Soviet psychologist Lev Vygotsky was a very influential figure ... is itself a topic of philosophical debate. One prominent ...

The basis of social learning theory is simple: People learn by watching other people. We can learn from anyone—teachers, parents, siblings, peers, co-workers, YouTube influencers, athletes ...

Theory of mind is typically defined as the ability to understand the thoughts, beliefs, desires, and emotions of other people. This understanding allows individuals to predict how others will feel ...

1. BIOLOGICAL THEORY: Randy Thornhill, The Biology of Human Rape, 39 Jurimetrics J. 137(1999) at 143: Selection, or differential reproductive success among individuals due to trait differences, is the ...

Here Prof. Dixit explains game theory and its impact on situations we encounter every day. "If Nash got a dollar for every time someone wrote or said 'Nash equilibrium,'" Dixit has said ...

Lev Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory argued that children’s cognitive and social development is deeply influenced by their cultural environment and tools like language. Cross-cultural research supports ...

Keynesian economics is a macroeconomic theory of total spending in the economy and its effects on output, employment, and inflation. It was developed by British economist John Maynard Keynes ...

Welcome to the paranoid, topsy-turvy world of the conspiracy theory. Think of any major world event and there is almost certainly at least one conspiracy theory to explain it. The list is almost ...

So how do you talk to people about conspiracy theories without ruining Christmas? While it's important to confront falsehoods, it's never useful if things end up in a flaming row. "My number one ...

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