predominantly in the humanities to describe phenomena. Together they form an approach to the pursuit of knowledge that first describes phenomena then attempts to explain them through cause and effect.
