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Social studies

This section contains 508 articles.

Basics

This section contains 22 articles.

1. Social science (Level 3)
2. Social studies
3. Behavioural sciences
4. Cognitive science
5. Futures studies
   1. Timeline of the far future
6. Meme (Level 4)
7. Safety (Level 4)
   1. Accident

Humanities

This section contains 6 articles.

1. Humanities (Level 4)
2. Digital humanities
3. Environmental humanities
4. Gender studies
   1. Women's studies
5. Medical humanities

Information

This section contains 7 articles.

1. Information (Level 3)
2. Copying
3. Information management
   1. Information security
4. Information society
5. List
6. Question

Psychology

This section contains 213 articles. For psychological disorders, see Mental disorders. Total 444 articles.

Basics

This section contains 28 articles.

1. Psychology (Level 2)
   1. Psychologist
2. Applied psychology
3. Behavioral neuroscience
4. Clinical psychology (Level 4)
5. Cognitive psychology (Level 4)
6. Counseling psychology
7. Developmental psychology (Level 4)
8. Educational psychology
9. Ergonomics
10. Experimental psychology
11. Forensic psychology
12. Health psychology
13. Industrial and organizational psychology
14. Moral psychology
15. Neuropsychology
16. Personality psychology (Level 4)
17. Political psychology
18. Positive psychology
19. Psychological research
    1. Stanford prison experiment
    2. Milgram experiment
20. Psychology of religion (Level 4)
21. Psychometrics
22. Psychopathology
23. Psychotherapy (Level 4)
    1. Cognitive behavioral therapy
24. Social psychology

Psychology schools

This section contains 9 articles.

1. Analytical psychology (Level 4)
2. Behaviorism (Level 4)
3. Behavioural genetics
4. Cognitivism (psychology)
5. Evolutionary psychology (Level 4)
6. Functional psychology
7. Gestalt psychology (Level 4)
8. Humanistic psychology (Level 4)
9. Psychoanalysis (Level 4)

Cognition

This section contains 8 articles.

1. Cognition (Level 4)
2. Cognitive development (Level 4)
3. Cognitive dissonance
4. Cognitive bias
   1. Confirmation bias
   2. Irrationality
5. Decision-making
6. Executive functions

Concepts

This section contains 49 articles.

1. Amnesia (Level 4)
2. Archetype
3. Attention (Level 4)
4. Behavior
5. Social contagion
   1. Emotional contagion
6. Classical conditioning
7. Consciousness (Level 3)
8. Coping
9. Creativity (Level 4)
10. Dream (Level 3)
    1. Nightmare
11. Existential crisis
12. Feeling
13. Habit
14. Human behavior (Level 3)
15. Human intelligence (Level 4)
    1. Intelligence quotient
16. Hypnosis (Level 4)
17. Id, ego and superego
18. Imagination (Level 4)
19. Imitation
20. Introspection (Level 4)
21. Libido
22. Memory (Level 3)
23. Mental state
24. Mind (Level 2)
25. Mindfulness
26. Mood (psychology) (Level 4)
27. Moral development
28. Motivation (Level 4)
    1. Goal
29. Oedipus complex
30. Operant conditioning
31. Perception (Level 4)
32. Personality (Level 3)
    1. Personality type
       1. Authoritarian personality
33. Posture (psychology)
34. Rationalization (psychology)
35. Self-concept
36. Stereotype (Level 4)
37. Subconscious
38. Temperament
39. Thought (Level 3)
    1. Planning
40. Transference
    1. Countertransference
41. Unconscious mind

Emotions and traits

This section contains 60 articles.

1. Emotion (Level 2)
2. Agreeableness (Level 4)
3. Anger (Level 3)
4. Angst
5. Annoyance
6. Anxiety (Level 4)
   1. Social anxiety
7. Boredom
8. Catharsis
9. Confidence
10. Confusion
11. Conscientiousness (Level 4)
12. Courage (Level 4)
13. Curiosity (Level 4)
14. Depression (mood)
15. Disappointment
16. Disgust (Level 4)
17. Doubt (Level 4)
18. Euphoria
19. Extraversion and introversion (Level 4)
20. Fear (Level 3)
21. Flow (psychology)
22. Frustration
23. Greed (Level 4)
24. Guilt (emotion) (Level 4)
25. Happiness (Level 3)
26. Hatred (Level 4)
27. Hope (Level 4)
28. Hubris
29. Humility
30. Humour (Level 3)
31. Hypomania
32. Joy
33. Kindness
34. Love (Level 3)
35. Lust (Level 4)
36. Mania
37. Narcissism
38. Neuroticism (Level 4)
39. Nostalgia
40. Openness to experience
41. Optimism
42. Panic
43. Passion (emotion)
44. Patience
45. Pessimism
46. Pleasure (Level 4)
47. Pride
48. Regret
49. Sadness (Level 4)
50. Self-control
51. Self-esteem (Level 4)
52. Sorrow (emotion)
53. Acute stress reaction
54. Surprise (emotion) (Level 4)
55. Suffering (Level 4)
    1. Psychological stress
56. Sympathy
57. Wonder (emotion)
58. Worry

Interpersonal relations

This section contains 56 articles.

