Concept information
Preferred term
theory
Definition
- "[...] logically organized version of the discourses that scientists hold, at a given time, about the phenomena they are trying to explain." (Barberousse et al., 2000, p. 199).
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- acid bath theory
- Act-In theory
- alethism
- association-monitoring theory
- associative-activation theory
- associative chaining theory
- causal theory of memory
- cognitive load theory
- Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning
- complementary learning systems
- contact theory
- contextual binding theory
- continuism
- direct realism
- discontinuism
- dual coding theory
- dynamic field theory
- embodied cognition
- event segmentation theory
- exemplar theories
- functionalist theories of memory
- fuzzy trace theory
- generate-recognize theory
- hippocampal memory indexing theory
- implicit associative response
- indirect realism
- multiple memory systems theory
- multiple trace theory
- multi-process theory of prospective memory
- positional coding theory
- predictive brain
- preparatory attentional and memory processes theory
- reflexive-associative theory of prospective memory
- scaffolding theory of cognition and aging
- Selective Construction and Preservation of Experience theory
- serial search theory
- simulation theory
- source monitoring framework
- standard theory of consolidation
- transition theory
Synonym(s)
- theoretical framework
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Barberousse, A., Kistler, M., & Ludwig, P. (2000). La philosophie des sciences au XXe siècle. Flammarion.
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
- • Fried, E. I. (2020). Theories and models : What they are, what they are for, and what they are about. Psychological Inquiry, 31(4), 336‑344. https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2020.1854011
• Document type: literature review
• Access: open
- • Frigg, R. (2022). Models and theories : A philosophical inquiry. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003285106
• Document type: literature review
• Access: open
Creator
- Frank Arnould
In other languages
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French
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cadre théorique
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/P66-JT2DDSSZ-4 - • Fried, E. I. (2020). Theories and models : What they are, what they are for, and what they are about. Psychological Inquiry, 31(4), 336‑344. https://doi.org/10.1080/1047840X.2020.1854011
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