psychological construct

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psychological
adjective
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/ˌsaɪ.kəlˈɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌsaɪ.kəˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to the human mind ...
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construct
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkɒn.strʌkt/us
/ˈkɑːn.strʌkt/
an idea or an ...
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(Definition ofpsychologicalandconstructfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In fact, there is no proof either way, since the construct of "free will" is not apsychologicalconstruct.
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It is important to refute these kinds of deficit-oriented assumptions and to gain an understanding of ethnicity as a context-driven and complexpsychologicalconstruct.
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Decision making is said to be apsychologicalconstruct.
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The ability to study the biological processes behind attachment allows scientists to be able to understand the fundamental levels to makeup apsychologicalconstruct.
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Only within the past ten years has scientific research attempted a formal definition of mental toughness as apsychologicalconstruct.
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Unlike the terms public park and national park, the term collective landscape is apsychologicalconstructand an abstract concept.
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For this question we need to understand the relations between psychological constructs and their trajectories over time.
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Many psychological constructs are low in measurement precision, yet have adequate validity.
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It solely refers to the fact that most psychological constructs originate from observation of behavior and not from the study of the brain.
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Furthermore, the response booklet contained several scales and questionnaires to assess selected psychological constructs.
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A score on a well-constructed test is believed to reflect apsychologicalconstructsuch as achievement in a school subject, cognitive ability, aptitude, emotional functioning, personality, etc.
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When psychological constructs are measured, however, we cannot assume that the same "ruler" or metric has been used at each age.
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There are other examples of psychological constructs that, like security and distress, appeared to be opposite poles of the same system, but turned out to have distinct neural circuitries.
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Many methodologies borrow from psychology and use in their psychological constructs such as "beliefs", "intentions" and "attitudes", but adoption of a more comprehensive psychological framework is lacking.
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They are most often associated with personality tests, but can also be applied to other psychological constructs such as mood or psychopathology.
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Additionally, other psychological constructs suggest further limits on how context can affect memory.
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Psychological construction models of emotion dictate that emotion is the result of psychological constructs.
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Health behavioural change theories are designed to examine a set of psychological constructs that jointly aim at explaining what motivates people to change and how they take preventive action.
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