Formalizing Verbal Theories
A Tutorial by Dialogue
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5338636 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Iris Van Rooij (0000-0001-6520-4635, Radboud University Nijmegen), Mark Blokpoel (0000-0002-1522-0343, Radboud University Nijmegen) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 285-298 |
| Publication date | 2020-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Psychology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1864-9335 • E-ISSN: 2151-2590 |
| Publisher | Hogrefe Publishing Group (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1027/1864-9335/a000428 |
| OpenAlex | W3094866533 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 9 |
| References cited | 22 |
We present a tutorial for formalizing verbal theories of psychological phenomena - social or otherwise. The approach builds on concepts and tools from the mathematics of computation. We use intuitive examples and illustrate the intrinsic dialectical nature of the formalization process by presenting dialogues between two fictive characters, called Verbal and Formal. These characters' conversations and thought experiments serve to highlight important lessons in theoretical modeling
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| Citations per year | 1.8 |
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| Citation span | 2021 - 2026 (6) |
| Highly cited | No |