Validating Psychological Constructs Historical, Philosophical, and Practical Dimensions /

• Main Author: Slaney, Kathleen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Series: Palgrave Studies in the Theory and History of Psychology
• Subjects: Psychology.; Experiential research.; Psychology > Methodology.; Psychological measurement.; Psychology, Experimental.; Psychometrics.; Experimental Psychology.; Psychological Methods/Evaluation.; Popular Science in Psychology.; History of Psychology.; Psychology Research.

This book critically examines the historical and philosophical foundations of construct validity theory (CVT), and how these have and continue to inform and constrain the conceptualization of validity and its application in research. CVT has had an immense impact on how researchers in the behavioura...