Observing effects in various contexts won't give us general psychological theories
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DOI: 10.1017/s0140525x21000479
Abstract: Abstract Generalization does not come from repeatedly observing phenomena in numerous settings, but from theories explaining what is general in those phenomena. Expecting future behavior to look like past observations is especially problematic in psychology,… read more here.
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