Münsterberg in 1898, Not Allport in 1937, Introduced the Terms ‘Idiographic’ and ‘Nomothetic’ to American Psychology

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 287-293

  Hurlburt, Russell T ^a   Knapp, Terry J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA   (United States)

Author keywords

Allport; idiographic; M nsterberg; nomothetic; Stern; Windelband

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646408110     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354306062541     Document Type: Article

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