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A crisis of generalizability or a crisis of constructs?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2022

Kevin M. King Open the ORCID record for Kevin M. King [Opens in a new window]  and
Aidan G.C. Wright Open the ORCID record for Aidan G.C. Wright [Opens in a new window]
Kevin M. King
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA kingkm@uw.edu http://faculty.washington.edu/kingkm
Aidan G.C. Wright
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA aidan@pitt.edu http://www.personalityprocesses.com/
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Abstract

Psychologists wish to identify and study the mechanisms and implications of nomothetic constructs that reveal truths about human nature and span across operationalizations. To achieve this goal, psychologists should spend more time carefully describing and measuring constructs across a wide range of methods and measures, and less time rushing to explain and predict.

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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 45 , 2022 , e24
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