Cumulative Record. Chapter 20: What Is Psychotic Behavior? Quote 12

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What is needed is an operational definition of terms. This means more than simple translation. The operational method is commonly misused to patch up and preserve concepts which are cherished for extraneous and irrelevant reasons. (p. 315)

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