1. Acceptance
2. Affection
3. Aggression (Level 4)
4. Altruism (Level 4)
   1. Generosity
5. Apology (act)
6. Authority
7. Betrayal
8. Blame (Level 4)
9. Bullying (Level 4)
10. Charisma (Level 4)
11. Cheating
12. Coercion
13. Combat
14. Compassion
15. Competition (Level 4)
16. Conformity (Level 4)
    1. Indoctrination
17. Contempt
18. Cooperation
19. Cruelty
20. Deception
    1. Lie (Level 4)
    2. Hoax
21. Dignity (Level 4)
22. Egocentrism
23. Embarrassment (Level 4)
24. Empathy (Level 4)
25. Envy
26. Forgiveness (Level 4)
27. Gratitude
28. Group dynamics
29. Hedonism
30. Honour (Level 4)
31. Humiliation
32. Interpersonal attraction
33. Jealousy (Level 4)
34. Leadership
35. Loneliness
36. Pity
37. Praise
38. Prejudice (Level 4)
39. Privacy (Level 3)
40. Punishment (Level 4)
41. Remorse
42. Resentment
43. Respect (Level 4)
44. Self-defense
45. Selfishness
46. Shame (Level 4)
47. Shyness (Level 4)
48. Social rejection
    1. Shunning
49. Social skills
50. Trust (social science) (Level 4)
    1. Distrust

Psychological theories

This section contains 3 articles.

1. Attachment theory
2. Psychoanalytic theory
3. Social comparison theory

Society

This section contains 205 articles.

1. Society (Level 1)
2. Disaster
3. Crisis

Groups

This section contains 19 articles.

1. Homeland
   1. Heimat
2. Organization (Level 4)
   1. Aid agency
   2. Charitable organization
   3. Civil defense
   4. Club (organization) (Level 4)
   5. Government agency
   6. International organization
   7. Non-governmental organization (Level 4)
   8. Nonprofit organization (Level 4)
   9. Observer status
   10. Religious organization
   11. Secret society (Level 4)
   12. Support group (Level 4)
   13. Trade union (Level 3)
   14. Tribe (Level 4)
   15. Voluntary association (Level 4)
3. Social network (Level 4)

Services and institutions

This section contains 18 articles.

1. Courthouse
2. Emergency management (Level 4)
3. Emergency service
   1. Firefighting (Level 4)
      1. Fire station
   2. Law enforcement agency
      1. Police station
   3. Rescue
4. Nursing home
5. Orphanage (Level 4)
6. Post office
7. Prison (Level 4)
   1. Solitary confinement
8. Public service
9. Public utility
   1. Manhole
10. Social work (Level 4)
11. Think tank

Issues

This section contains 70 articles.

1. Social issue (Level 4)
2. Abortion debate
3. Animal welfare (Level 4)
4. Animal rights
5. Child abuse
6. Child labour (Level 4)
7. Class struggle
8. Corruption (Level 4)
   1. Political corruption
9. Cruelty to animals
10. Digital media use and mental health
11. Disability (Level 3)
12. Euthanasia (Level 4)
13. Extremism
14. Famine (Level 3)
15. Forced marriage
    1. Child marriage
16. Homelessness (Level 4)
17. Human migration (Level 3)
    1. Emigration
    2. Immigration (Level 4)
       1. Illegal immigration
    3. Naturalization
    4. Denaturalization
18. Human overpopulation (Level 4)
    1. Malthusianism
    2. One-child policy (Level 4)
19. Humanitarianism (Level 4)
20. Humanitarian aid
21. Misinformation
    1. Disinformation
22. Pacifism (Level 4)
    1. Peace (Level 3)
       1. World peace (Level 4)
23. Police misconduct
24. Political polarization
25. Political repression
26. Population ageing (Level 4)
27. Population decline
28. Poverty (Level 3)
    1. Extreme poverty
    2. Relative deprivation
    3. Poverty threshold
29. Rejection of evolution by religious groups
30. Social justice
31. Sustainable development (Level 4)
32. Violence (Level 3)
    1. Nonviolence
33. Well-being

Environmental issues

This section contains 10 articles.

1. Environmentalism (Level 3)
2. Deforestation (Level 4)
3. Pollution (Level 3)
   1. Air pollution (Level 4)
   2. Light pollution
   3. Noise pollution
   4. Nuclear fallout
   5. Plastic pollution
   6. Water pollution (Level 4)
   7. Urban heat island

Activism

This section contains 11 articles.

