There is increasing evidence that psychology is undergoing a change with far-reaching methodological implications. In the nineteenth century, psychology attempted to establish itself as a scientific discipline by employing methods that had proven successful in the natural sciences. Within this tradition, quantitative analysis has become synonymous with scientific analysis, and the experiment has become the preferred mode of securing psychological knowledge. Critics of this approach, however consistently vocal (Giorgi, 1970), have remained fragmented and lacking in any strongly institutionalized replacement for these procedures. Their strength is now heightening to the extent