theory
contemplative and rational type of abstract or generalizing thinking, or the results of such thinking
microeconomics
branch of economics that studies the behavior of individual households and firms in making decisions on the allocation of limited resources
architectural theory
the act of thinking, discussing, and writing about architecture
inhibition theory
alternating latent states of distraction during the performance of a mental task
conspiracy theory
explanation that invokes a conspiracy
atomism
natural philosophy
structuralism
theory that elements of human culture must be understood in terms of their relationship to a larger, overarching system or structure
phrenology
branch of pseudoscience that infers human characteristics based on shape of the skull
weak central coherence theory
psychological ability
marketing mix
model for businesses
scientific management
theory of work organisation
theories about religion
metatheories of religion in the social sciences
Hotelling's rule
economic theory to maximize economic gain while depleting a non-renewable natural resource
many-body theory
area of physics
Friedmann equations
equation
Hamiltonian mechanics
formulation of classical mechanics in terms of phase space and Hamiltonian function
interactionism
sociological theory
Out of India theory
view that the Indo-Aryans are indigenous to India
saddle-node bifurcation
local bifurcation in which two fixed points of a dynamical system collide and anni
convergence
term in economics, hypothesis that poorer economies' per capita incomes will tend to grow at faster rates than richer economies
catastrophism
scientific theory following which the Earth has largely been shaped by sudden, short-lived, violent events, possibly worldwide in scope
Triangle of U
evolutionary history of Brassica genus
attachment theory
Psychological ethological theory about human relationships
production theory
study of production, or the economic process of converting inputs into outputs
r/K selection theory
ecological theory concerning the selection of life history traits
definitions of fascism
scientific theories about the historical phenomenon of fascism
pangenesis
Darwin's hypothetical mechanism for heredity
triune brain
Theory of the three divisions of the brain as developed by Paul D. MacLean
sexual script theory
theory in sociology
contingency theory
organizational theory concerning companies
Modified Newtonian dynamics
alternative explanation of the non-Newtonian rotation of galaxies
Strategic Choice Theory
The role that leaders or leading groups play in influencing an organization through making choices
nursing theory
conceptual model for the practice of nursing
nursing theory
conceptual model for the practice of nursing
inferential role semantics
Context-based approach to semantics
standpoint theory
theory concerning the ways individuals' perspectives and the power that such authority exerts
cultural economics
branch of economics that studies the economics of creation, distribution, and the consumption of cultural products
signal theory
engineering field that studies signal processing
lexical field theory
theory in linguistics
blade element theory
mathematical process by William Froude
Weyl equation
relativistic wave equation describing massless fermions
viscous fingering
fluid dynamics
Continuity thesis
the thesis that there was no radical discontinuity between the intellectual development of the Middle Ages and the developments in the Renaissance and early modern period
Cultural group selection
Model of cultural evolution
false necessity
contemporary social theory
four temperaments
ancient Greek and Roman system of medicine involving four fluid types