Traits and Allport: Idiography in a Nomothetic Mold?

Capps' idiographic analysis of Augustine's Confessions is discussed in terms of Allport's possible contradiction in stating idiographic goals while embracing nomothetic theory and techniques. The necessity of a methodological complementarity for this type of work is stressed to reduce...

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Main Author: Spilka, Bernard 1926- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [1994]
In: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 1994, Volume: 4, Issue: 4, Pages: 235-239
Online Access: Volltext (Resolving-System)
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Summary:Capps' idiographic analysis of Augustine's Confessions is discussed in terms of Allport's possible contradiction in stating idiographic goals while embracing nomothetic theory and techniques. The necessity of a methodological complementarity for this type of work is stressed to reduce subjective bias. The question of Augustine's religious orientation is then extended to include recent ideas. As interesting as idiographic treatments are, their most productive use may be for theory development to which nomothetic analyses are applied.
ISSN:1532-7582
Reference:Kritik von "An Allportian Analysis of Augustine (1994)"
Kritik in "Response to Byrnes and Spilka (1994)"
Contains:Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1207/s15327582ijpr0404_3