Psychology Atlas

How The Mind Works
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme
Browse By

All Theories and Concepts

Groups the atlas's psychological theories and concepts, the explanatory accounts and mechanisms the field has proposed for mind and behavior, subdivided by the branch of psychology each theory is principally associated with. Contested theories and unresolved debates, such as the rival explanations different schools offer for the same phenomenon, are named honestly as debated rather than settled. It deliberately excludes the landmark studies that tested a theory, filed under studies and experiments instead, and the diagnosed medical conditions a theory might explain psychologically, which stay Medicine's own entities under the atlas's medicine seam.

Facts
Comparison
Taxonomy Authority
American Psychological Association PsycINFO Classification Categories and Codes (via branch canon) 1
All Theories and Concepts
Filter Results112 entries

Approach/Inhibition Theory of Power

Social Psychology

Atkinson-Shiffrin Memory Model

Cognitive Psychology

Attachment Theory

Developmental Psychology

Attribution Theory

Social Psychology

Balance Theory

Social Psychology

Beck's Cognitive Theory of Depression

Clinical Psychology

Biosocial Theory

Personality Psychology

Cannon-Bard Theory of Emotion

Biological Psychology

Classical Conditioning

Behavioral Psychology

Cognitive Development Theory

Developmental Psychology

Cognitive Dissonance

Social Psychology

Cognitive Load Theory

Educational Psychology

Cognitive Resource Theory

Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Cognitive Tradeoff Hypothesis

Comparative Psychology

Cognitive-Experiential Self-Theory

Personality Psychology

Collective Unconscious

Personality Psychology

Conservation of Resources Theory

Health Psychology

Constructivism

Developmental Psychology

Correspondent Inference Theory

Social Psychology

Diathesis-Stress Model

Clinical Psychology

Diffusion of Responsibility

Social Psychology

Dimensional Models of Personality Disorders

Clinical Psychology

Double Empathy Problem

Clinical Psychology

Drive Theory

Behavioral Psychology

Dual Process Theory

Cognitive Psychology

Ecological Systems Theory

Developmental Psychology

Elaboration Likelihood Model

Social Psychology

Equity Theory

Industrial-Organizational Psychology

ERG Theory

Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Erikson's Stages of Psychosocial Development

Developmental Psychology

Expectancy Theory

Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Face Negotiation Theory

Cross-Cultural Psychology

Field Theory (Psychology)

Social Psychology

Flow

Sport and Exercise Psychology

Frustration-Aggression Hypothesis

Social Psychology

Gene-Environment Correlation

Biological Psychology

Gene-Environment Interaction

Biological Psychology

General Adaptation Syndrome

Health Psychology

Health Belief Model

Health Psychology

Hierarchy of Needs

Personality Psychology

Hofstede's Cultural Dimensions Theory

Cross-Cultural Psychology

Imprinting

Comparative Psychology

Individualism and Collectivism

Cross-Cultural Psychology

Integrated Threat Theory

Social Psychology

Investment Model of Commitment

Social Psychology

James-Lange Theory of Emotion

Biological Psychology

Job Characteristics Theory

Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Just-World Hypothesis

Social Psychology

Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck's Values Orientation Theory

Cross-Cultural Psychology

Kohlberg's Stages of Moral Development

Developmental Psychology

Kübler-Ross Model

Clinical Psychology

Law of Effect

Behavioral Psychology

Life-Span, Life-Space Theory of Career Development

Counseling Psychology

Loevinger's Stages of Ego Development

Personality Psychology

Misinformation Effect

Cognitive Psychology

Motivation Crowding Theory

Industrial-Organizational Psychology

Nudge Theory

Cognitive Psychology

Observational Learning

Behavioral Psychology

Operant Conditioning

Behavioral Psychology

Optimal Distinctiveness Theory

Social Psychology

Personal Construct Theory

Personality Psychology

Person-Situation Debate

Personality Psychology

Positioning Theory

Social Psychology

Prototype Theory

Cognitive Psychology

Psychoanalytic Theory

Personality Psychology

Psychometrics

Quantitative Psychology

Psychosexual Development

Developmental Psychology

Realistic Conflict Theory

Social Psychology

Regulatory Focus Theory

Social Psychology

Reinforcement Sensitivity Theory

Personality Psychology

Relational Frame Theory

Behavioral Psychology

Relational Models Theory

Social Psychology

Replication Crisis

Quantitative Psychology

Reversal Theory

Personality Psychology

Schachter-Singer Two-Factor Theory of Emotion

Biological Psychology

Schema (Psychology)

Cognitive Psychology

Script Theory

Personality Psychology

Self-Determination Theory

Personality Psychology

Self-Perception Theory

Social Psychology

Self-Verification Theory

Social Psychology

Sense of Community

Community Psychology

Sexual Strategies Theory

Evolutionary Psychology

Social Comparison Theory

Social Psychology

Social Dominance Theory

Social Psychology

Social Exchange Theory

Social Psychology

Social Identity Theory

Social Psychology

Social Learning Theory

Behavioral Psychology

Social Penetration Theory

Social Psychology

Social Representation Theory

Social Psychology

Socioemotional Selectivity Theory

Developmental Psychology

Somatotype and Constitutional Psychology

Personality Psychology

Stereotype Content Model

Social Psychology

Stereotype Threat Theory

Social Psychology

Symbolic Self-Completion Theory

Social Psychology

System Justification Theory

Social Psychology

Terror Management Theory

Social Psychology

Theory of Constructed Emotion

Biological Psychology

Theory of Mind

Developmental Psychology

Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Educational Psychology

Theory of Planned Behavior

Social Psychology
Sources
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.
View the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.