Why do psychological terms or concepts need to be operationally defined?

A) To allow psychologists to conduct experiments on such concepts
B) To prevent errors from occurring in an experiment
C) To fuse psychological concepts with objective circumstances
D) To understand a concept, you must first have a definition of that concept


C

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