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School entities are the named theoretical movements and paradigms this atlas documents, psychoanalysis, behaviorism, cognitivism, humanism and their successors, each carrying a SubLabel matching one of five founding branches (Clinical, Behavioral, Cognitive, Developmental, Community). A school is a broader, often historical intellectual movement that many psychologists and theories belong to or draw from, distinct from a branch, which is a subfield of practice, and distinct from a single theory, which is one specific explanatory claim a school's adherents may hold. This band is where a reader browses psychology by its rival paradigms and their historical succession, the nature versus nurture divide, the cognitive revolution's break from strict behaviorism, and other genuine intellectual conflicts the field itself has not resolved, named as debated rather than settled.

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American Psychological Association PsycINFO Classification Categories and Codes (via branch canon) 1
All Schools and Movements
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy

Clinical Psychology

Activity Theory

Developmental Psychology

Analytical Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Anti-psychiatry

Clinical Psychology

Associationism

Cognitive Psychology

Behavior Therapy

Clinical Psychology

Behaviorism

Behavioral Psychology

Bioenergetic Analysis

Clinical Psychology

Cognitive Analytic Therapy

Clinical Psychology

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Clinical Psychology

Cognitive Therapy

Clinical Psychology

Cognitivism

Cognitive Psychology

Compassion-Focused Therapy

Clinical Psychology

Connectionism

Cognitive Psychology

Constructivism (psychological school)

Cognitive Psychology

Cultural-Historical Psychology

Developmental Psychology

Depth Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Descriptive Psychology

Cognitive Psychology

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Clinical Psychology

Ecopsychology

Community Psychology

Ego Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Emotionally Focused Therapy

Clinical Psychology

Existential Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Experimental Analysis of Behavior

Behavioral Psychology

Family Systems Therapy

Community Psychology

Functionalism

Cognitive Psychology

Geneva School (Psychology)

Developmental Psychology

Gestalt Psychology

Cognitive Psychology

Gestalt Therapy

Clinical Psychology

Humanistic Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Individual Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Interbehaviorism

Behavioral Psychology

Internal Family Systems Model

Clinical Psychology

Lacanian Psychoanalysis

Clinical Psychology

Liberation Psychology

Community Psychology

Logotherapy

Clinical Psychology

Mentalization-Based Treatment

Clinical Psychology

Motivational Interviewing

Clinical Psychology

Multimodal Therapy

Clinical Psychology

Narrative Therapy

Clinical Psychology

Neobehaviorism

Behavioral Psychology

Neo-Freudianism

Clinical Psychology

Object Relations Theory

Clinical Psychology

Organismic Theory

Cognitive Psychology

Personalistic Psychology

Developmental Psychology

Person-Centered Therapy

Clinical Psychology

Phenomenological Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Positive Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Process Psychology

Clinical Psychology

Psychoanalysis

Clinical Psychology

Psychodrama

Clinical Psychology

Psychohistory

Clinical Psychology

Psychology of Self

Clinical Psychology

Psychosynthesis

Clinical Psychology

Purposive Behaviorism

Behavioral Psychology

Radical Behaviorism

Behavioral Psychology

Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy

Clinical Psychology

Reality Therapy

Clinical Psychology

Reflexology (Russian Psychology)

Behavioral Psychology

Schema Therapy

Clinical Psychology

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy

Clinical Psychology

Strategic Family Therapy

Community Psychology

Strength-based Practice

Clinical Psychology

Structural Family Therapy

Community Psychology

Structuralism

Cognitive Psychology

Systems Psychology

Community Psychology

Third-wave Behaviorism

Clinical Psychology

Transactional Analysis

Clinical Psychology

Transpersonal Psychology

Clinical Psychology
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1. Wikipedia: PsycINFO
WikipediaPsycINFO, Classification system section
Quote, PsycINFO, Classification system section
The classification system consists of 22 major categories and 135 subcategories, and a list of codes.
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