|
Record Details
|
Full-Text Availability Options:
More Info:
 Help |
 Tutorial
Help Finding Full Text
|
More Info:
Help
Find in a Library
|
Publisher's Web Site
|
|
|
| Click on any of the
links below to perform a new search |
| ERIC #: | EJ735232 |
| Title: | Deconstructing, Reconstructing, Preserving Paul E. Meehl's Legacy of Construct Validity |
| Authors: | Maher, Brendan A.; Gottesman, Irving I. |
| Descriptors: | Construct Validity; Influences; Behavior; Theories; Measurement Techniques; Psychoanalysis; Behavioral Science Research; Attribution Theory; Definitions; Evaluation Research |
| Source: | Psychological Assessment, v17 n4 p415-422 Dec 2005 |
More Info:
Help
Peer-Reviewed:
|
Yes |
| Publisher: | American Psychological Association. Journals Department, 750 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20002-4242. Tel: 800-374-2721; Tel: 202-336-5510; Fax: 202-336-5502; e-mail: order@apa.org; Web site: http://www.apa.org/publications. |
| Publication Date: | 2005-12-00 |
| Pages: | 8 |
| Pub Types: | Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive |
| Abstract: | The question of the status of cause-and-effect explanations of human behavior that posit physically existing causative factors and those that, on the other hand, posit hypothetical entities in the form of "useful fictions" has a long history. The influence of the works of Jeremy Bentham and Hans Vaihinger, as well as the later influence of Francis Galton, is described. Issues of the validity of hypothetical constructs and related problems of measurement and definition as found in psychoanalytic theory construction and in trait theory are examined. The significant and continuing interest generated by the landmark studies of K. MacCorquodale and P. E. Meehl (1948) and L. J. Cronbach and P. E. Meehl (1955) as well as the central importance of P. E. Meehl's thinking are described. |
| Abstractor: | Author |
| Reference Count: | 0 |
|
| Note: | N/A |
| Identifiers: | N/A |
| Record Type: | Journal |
| Level: | N/A |
| Institutions: | N/A |
| Sponsors: | N/A |
| ISBN: | N/A |
| ISSN: | ISSN-1040-3590 |
| Audiences: | N/A |
| Languages: | English |
| Education Level: | N/A |
|
|
|
|
Help
Help With This Page
