Constructing a theory of the triple typology
Some (second) thoughts on nomothetic and idiographic approaches to personality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19280657 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Daryl J Bem (Cornell University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1983 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 566-577 |
| Publication date | 1983-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Personality (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-3506 • E-ISSN: 1467-6494 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-6494.1983.tb00345.x |
| PMID | 28497597 |
| OpenAlex | W2025028869 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
| References cited | 25 |
Our fundamental scientific task is to convert observations of particular persons behaving in particular ways in particular situations into assertions that certain kinds of persons will behave in certain kinds of ways in certain kinds of situations, that is, to construct triple typologies or equivalence classes—of persons, of behaviors, and of situations—and to fashion theories of personality that relate these equivalence classes to one another. It is argued that the different approaches to the study of personality are distinguished from one another not by whether they are idiographic or nomothetic but by the strategies they employ for constructing—or ignoring—each of these three types of equivalence classes. The likely attributes of a successful interactional theory of personality—one that would embrace the entire triple typology—are proposed and discussed
Cognitive psychology · Construct (python library) · Equivalence (formal languages) · Nomothetic · Nomothetic and idiographic · Personality · Sociology · Typology · Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology · Computer Science · Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification · Mathematics · Personality Traits and Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology
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Personality coherence
Methodological developments in personality research
The person‐situation debate
Behavioral genetic methods
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Towards a resolution of the personality triad
Beyond the Reaction Range Concept
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Social learning and clinical psychology.
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Toward a cognitive social learning reconceptualization of personality.
Beyond déjà vu in the search for cross-situational consistency.
Gender schema theory
Predicting more of the people more of the time
Self‐attention and self‐report
The influence of individuals on situations
Implicit psychophysiology
Self‐knowledge
Studies in intuitive personology from an idiothetic point of view
Interactionism, idiographics, and the social psychological invasion of personality
Constructing cross-situational consistencies in behavior
Idiographic goals and methods in the study of lives
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| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,6 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2010 (28) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 25 |