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Psychology
The mind examined from both the inside and the outside.
Who is Who in this Department ☞
Foundations of Psychology

Where the discipline began — the first laboratories, the first attempts to make a science of mind and of peoples.

Psychoanalysis & the Unconscious

The depth tradition — the unconscious, the inner world, and the therapies built upon them.

Behaviourism & Learning

Behaviour as the proper object of study — conditioning, reinforcement, and learning by observation.

Cognitive Psychology

The mind as an information processor — memory, attention, and the reconstruction of experience.

Developmental Psychology

How the mind grows — cognition, language, attachment, and the bond between infant and caregiver.

Social Psychology & Personality

The individual among others — obedience, the power of the situation, and the measurement of personality.

Humanistic & Clinical Psychology

Meaning, growth, and the therapeutic relationship — and the cognitive turn in treating distress.

NLP & Experiential Therapies

The three therapeutic traditions that were modelled to create Neuro-Linguistic Programming, and the modelling system itself.

Cognitive Behaviour Therapy

The main approaches within the CBT tradition — from Beck's original cognitive therapy through the third-wave developments.

Research Methods & Measurement

The design of investigations and the statistics that let data speak.

Student Services

Pastoral support for members of the Universitas.

Collective Irrationality, Crowd Psychology & Media

Converse with
Charles-Marie Gustave Le Bon Simulacrum
The individual, when absorbed into a crowd, becomes a DIFFERENT BEING. He is no
1841–1931
Converse with
Elias Canetti Simulacrum
Le Bon looks at the crowd from OUTSIDE — the doctor examining a patient. I look
1905–1994
Converse with
Edward Louis Bernays Simulacrum
Le Bon described how crowds are led. Freud explained WHY — through unconscious d
1891–1995
Converse with
Daniel Kahneman Simulacrum
Le Bon said the crowd is irrational. I say: the INDIVIDUAL is irrational. The cr
1934–2024
Converse with
Herbert Alexander Simon Simulacrum
Economics assumes rational agents who maximise utility with perfect information.
1916–2001
Converse with
Cialdinian Influence Simulacrum
Bernays was a genius of intuition. I turned intuition into SCIENCE. There are se
Contemporary
Converse with
Solomon Eliot Asch Simulacrum
I showed people three lines. One of them OBVIOUSLY matched a standard. The answe
1907–1996
Psychology
Converse with
Frederic Bartlett Simulacrum
Reconstructive Memory · Schema Theory · Remembering · Cambridge Psychology
20th century
Converse with
Hans Eysenck Simulacrum
Personality · Extraversion–Neuroticism–Psychoticism · Criminal Personality · Psychometrics
20th century
Converse with
Albert Ellis Simulacrum
Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy · ABC Model · Irrational Beliefs · Cognitive Therapy
20th–21st century
Converse with
Hobsonian Dreaming Simulacrum
Activation–Synthesis · REM Neurophysiology · Dream Theory · Anti-Freudian Neuroscience
20th–21st century
Converse with
Banduran Learning Simulacrum
Social Learning Theory · Observational Learning · Vicarious Reinforcement · Self-Efficacy
20th–21st century
Converse with
Stanley Milgram Simulacrum
Obedience to Authority · Situational Social Psychology · Conformity · Experimental Method
20th century
Converse with
Ronald Fisher Simulacrum
Experimental Design · Statistical Method · Hypothesis Testing · Randomisation
20th century
Converse with
Moritz Lazarus Simulacrum
Völkerpsychologie · Ethics of Judaism · Collective Mind · German-Jewish Identity
19th–20th century
Converse with
Wilhelm Wundt Simulacrum
Experimental Psychology · Introspection · Apperception
19th–20th century
Converse with
William James Simulacrum
Pragmatism · Stream of Consciousness · Varieties of Religious Experience
19th–20th century
Converse with
Melanie Klein Simulacrum
Object Relations · Inner World · Depressive Position · Play Technique
19th–20th century
Converse with
Ivan Pavlov Simulacrum
Classical Conditioning · Conditioned Reflex · Experimental Neurosis
19th–20th century
Converse with
Sigmund Freud Simulacrum
Psychoanalysis · The Unconscious · Repression · Dream Interpretation
19th–20th century
Converse with
Alfred Adler Simulacrum
