Eventually, most psychologists agreed with the logical positivists that:

a. unless a concept can be operationally defined, it is meaningless
b. psychology should not contain any theories
c. empiricism and rationalism must be wedded together
d. rational analysis is more powerful than empirical analysis


a. unless a concept can be operationally defined, it is meaningless

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