An “Overstatement” on Psychological Research: What is a Dissertation?
The Psychological RecordPublished 1 January 1970
William S. Verplanck
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Abstract
The case is stated for psychological research that is primarily descriptive, — ethological, if you will, — rather than experimental, in the sense in which this word has been used in psychology. The physical-science model to which psychology has tailored itself has not proven a productive one.
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