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111exchange theory — Exchange theories view social order as the unplanned outcome of acts of exchange between members of society. There are two major variants. Rational choice (or, as it is sometimes known, rational action) theory locates the source of order in the… …
112Prospect theory — is a theory that describes decisions between alternatives that involve risk, i.e. alternatives with uncertain outcomes, where the probabilities are known. The model is descriptive: it tries to model real life choices, rather than optimal… …
113Divine command theory — This article is about the meta ethical theory. For the divine command theory of happiness, see Positive psychology. Divine command theory is the meta ethical view about the semantics or meaning of ethical sentences, which claims that ethical… …
114Deterrence theory — This article is about deterrent theories of punishment. For legal theory of justice, see Deterrence (legal). Deterrence theory gained increased prominence as a military strategy during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons, and… …
115Quantity theory of money — In economics, the quantity theory of money is a theory emphasizing the positive relationship of overall prices or the nominal value of expenditures to the quantity of money. Origins and development of the quantity theory The quantity theory… …
116Object relations theory — Part of a series of articles on Psychoanalysis …
117Modular representation theory — is a branch of mathematics, and that part of representation theory that studies linear representations of finite group G over a field K of positive characteristic. As well as having applications to group theory, modular representations arise… …
118Choice theory — This article is about choice theory in psychology and education. For choice theory in economics, see rational choice theory. The term choice theory is the work of William Glasser, MD, author of the book so named, and is the culmination of some 50 …
119Expectancy violations theory — sees communication as the exchange of information that is high in relational content and can be used to violate the expectations of another, who will perceive the exchange either positively or negatively depending on the liking between the two… …
120Algorithmic information theory — is a subfield of information theory and computer science that concerns itself with the relationship between computation and information. According to Gregory Chaitin, it is the result of putting Shannon s information theory and Turing s… …