1. Social movement (Level 4)
2. Activism
   1. Direct action
   2. Student activism
3. Community organizing
4. Grassroots
5. Labour movement
6. Nonviolent resistance
7. Protest
   1. Boycott
8. Reformism (historical)

Social status

This section contains 95 articles.

1. Social status
   1. Social mobility
2. Hierarchy
3. Celebrity
   1. Sex symbol
4. Disability rights movement
5. Educational inequality
6. Economic inequality (Level 4)
7. Feminism (Level 3)
   1. Anarcha-feminism
   2. Feminist separatism
   3. Feminist theory
   4. Liberal feminism
   5. Radical feminism
   6. Sex-positive feminism
   7. Socialist feminism
8. Gender equality (Level 4)
   1. Women's rights (Level 4)
9. Human rights (Level 3)
   1. Economic, social and cultural rights
   2. Freedom
   3. Liberty (Level 3)
   4. Social equality (Level 3)
   5. Three generations of human rights
10. Intersectionality
11. Indentured servitude
12. LGBTQ movements
    1. Transgender rights movement
13. Minority group (Level 4)
14. Political freedom (Level 4)
15. Race (human categorization) (Level 4)
16. Reputation
17. Role
    1. Gender role
       1. Femininity
          1. Effeminacy
       2. Masculinity
       3. Tomboy
    2. Role model
18. Sex workers' rights
19. Social inequality
20. Social stratification (Level 4)
21. Socioeconomic status
22. Slavery (Level 3)
23. Wealth

Caste

This section contains 9 articles.

1. Caste (Level 4)
2. Caste system in India (Level 4)
   1. Brahmin
   2. Dalit
   3. Kshatriya
   4. Shudra
   5. Vaishya
3. Four occupations
4. Hukou

Social classes

This section contains 12 articles.

1. Social class (Level 3)
2. Bourgeoisie
3. Class consciousness
4. Clergy (Level 4)
5. Eunuch (Level 4)
6. Upper class (Level 4)
7. Middle class (Level 4)
8. Working class (Level 4)
9. Underclass (Level 4)
10. Peasant (Level 4)
11. Proletariat
12. Ruling class

Discrimination

This section contains 29 articles.

1. Discrimination (Level 3)
   1. Racial segregation
   2. Reverse discrimination
2. Ableism
3. Affirmative action
4. Ageism
5. Antisemitism
   1. Pogrom
6. Class discrimination (Level 4)
7. Compulsory sterilization
8. Criminalization of homosexuality
9. Discrimination based on skin tone
10. Discrimination against atheists
11. Genocide denial (Level 4)
12. Homophobia (Level 4)
13. Lookism
14. Oppression
15. Racism (Level 3)
    1. Anti-racism
    2. Scientific racism
16. Religious discrimination
    1. Islamophobia
    2. Persecution of Christians
17. Sexism (Level 3)
    1. Misandry
    2. Misogyny
    3. Transphobia
18. Toleration
19. Xenophobia

Sociology

This section contains 68 articles.

1. Sociology (Level 3)
2. Civil society (Level 4)
3. Collective responsibility
4. Community (Level 3)
   1. Local community
5. Criminology (Level 4)
6. Demography (Level 4)
   1. Census (Level 4)
   2. World population
7. Ethnomethodology
8. Etiquette (Level 4)
9. Fad
10. Frankfurt School
11. Generation (Level 4)
    1. Lost Generation
    2. Greatest Generation
    3. Silent Generation
    4. Baby boomers
    5. Generation X
    6. Millennials
    7. Generation Z
    8. Generation Alpha
12. Institution (Level 4)
13. Nature versus nurture (Level 4)
14. Peer pressure (Level 4)
15. Popularity
16. Power (social and political) (Level 3)
    1. Social capital
17. Public (Level 4)
18. Reflexivity (social theory)
19. Social change (Level 4)
    1. Industrialisation (Level 4)
20. Social control (Level 4)
    1. Conspiracy theory (Level 4)
       1. International Jewish conspiracy
       2. New World Order conspiracy theory
    2. Deviance (sociology) (Level 4)
21. Social group (Level 4)
    1. Identity (social science) (Level 4)
22. Social norm (Level 4)
    1. Convention (norm)
    2. Scandal
23. Social order (Level 4)
24. Social organization
25. Social reality (Level 4)
26. Social relation
27. Social research (Level 4)
    1. Social network analysis
    2. Social experiment
    3. Survey (human research)
28. Social structure
29. Social theory (Level 4)
    1. Conflict theories
30. Socialization (Level 4)
31. Societal collapse
32. Sociological theory (Level 4)
    1. Critical theory
    2. Social constructionism
    3. Structural functionalism
    4. Symbolic interactionism
    5. Systems theory
33. Solidarity (Level 4)
34. Stateless society
35. Structure and agency (Level 4)
36. Global North and Global South
37. East–West dichotomy
38. Social Darwinism
39. World-systems theory