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  2. Category:Psychological theories - Wikipedia

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    Agreeableness. Anxiety buffer disruption theory. Appraisal theory. Approach/Inhibition Theory of Power. Associationism. Associative interference. Atkinson–Shiffrin memory model. Attention schema theory. Attitude-behavior consistency.

  3. List of social psychology theories - Wikipedia

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    Social exchange theory – is an economic social theory that assumes human relationships are based on rational choice and cost-benefit analyses. If one partner's costs begin to outweigh his or her benefits, that person may leave the relationship, especially if there are good alternatives available. Social identity theory – was developed by ...

  4. List of psychological schools - Wikipedia

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    The psychological schools are the great classical theories of psychology. Each has been highly influential; however, most psychologists hold eclectic viewpoints that combine aspects of each school. Most influential ones. The most influential ones and its main founders are [citation needed]: Behaviorism: John B. Watson

  5. List of psychological effects - Wikipedia

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    Coolidge effect. Crespi effect. Cross-race effect. Curse of knowledge. Diderot effect. Dunning–Kruger effect. Einstellung effect. Endowment effect. Face superiority effect.

  6. Cognitive psychology - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. Cognitive psychology is the scientific study of mental processes such as attention, language use, memory, perception, problem solving, creativity, and reasoning. [1] Cognitive psychology originated in the 1960s in a break from behaviourism, which held from the 1920s to 1950s that unobservable mental processes were outside the realm of ...

  7. Psychoanalysis - Wikipedia

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    Psychoanalysis [i] is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques [ii] that deal in part with the unconscious mind, [iii] and which together form a method of treatment for mental disorders. The discipline was established in the early 1890s by Sigmund Freud, [1] whose work stemmed partly from the clinical work of Josef Breuer and others.

  8. Humanistic psychology - Wikipedia

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    Humanistic psychology is a psychological perspective that arose in the mid-20th century in answer to two theories: Sigmund Freud 's psychoanalytic theory and B. F. Skinner 's behaviorism. [1] Thus, Abraham Maslow established the need for a "third force" in psychology. [2] The school of thought of humanistic psychology gained traction due to key ...

  9. Psychodynamics - Wikipedia

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    In mate selection psychology, psychodynamics is defined as the study of the forces, motives, and energy generated by the deepest of human needs. [9] In general, psychodynamics studies the transformations and exchanges of "psychic energy" within the personality. [5] A focus in psychodynamics is the connection between the energetics of emotional ...