According to Holzkamp (1991), the criticism of Freud (regarding the difficulty of operationalizing some of his variables) by adherents of variable psychology is unfounded because Freud's concepts are ________________.
a. subjective and idiosyncratic
b. meaningless in the context of variable psychology
c. pertinent to those people alone who suffer neuroses
d. generalizable to disturbed people rather so-called normal research subjects
Answer: b. meaningless in the context of variable psychology
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