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Chapter 3 psychology
Question | Answer |
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Operationism is simply the idea that concepts in scientific theories must in some way be grounded in, or linked to, _______________________ _______________________ that can be _______________________ | observable events/ measured |
Operational definitions force us to think carefully and _______________________ – in terms of observations in the real world – about how we want to _______________________ a concept. | empirically/ define |
Operationalizing a concept in science involves _______________________; assigning a _______________________ to an observation via some rule | measurement / number |
Reliability refers to the _______________________ of a measuring instrument – whether you would arrive at the _______________________ measurement if you assessed the same concept multiple times | consistency / same |
The term construct _______________________ refers to whether a measuring instrument (operational definition) is measuring what it is _______________________ to be measuring. | valididty / supposed |
Some may find it discomforting to learn that no science, including psychology, can give answers to _______________________ questions | essentialist |
The principle of_________ dictates that when two theories have the same explanatory power, the______ theory is preferred. The reason is that the theory with fewer conceptual relationships will likely be the more ______of the two in future tests | parisomony / simpler/ falsifiable |