Definition (1):
Converging Operations are principles useful in establishing the validity of research findings.
Definition (2):
Converging operations suggest that if a particular variable affects the aspect of social behavior by influencing an underlying psychological mechanism, then other variables that influence the same mechanism should produce similar effects on behavior.
Definition (3):
According to Sternberg, R. Sternberg, K & Mio, J. (2012), “The definition of converging operations refers to the use of multiple approaches and techniques to address a problem.”
These are the uses of different research methods for solving a problem so that one method’s strengths balance out the other method’s weaknesses. It generates study outcomes applying several levels of analysis, several species, comparing among the species and the analyses. It is an irreplaceable approach. The knowledge of biopsychology has been developed through the studies of a single method but its success as a scientific discipline depends on its effective application of converging operations.
While studying any subject in great depth it is quite natural to miss an important general concept. The opposite can also occur, while studying a subject in a vast perspective, it is natural to omit some of the basic details due to lack of time or energy. The best knowledge about a subject can be derived from the convergence of studies at various levels of detail.