Generalizations strengthen in traditional sciences, but in psychology (and social and behavioral sciences, more generally) they decay. This is usually viewed as a problem requiring solution. It could be viewed instead as a law-like phenomenon. Generalization decay cannot be squelched because human behavior is metastable and all behavioral data collected thus far have resulted from a thin sliver of human time.

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泛化衰退是心理学的基本规律吗？

概括在传统科学中得到加强，但在心理学（以及更普遍的社会和行为科学）中，它们却在衰退。这通常被视为需要解决的问题。相反，它可以被视为一种类似法律的现象。泛化衰退无法被抑制，因为人类行为是亚稳态的，并且迄今为止收集的所有行为数据都来自人类时间的一小部分。