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Chunk #5 — The Progressive Refinement of Knowledge as Characteristic of Science

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On the value of homogeneous constructs for construct validation, theory testing, and the description of psychopathology.
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the lower order level and the higher order level. At the lower order level, one would risk compromising accurate description and effective intervention. At the higher order level, one would risk compromising valid aggregation into larger theories. To clarify the basis for this claim, we next discuss validity testing of clinically relevant constructs and the centrality of unidimensional constructs in this enterprise.