A psychologist is interested in studying stress. Since stress can mean different things to different people, she decides that she would like to assess stress by measuring people's blood pressure. This psychologist has just created a(n):

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An operational definition is a specific, measurable way to define a concept. In this case, the psychologist has defined stress as blood pressure, which is a specific and measurable variable.

A Psychologist Is Interested in Studying Stress