He called the first the psychological mind. It is framed by cognitive psychology and works by processing inputs, computing ...

Some theories are still being tested, while others have fallen out of favor. Some compete while others complement one another. A look at some major ideas in personality psychology, both historical ...

According to Freud's psychoanalytic theory of personality, the id is the personality component made up of unconscious psychic ...

Jan-Willem van Prooijen, associate professor of psychology at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Dr. van Prooijen said people are often drawn to conspiracy theories after major diasters as a way of ...

When assumptions cloud your view, real connections suffer. Here’s how you can stop assumptions from stealing the show.

W.E.B. DuBois also used conflict theory to explain racism in the late 1800s. He conducted in person research with Black ...

Cognitive load theory (CLT) is one of the most important theories in educational psychology, a highly effective guide for the design of multimedia and other learning materials. This edited volume ...

Informed by a wide range of empirical evidence, it includes an accessible synthesis of former theories (ecological psychology, activity theory, situated action, distributed cognition, social ...

The University of Wyoming's Department of Psychology is your first stop to creating a life-long career in social and behavioral sciences. We strive to provide students with training in psychological ...

Belief in conspiracy theories is very widespread, the product of normal human psychology, and extremely influential and dangerous. About half of Americans believe in one or more of the common ones.

His ideas played a large role in the behaviorist theory of psychology, introduced by John Watson around 1913. Pavlov was held in extremely high regard in his country -- both as Russia and the ...