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Roles of Instruments in Psychological Research.

History of Psychology, 2005
What roles have instruments played in psychology and related disciplines? How have instruments affected the dynamics of psychological research, with what possibilities and limits? What is the psychological instrument? This article provides a conceptual foundation for specific case studies concerning such questions.
Sturm, Thomas, Ash, Mitchell
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Laboratory instruments in the history of psychology

Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 1976
The importance of laboratory instruments as sources for the writing of the history of psychology is stressed, and illustrated through the use of examples where their study has been profitable. Most importantly, the role of the Hipp chronoscope in the reaction-time experiment is discussed, and the importance of various changes introduced into its design
M M, Sokal, A B, Davis, U C, Merzbach
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Instrumentalism and Psychology

Theory & Psychology, 2010
This article explores the pervasive, but insufficiently examined assumption of instrumental rationality in psychology. Instrumental rationality has five characteristics: there is a sharp separation between means and ends; ends are subjective preferences and means are strategies or tools; the effectiveness of means is central; means are dispensable when
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