TY - JOUR
AU - Thomae, Hans
AB - A review of the history of the nomothetic-idiographic issue suggests that the problem of the “uniqueness” of the individual is secondary in this context to that of the “right” approach to the study of the human person. Idiographic approaches emphasize the need for an “unmutilated” conceptualization of psychological processes. The requirements of this unmutilated kind of research need to be integrated with those of nomothetic science asking for the controlled gaining and analyzing of information regarding psychological processes. One form of such a kind of integration is represented by biographical studies based on semistructured interviews and a systematic qualitative and quantitative analysis of their contents. Findings from such research as especially related to developmental and personality psychology are reported here by summarizing a series of studies conducted at the University of Bonn.
TI - The Nomothetic-Idiographic Issue: Some Roots and Recent Trends
JF - International Journal of Group Tensions
DO - 10.1023/A:1021891506378
DA - 2004-10-13
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/the-nomothetic-idiographic-issue-some-roots-and-recent-trends-hbVhM6SUNi
SP - 187
EP - 215
VL - 28
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -