theory
contemplative and rational type of abstract or generalizing thinking, or the results of such thinking
institutionalism
legal theory
political opportunity (theory)
Approach of social movements
statistical theory
provides a basis for the whole range of techniques, in both study design and data analysis, that are used within applications of statistics
Dual-coding theory
theory of cognition
Airy wave theory
linearised description of the propagation of gravity waves on the surface of a homogeneous fluid layer
dependency theory
subfield of database theory studying implication and optimization problems related to logical constraints on databases
Doubleday myth
debunked claim that US Army general Abner Doubleday invented baseball
Open Heaven Theory
cosmological theory
fiscal theory of the price level
theory of fiscal policy
fringe theory
theory unsupported by the accepted scholarship in its field
Good Regulator
theorem in cybernetics
hedonic treadmill
observed tendency of humans to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major positive or negative events or life changes
Indigenous church mission theory
in which foreign missionaries create well-organised churches and then hand them over to local converts
Institutional Ethnography
theory and method in sociology
integrated information theory
theory within consciousness research
Original affluent society
theory in anthropology
recognition-primed decision
theory in psychology
social impact theory
Social psychological theory on the normative influence of a group
transformative learning
Transformative learning theory says that the process of "perspective transformation" has three dimensions: psychological (changes in understanding of the self), convictional (revision of belief systems), and behavioral (changes in lifestyle).
traffic theory
theory of traffic flow
attachment in children
biological instinct
mathematical theory
mathematical model that is based on axioms
Traditionalism
19th-century Catholic theological viewpoint
Creative chaos
Theory in politics
Foetal programming
theory that suggests that the environment of the foetus during development affects their disease risk later in life
gender theory
theory about gender identity and gendered representation
central place theory
geographical theory explaining the number, size and location of human settlements in an urban system
relativism
philosophical view rejecting universalism about truth
detection theory
analyzed the detection of difficult to detect signals and provides a measure of the quality of the detection
variable speed of light
non-mainstream theory in physics remaining to be validated
opponent process
theory
government and binding theory
theory of syntax and a phrase structure grammar in the tradition of transformational grammar developed principally by Noam Chomsky in the 1980s
Bradley effect
theory about discrepancies between opinion polls and election results in the United States
expectancy theory
psychological theory
probably approximately correct learning
framework for mathematical analysis of machine learning
queer theory
a field of post-structuralist critical theory
axiomatic system
set of axioms from which some or all axioms can be used in conjunction to logically derive theorems
two-step flow of communication
theory that most people form opinions under the influence of opinion leaders, who in turn are influenced by mass media
Equity theory
economics concept
historical particularism
anthropological school of thought
life history theory
analytical framework designed to study the diversity of life history strategies used by different organisms throughout the world, as well as the causes and results of the variation in their life cycles
Marxist sociology
study of sociology from a Marxist perspective