Explanation of the evolution of atomic theory and the experimentation associated with these concepts.

An explanation of advanced atomic theory based on developed concepts from earlier scientific experimentation.

Learning module looking at scientific explanations. Discussion covers theories and how they develop, some well-known theories and their origins, and how theories are revised and refined. Also, covers hypotheses and laws. The three...

Need to write a paper on Social Movement Theory? This resource features a sample of a highly academic starter paper.

Explanation of Postmodernism as a theory of study. Rather intellectual.

This study resource from Khan Academy provides practice questions for the MCAT. "Cell theory" questions are provided on this resource.

Discusses John Dalton's development of the atomic theory and the four main points of his theory. Includes references and a link to a quiz on Dalton's Atomic theory.

Course notes explaining what attribution theory is and three different models of attribution theory. These include the Correspondent Inference Theory of Heider and Jones, Harold Kelley's Covariation Model, and Weiner's Model of...

Presents a table comparing three major learning theories - behaviorism, cognitivism, and constructivism. Lists major theorists for each, the role of the teacher, key ideas, how learning happens, the place of educational technology,...

Conceptual reading, a quiz, and slide show for enhancing study of the psychodynamic theory of personality developed by Sigmund Freud. Freud spent many years researching and psychoanalyzing the human personality.

This page provides a list of 22 questions over the major concepts in Chapter 13: Temperature, Kinetic Theory, and the Gas Laws from the AP Physics online text.

Provides explanations of terms used in science: fact, deductive inference, inductive inference, hypothesis, multiple working hypotheses, theory, evidence, Ockham's Razor, natural law, and paradigm.

Article summarizes the history of "just war" theory in Aquinas and his successors; then takes up two subcategories within the theory: the rules that govern the justice of war, and the rules that govern fair conduct in war. Clearly...

An incredibly extensive, but somewhat idiosyncratic, explanation of color theories.

Explains major concepts in "category theory," a common alternative to traditional set theory. Some familiarity with the logical notation is assumed. Article does include sections on the history and general philosophical significance of...

A definition and supporting details explaining what sociocultural theory is and its role in the world. Russion scientist Lev Vygotsky initiatedthe study of the sociocultural theory.

Outlines the four main perspectives of what social deviance is: social strain typology, structural functionalism, conflict theory, and labeling theory.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] This study guide looks at Darwin's theory of evolution and natural selection. It also looks at some of the evidence supporting the theory of evolution (comparative...

An article defining the development of psychology's Attachment Theory, originally identified with that term, by John Bowlby. Identify other contributors to the scientific theory and whether only children experience it.

Read about four theories related to deviance and criminology which have emerged within the past 50 years.

Concise descriptions of the major theories of learning.

Includes short profiles of Noam Chomsky and B. F. Skinner, details of their ideas on language acquisition, the limitations of each perspective, and a chart of similarities and differences between their theories.

A learning module that begins with "Freud's Theory of the Id, Ego, and Superego," accompanied by guided reading questions, assessment questions, and discussion questions. The text can be printed as a PDF or assigned online through free...

Explains sociological theories and global inequality.