Issues distinguishing idiographic from nomothetic approaches to personality theory.
- 1 January 1956
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Psychological Association (APA) in Psychological Review
- Vol. 63 (1) , 53-62
- https://doi.org/10.1037/h0047811
Abstract
A logical and methodological discussion of the position and relationship between idiographic and nomothetic approaches to personality theory. Despite the fact that the two approaches differ in intent, it is held that they are in some ways dependent and inter-related. "Methodologically speaking, the nomothetic is potentially capable of usurping the realm of the idiographic. The chief value of idiography is seen as its function in the delineation of new variables and working hypotheses.".Keywords
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