PSYB01H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Standard Deviation, Conceptual Framework, Concurrent Validity
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Height and weight are two distinct physical features of people and perhaps mental health and mental illness are two distinct psychological features of people. A psychological theory specifies the conceptual meaning of key terms and it identifies how variables are to be measured or operationalized. A conceptual framework can be thought of as a network of interlocking relationships linking theoretical ideas to concrete variables and their measurements. Construct specified in a theory in order to explain, and predict a wide range of related empirical findings. A construct needs to be translated into an operational definition provides a recipe for specifying variables that are to be used to measure a construct. An operational definition identifies the independent variables that are expected to produce the construct. Defined as the scientific study of ordinary human strengths and virtues: positive psychology seeks to learn about human thriving, flourishing, optimism, resilience, joy, and capabilities.
