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How to Build a Strong Theoretical Foundation

Paul E. Smaldino

2020Psychological Inquiry25 citationsDOI

Abstract

It is our theories that shape how we see the world and the questions we ask of it. Fried argues that psychological science is plagued by weak theories, and that there is a real need for building an...

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