Pelham B W
Department of Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles 90024-1563.
J Pers Soc Psychol. 1993 Apr;64(4):665-77. doi: 10.1037//0022-3514.64.4.665.
Arguments are made for the practical and theoretical merits of idiographic approaches to personality. In addition, it is argued that idiographic approaches to personality afford levels of prediction that cannot be provided by nomothetic analyses, and 2 studies of the role of self-investment in interpersonal perception are presented in support of this position. Finally, in contrast to previous arguments for idiographic approaches, it is suggested that idiographic approaches to personality can provide special insight into universal patterns of human personality.
有人提出了针对个性的个案法在实践和理论方面的优点。此外，还有人认为，个性的个案法能提供一些预测水平，这些是一般规律研究分析所无法提供的，并且还展示了两项关于自我投入在人际感知中的作用的研究来支持这一观点。最后，与之前支持个案法的观点不同，有人提出个性的个案法能够为人类个性的普遍模式提供独特的见解。
