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...

Table of Contents:

• 1 Introduction
• Part I: The Historical Dimension of Construct Validity
• 2 Historical Precursors and Early Testing Theory
• 3 The Birth of Construct Validity Theory 4 Construct Validity: Developments and Debates
• 5 Recent Accounts of (Construct) Validity
• Part II: The Philosophical Dimension of Construct Validity
• 6 The Philosophical Backdrop of Construct Validity
• 7 Philosophical Sketches of Construct Validity Theory
• 8 Some Conceptual Housecleaning
• Part III: The Pragmatic Dimension of Construct Validity
• 9 Construct Validation: View from the “Trenches”
• 10 Revisiting Possibilities for Construct Validity Theory.