Definitions and Examples of Theory

Calvin Hall developed the cognitive theory of dreaming before the discovery of REM sleep. Before this theory, the ideas of dreaming often involved … [Read more...] about Cognitive Theory of Dreaming Explained

Richard Lazarus attempts to explain how cognition, stress, and emotion are interrelated to one another through the cognitive mediational theory of … [Read more...] about Lazarus Cognitive Mediational Theory of Emotion Explained

The ERG theory of motivation was developed by Clayton Alderfer as a way to explain why people feel like they need certain things and how they begin … [Read more...] about Erg Theory of Motivation Explained

Different people have different experiences. Those experiences make us unique as individuals, giving us a specific viewpoint that is all our own. In … [Read more...] about The Feminist Standpoint Theory Explained

Core gender identity can be associated to a person’s physical characteristics, but how that information is perceived depends on how an individual is … [Read more...] about Sandra Bem’s Gender Schema Theory Explained