noun. 1. the general stance of American psychology since the mid-twentieth century, whenever it stopped being dominated by logical positivism, hypothetical deductive techniques, and operationism.
POSTPOSITIVISM: "The postpositivism form of psychology has been greatly influenced by the work of Thomas Kuhn."
Cite this page: N., Sam M.S., "POSTPOSITIVISM," in PsychologyDictionary.org, April 7, 2013, https://psychologydictionary.org/postpositivism/ (accessed March 21, 2023).
