The Mismatch between Current Research Methods and the Nature of Psychological Phenomena: What Researchers Must Learn from Practitioners

Theory & Psychology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 778-794

  Smedslund, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

a priori psychology; common sense; intentionality; irreversibility; randomized controlled trials design; shared meaning; uniqueness

Indexed keywords

EID: 72549103328     PISSN: 09593543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959354309345648     Document Type: Article

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