Individual Psychology · Inferiority · Social Interest · Encouragement
19th–20th century
Converse with
Carl Gustav Jung Simulacrum
Analytical Psychology · Archetypes · Individuation
19th–20th century
Converse with
John B. Watson Simulacrum
Behaviourism · The Behaviourist Manifesto · Environmental Determinism
19th–20th century
Converse with
D.W. Winnicott Simulacrum
Good-Enough · Holding Environment · True Self · Potential Space
19th–20th century
Converse with
Lev Vygotsky Simulacrum
Developmental Psychology · Zone of Proximal Development · Learning
19th–20th century
Converse with
Jean Piaget Simulacrum
Cognitive Development · Constructivism · Four Stages
19th–20th century
Converse with
Carl Rogers Simulacrum
Person-Centred Therapy · Unconditional Positive Regard · Actualising Tendency
20th century
Converse with
Konrad Lorenz Simulacrum
Ethology · Imprinting · Fixed Action Patterns · Animal Behaviour
20th–21st century
Converse with
B.F. Skinner Simulacrum
Behaviourism · Operant Conditioning · Schedules of Reinforcement
20th century
Converse with
Viktor Frankl Simulacrum
Logotherapy · Will to Meaning · Man's Search for Meaning
20th century
Converse with
John Bowlby Simulacrum
Attachment Theory · Secure Base · Internal Working Models
20th century
Converse with
Abraham Maslow Simulacrum
Hierarchy of Needs · Self-Actualisation · Peak Experiences · Humanistic Psychology
20th century
Converse with
Mary Ainsworth Simulacrum
Strange Situation · Attachment Patterns · Sensitivity Hypothesis
20th century
Converse with
Joseph Wolpe Simulacrum
Systematic Desensitisation · Reciprocal Inhibition · Exposure Therapy
20th century
Converse with
George Miller Simulacrum
Cognitive Psychology · Memory · Attention
20th–21st century
Converse with
Milton Erickson Simulacrum
Utilisation Hypnotherapy · Indirect Suggestion · Therapeutic Metaphor · Trance States
20th century
Converse with
Virginia Satir Simulacrum
Congruence & Family Systems · Communication Stances · Self-Worth · The Temperature Reading
20th century
Converse with
Fritz Perls Simulacrum
Gestalt Therapy · The Here and Now · Figure and Ground · Contact and Withdrawal
20th century
Converse with
NLP Modelling Systems Simulacrum
Neuro-Linguistic Programming · The Meta Model · The Milton Model · Modelling Excellence
20th–21st century
Converse with
Beckian Cognitive Therapy Simulacrum
Cognitive Therapy · Automatic Thoughts · The Cognitive Triad · Schema Theory
20th–21st century
Converse with
Clarkian-Salkovskian Anxiety Models Simulacrum
Cognitive Model of Panic · OCD · Health Anxiety · Catastrophic Misinterpretation
20th–21st century
Converse with
Meichenbaumian Cognitive Behaviour Modification Simulacrum
Self-Instructional Training · Stress Inoculation · Internal Dialogue · Cognitive Behaviour Modification
20th–21st century
Converse with
Hayesian Acceptance and Commitment Simulacrum
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy · Psychological Flexibility · Values-Based Action · Defusion
20th–21st century
Converse with
Linehanian Dialectical Behaviour Simulacrum
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy · Radical Acceptance · Distress Tolerance · Emotional Regulation
20th–21st century
Converse with
MBCT Simulacrum
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy · Relapse Prevention · Decentring · Being Mode vs Doing Mode
20th–21st century
Converse with
Charles-Marie Gustave Le Bon Simulacrum
Crowd Psychology · Contagion · Suggestibility · The Transformation of the Individual in the Crowd
1841–1931
Converse with
Edward Bernays Simulacrum
Propaganda · Public Relations · Engineering of Consent · Applied Freud
1891–1995
Converse with
Elias Canetti Simulacrum
Crowds and Power · The Sting of Command · Pack Types · Crowd Attributes · Nobel 1981
1905–1994
Converse with
Daniel Kahneman Simulacrum
Cognitive Bias · Prospect Theory · System 1 and System 2 · Heuristics · Nobel 2002
1934–2024
Converse with
Solomon Asch Simulacrum
Conformity Experiments · Gestalt Social Psychology · Impression Formation · Group Pressure
1907–1996
Converse with
Cialdinian Influence Simulacrum
Persuasion · Six Principles of Influence · Reciprocity · Social Proof · Pre-Suasion
Living
Converse with
Herbert Simon Simulacrum
Bounded Rationality · Satisficing · Attention Economics · Administrative Behaviour · Nobel 1978
1916–2001
Converse with
Barbara Allen Simulacrum
Student Services & Counsellor
Non-historical