Uljana Feest, "Operationism in Psychology: An Epistemology of Exploration" (U Chicago Press, 2025)
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Understanding Implicit Memory and Priming Effects
This chapter examines the operational definitions in psychology, particularly the concepts of implicit memory and semantic priming. It provides a historical perspective on operationism and the nuances of measuring psychological constructs, using word completion tests as an illustrative example. The discussion also addresses the relationship between phenomena and research objects in psychology, advocating for the usefulness of folk categories while highlighting the importance of specificity in psychological research.
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