Jim, a psychiatrist, develops a method to study mood swings in individuals. He asks individuals to describe the frequency and the intensity of their mood swings and rates them on a scale of 1 to 10. He wants to develop a treatment plan according to the average outcomes of the frequency and the intensity of mood swings. In this scenario, Jim is trying to ________ the variable "mood swing."
A. internalize
B. theorize
C. operationalize
D. describe
Answer: C
Psychology
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