John Watson developed the behavioral theory of educational psychology in 1913. This theory states that people are born with minds that are essentially blank, and people’s behavior is a result of ...

One of the early behavioral theories was Maslow's hierarchy of needs. All people, he theorized, need certain things and each must be met in order before the next can be satisfied.

In rigorous tests, Centaur consistently outperformed traditional cognitive models, including Prospect Theory and ...

Short-term memory. Your short-term memory is probably a lot shorter than you think. A classic study in cognitive psychology found that participants in a study could only recall 10% of random three ...

Behavioral psychologists have long used mazes to study memory and learning; their subjects, mostly rats and mice. Now researchers are beginning to use the same approach to test an entirely new ...

Behavioral Organizational Theories. The Industrial Revolution gave rise to increasing specialization and division of labor. At the same time, it spawned new forms of human organization.

Master’s in School Psychology Coursework. Read on for examples of common course titles and topics covered in the coursework and curriculum of a school psychology master’s program.

Behavioral economics uses an understanding of human psychology to account for why people deviate from rational action when they’re making decisions. In the model of rational action assumed by ...