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There is no generalizability crisis

Year: 2022

Type: article

Abstract: Falsificationist and confirmationist approaches provide two well-established ways of evaluating generalizability. Yarkoni rejects both and invents a third approach we call neo-operationalism. His proposal cannot work for the hypothetical concepts psychologists use, because the universe of operationalizations is impossible to define, and hypothetical concepts cannot be reduced to their operationalizations. We conclude that he is wrong in his generalizability-crisis diagnosis.

Source: Behavioral and Brain Sciences

DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x21000340

Authors: Daniël Lakens, Duygu Uygun Tunç, Mehmet Necip Tunç

Institutions: Eindhoven University of Technology, Middle East Technical University, Tilburg University

Language: English

Topic: Academic and Historical Perspectives in Psychology

Subfield: General Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W4211128549

FWCI: 6.007

Cites: 8

Cited by: 8

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