Foundations Theories: Subfolder Summary

Subfolder: T1_Foundations_Theories | Parent Section: T — Psychology & Social
Document Count: 15 | Last Updated: March 14, 2026
Category Tags: psychology, social, psychology-social, neuroscience, art-culture, artificial-intelligence, evolution, shamanism

OVERVIEW

This subfolder contains 15 documents covering Foundations Theories within the Psychology & Social section. Topics include Jungian Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious, Evolutionary Psychology — The Adapted Mind, Transpersonal Psychology — Beyond the Personal Self, Developmental Psychology — From Piaget to Attachment Theory, Moral Psychology — Haidt, Kohlberg, Moral Foundations and 10 more topics. Key themes span piaget, carl jung, collective unconscious, shadow, individuation, synchronicity.

KEY POINTS

T_1_01 — Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) developed analytical psychology as a departure from Freudian psychoanalysis, proposing that beneath the personal unconscious lies a collective unconscious—a shared…
T_1_02 — Evolutionary psychology applies Darwinian natural and sexual selection to the human mind, proposing that cognitive mechanisms evolved as functional adaptations to recurrent problems faced by…
T_1_03 — Transpersonal psychology extends psychological inquiry beyond the individual ego to encompass states of consciousness, spirituality, and experiences transcending ordinary personal identity.
T_1_04 — Developmental psychology traces psychological changes across the human lifespan, from prenatal development through aging.
T_1_05 — Moral psychology — the empirical study of how humans make moral judgments and develop moral understanding — has undergone a revolution over the past two decades, shifting from Lawrence Kohlberg's…
T_1_06 — Cognitive development — how human minds grow in their capacity to think, reason, solve problems, and understand the world — has been dominated by two foundational theories: Jean Piaget's…
T_1_07 — Emotion theory addresses one of psychology's most fundamental and contested questions: What are emotions, where do they come from, and how many are there? The field is dominated by two major…
T_1_08 — Personality psychology seeks to understand individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving — and why these patterns remain relatively stable across time and…
T_1_09 — Learning — relatively permanent changes in behavior or behavioral potential resulting from experience — is the foundational process of behavioral adaptation.
T_1_10 — Intelligence testing is among the oldest and most psychometrically robust enterprises in psychology.
T_1_11 — Psychology's formal history as an independent discipline spans approximately 150 years — from Wilhelm Wundt's founding of the first experimental psychology laboratory in Leipzig (1879) to the…
T_1_12 — Carl Gustav Jung's later works (roughly 1944–1961) represent the most ambitious, controversial, and philosophically daring phase of his career — extending analytical psychology from clinical…
T_1_13 — Object relations theory — the most influential post-Freudian psychoanalytic tradition — shifted the focus of psychoanalysis from Freud's drive theory (instinctual drives seeking discharge) to the…
T_1_14 — Self-Determination Theory (SDT) — developed by Edward Deci and Richard Ryan (University of Rochester, 1985–present) — is one of the most influential and empirically supported theories of…
T_1_15 — Schema theory — the idea that the mind organizes knowledge into structured mental frameworks (schemas) that guide perception, memory, and reasoning — is one of the foundational concepts in…

KEY THEMES & KEYWORDS

piaget, carl jung, collective unconscious, shadow, individuation, synchronicity, active imagination, mandala, self, vygotsky, scaffolding, kohlberg, moral development, bandura, skinner

DOCUMENT INDEX

Doc ID	Title	Key Focus	Confidence
T_1_01	Jungian Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious	Carl Gustav Jung (1875–1961) developed analytical psychology as a departure from Freudian psychoanalysis, proposing…	[4/5]
T_1_02	Evolutionary Psychology — The Adapted Mind	Evolutionary psychology applies Darwinian natural and sexual selection to the human mind, proposing that cognitive…	[4/5]
T_1_03	Transpersonal Psychology — Beyond the Personal Self	Transpersonal psychology extends psychological inquiry beyond the individual ego to encompass states of consciousness,…	[4/5]
T_1_04	Developmental Psychology — From Piaget to Attachment Theory	Developmental psychology traces psychological changes across the human lifespan, from prenatal development through…	[4/5]
T_1_05	Moral Psychology — Haidt, Kohlberg, Moral Foundations	Moral psychology — the empirical study of how humans make moral judgments and develop moral understanding — has…	[5/5]
T_1_06	Cognitive Development — Piaget, Vygotsky, Theory of Mind	Cognitive development — how human minds grow in their capacity to think, reason, solve problems, and understand the…	[5/5]
T_1_07	Emotion Theory and Affect	Emotion theory addresses one of psychology's most fundamental and contested questions: **What are emotions, where do…	[5/5]
T_1_08	Personality Psychology and the Big Five	Personality psychology seeks to understand individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling, and…	[5/5]
T_1_09	Psychology of Learning and Conditioning	Learning — relatively permanent changes in behavior or behavioral potential resulting from experience — is the…	[5/5]
T_1_10	Psychometrics and Intelligence Testing	Intelligence testing is among the oldest and most psychometrically robust enterprises in psychology.	[5/5]
T_1_11	History of Psychology	Psychology's formal history as an independent discipline spans approximately 150 years — from **Wilhelm Wundt's…	[4/5]
T_1_12	Jung's Later Works: Synchronicity, Aion, and the Red Book	Carl Gustav Jung's later works (roughly 1944–1961) represent the most ambitious, controversial, and philosophically…	[2/5]
T_1_13	Object Relations Theory: Internal Worlds, Attachment, and the Relational Self	Object relations theory — the most influential post-Freudian psychoanalytic tradition — shifted the focus of…	[2/5]
T_1_14	Self-Determination Theory: Autonomy, Competence, Relatedness, and Intrinsic Motivation	Self-Determination Theory (SDT) — developed by Edward Deci and Richard Ryan (University of Rochester,…	[3/5]
T_1_15	Schema Theory: Cognitive Frameworks, Scripts, and Knowledge Organization	Schema theory — the idea that the mind organizes knowledge into structured mental frameworks (schemas) that guide…	[3/5]

WHAT TO EXPECT

Documents in this subfolder follow the project's 4-tier evidence system:

Tier 1 (Verified): Peer-reviewed, archaeological record, primary texts
Tier 2 (Credible): Academic, debated but supported by evidence
Tier 3 (Speculative): Possible but unverified
Tier 4 (Dubious): No credible source or contradicted by evidence

Tier distribution in this subfolder: 1: 1 docs, 2: 3 docs

Each document includes a Quick Summary, tiered claims with specific evidence,

counter-arguments, bibliography, and cross-references to related documents across the corpus.

Subfolder summary auto-generated from corpus analysis. Last Updated: March 14, 2026

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