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Nomothetic literally means "proposition of the law" (Greek derivation) and is used in philosophy, psychology, and law with differing meanings. Nomothetic FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Thisarticlehasmultipleissues.Pleasehelpimproveitordiscusstheseissuesonthetalkpage.(Learnhowandwhentoremovethesetemplatemessages) Thisarticleneedsadditionalcitationsforverification.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyaddingcitationstoreliablesources.Unsourcedmaterialmaybechallengedandremoved.Findsources: "Nomothetic" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(September2009)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) Thisarticlerelieslargelyorentirelyonasinglesource.Relevantdiscussionmaybefoundonthetalkpage.Pleasehelpimprovethisarticlebyintroducingcitationstoadditionalsources.Findsources: "Nomothetic" – news ·newspapers ·books ·scholar ·JSTOR(September2009) Thisarticleincludesalistofgeneralreferences,butitremainslargelyunverifiedbecauseitlackssufficientcorrespondinginlinecitations.Pleasehelptoimprovethisarticlebyintroducingmoreprecisecitations.(September2009)(Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) (Learnhowandwhentoremovethistemplatemessage) Nomotheticliterallymeans"propositionofthelaw"(Greekderivation)andisusedinphilosophy,psychology,andlawwithdifferingmeanings. Contents 1Etymology 2Inpsychology 3Inotherfields 4Seealso 5References Etymology[edit] Ingeneralhumanitiesusage,nomotheticmaybeusedinthesenseof"abletolaydownthelaw","havingthecapacitytopositlastingsense"(fromAncientGreek:nomothetikos-νομοθετικός,fromnomothetēsνομοθέτης"lawgiver",fromνόμος"law"andtheProto-Indo-Europeanetymonnem-meaningto"take,give,account,apportion"[1])),e.g.,'thenomotheticcapabilityoftheearlymythmakers'or'thenomotheticskillofAdam,giventhepowertonamethings.'[2] Inpsychology[edit] Inpsychology,nomotheticreferstoresearchaboutgeneralprinciplesorgeneralizationsacrossapopulationofindividuals.Forexample,theBigFivemodelofpersonalityandPiaget'sdevelopmentalstagesarenomotheticmodelsofpersonalitytraitsandcognitivedevelopmentrespectively.Incontrast,idiographicreferstoresearchabouttheuniqueandcontingentaspectsofindividuals,asinpsychologicalcasestudies. Inpsychologicaltesting,nomotheticmeasuresarecontrastedtoipsativeoridiotheticmeasures,wherenomotheticmeasuresaremeasuresthatareobservedonarelativelylargesampleandhaveamoregeneraloutlook. Inotherfields[edit] Insociology,nomotheticexplanationpresentsageneralizedunderstandingofagivencase,andiscontrastedwithidiographicexplanation,whichpresentsafulldescriptionofagivencase.Nomotheticapproachesaremostappropriatetothedeductiveapproachtosocialresearchinasmuchastheyincludethemorehighlystructuredresearchmethodologieswhichcanbereplicatedandcontrolled,andwhichfocusongeneratingquantitativedatawithaviewtoexplainingcausalrelationships.[3] Inanthropology,nomotheticreferstotheuseofgeneralizationratherthanspecificpropertiesinthecontextofagroupasanentity. Inhistory,nomotheticreferstothephilosophicalshiftinemphasisawayfromtraditionalpresentationofhistoricaltextrestrictedtowars,laws,dates,andsuch,toabroaderappreciationanddeeperunderstanding. Seealso[edit] Nomotheticandidiographic Nomological References[edit] ^LinguisticsResearchCentre(2017)."Indo-EuropeanLexiconPIEEtymonandIEReflexes".Retrieved29August2017. ^nomothetics ^Butterworth-Heinemann,Elsevior(2005).ResearchMethods.BritishLibrary:ElseviorLtd.p. 32.ISBN 9780750689533. Retrievedfrom"https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nomothetic&oldid=1045490528" Categories:EpistemologySociologicalterminologyHiddencategories:ArticlesneedingadditionalreferencesfromSeptember2009AllarticlesneedingadditionalreferencesArticleslackingin-textcitationsfromSeptember2009Allarticleslackingin-textcitationsArticleswithmultiplemaintenanceissuesArticlescontainingAncientGreek(to1453)-languagetext Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces ArticleTalk Variants expanded collapsed Views ReadEditViewhistory More expanded collapsed Search Navigation MainpageContentsCurrenteventsRandomarticleAboutWikipediaContactusDonate Contribute HelpLearntoeditCommunityportalRecentchangesUploadfile Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispageWikidataitem Print/export DownloadasPDFPrintableversion Languages DanskEspañolفارسیItalianoNorskbokmålPolskiPortuguêsРусскийУкраїнська Editlinks