Day-to-day communication is made possible through general but often vague and unspoken agreements about the use of terms. This leads to imprecision and misunderstandings. ______ is the process by which we specify precisely what we mean when we use particular terms.

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A. This is an incorrect answer because conceptions are subjective and cannot be communicated directly, we use the words and symbols of language as a way of communicating about our conceptions and the things we observe that are related to those conceptions.
B. This is an incorrect answer because concepts are the words or symbols in language that we use to represent mental images.
C. This incorrect answer because the ecological fallacy occurs when we make assertions about individuals as the unit of analysis based on the examination of groups.
D. The correct answer is "D" because conceptualization is the process by which we specify precisely what we mean when we use particular terms.

Day-To-Day Communication Is Made Possible Through General but Often Vague