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Guidelines for translating and adapting psychological instruments
Nordic Psychology, 2009Translated but unstandardised psychological instruments are widely used in non-English speaking countries. For many of these instruments meagre information is available on the method of translation, extent of adaptations, reliability, validity and other psychometric properties.
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Roles of Instruments in Psychological Research.
History of Psychology, 2005What 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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International Studies in the Philosophy of Science, 1990
Abstract I aim to examine two questions. First, whether ‘folk psychology’ is a kind of theory and, second, more seriously, how are we to understand the system of principles of folk psychology. As to the first, there is a confusion between ‘theory’ and ‘science’.
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Abstract I aim to examine two questions. First, whether ‘folk psychology’ is a kind of theory and, second, more seriously, how are we to understand the system of principles of folk psychology. As to the first, there is a confusion between ‘theory’ and ‘science’.
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Instrumentalism and Psychology
Theory & Psychology, 2010This 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 ...
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Laboratory instruments in the history of psychology
Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 1976The 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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The Instrumental Method in Psychology
19971. In the behavior of man we encounter quite a number of artificial devices for mastering his own mental processes. By analogy with technical devices these devices can justifiably and conventionally be called psychological tools or instruments (internal technique in Claparede’s terminology,2 modus operandi according to Thurnwald). [1]
Robert W. Rieber, Jeffrey Wollock
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Instrumental variables in psychology
2017Student Undergraduate Research E-journal!, Vol 3 (2017): Student Research Conference ...
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