Psychology
A discipline is a lens, not an owner — the same idea can be viewed through many.
Concepts viewed through this lens
These numbers describe the current Thinking OS knowledge slice, not the whole field.
Disciplines it bridges to
Each bridge is built by ideas the two fields share, the thinking patterns that recur across both, and a representative relationship that shows how they connect.
Psychologyconnects toCognitive Psychology
Shared concepts
Why this bridge exists
Cognitive Load applies to Working memory — Cognitive Load bears on working memory — it is a principle that shapes how working memory is understood.
Explore this connection →Psychologyconnects toCognitive Neuroscience
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Cognitive Control requires Selective attention — Cognitive Control requires Selective Attention.
Explore this connection →Psychologyconnects toDramaturgy
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Catharsis is derived from Dramatic structure — Catharsis is derived from Dramatic Structure.
Explore this connection →Psychologyconnects toBehavioral Science
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Default effect enables Nudge — Default effect enables Nudge.
Explore this connection →Psychologyconnects toSocial Psychology
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Cognitive dissonance applies to Mind — Cognitive dissonance bears on the mind — it is a principle that shapes how the mind is understood.
Explore this connection →Psychologyconnects toDevelopmental Psychology
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Erikson's stages of psychosocial development applies to Mind — Erikson's stages of psychosocial development bears on the mind — it is a principle that shapes how the mind is understood.
Explore this connection →Psychologyconnects toClinical Psychology
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ABC model (REBT) applies to Mind — ABC model (REBT) bears on the mind — it is a principle that shapes how the mind is understood.
Explore this connection →Psychologyconnects toEconomics
Shared concepts
Shared thinking patterns
Why this bridge exists
Behavioral economics is a Economics — behavioral economics is a kind of economics.
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Field shape — representation health
63/100 overall · 27 concepts
The eight dimensions measure Thinking OS coverage of this field, not the quality or importance of the discipline.
What kind of structure is this field?
Interpreted from the current atlas — how this field is represented, not a judgement of the field.
Representation health 63/100 — dense but shallow. Strongest: evidence, cross-disciplinary. Thinnest: factual depth, pedagogical.
structural · Measures the current Thinking OS representation, not the quality or importance of the field.
Its 63 representation-health is above the 55 median of 187 similarly-sized disciplines (comparable by concept count).
structural · Measures the current Thinking OS representation, not the quality or importance of the field.
68% of its relations reach into 37 other disciplines — an outward-facing field in the atlas.
structural · Measures the current Thinking OS representation, not the quality or importance of the field.
Current atlas gaps: no dated concepts.
atlas representation · Measures the current Thinking OS representation, not the quality or importance of the field.
52% of its concepts have a single connection (mean internal degree 1.6) — a moderately connected internal structure.
structural · Measures the current Thinking OS representation, not the quality or importance of the field.
How this lens connects
The kinds of relationship that characterise this discipline lens in the current slice.
Coverage matrix
How these concepts distribute across domains and concept families — real counts, not a score.
Ideas that connect this discipline outward
Concepts viewed through this lens that reach disciplines it does not itself carry — concept-level bridges (distinct from the discipline-to-discipline bridges below).
- Social influencereachesCriminologyCultural StudiesEconomicsGender StudiesPhilosophyReligious StudiesRhetoricSociology
- Working memoryreachesBiologyCognitive ScienceDevelopmental PsychologyEducationEducational ScienceNeuroscienceSocial Psychology
- Confounding variablereachesBiologyData ScienceEpistemologyHistory of SciencePhilosophy of SciencePhysics
- MindreachesClinical PsychologyCognitive NeuroscienceCognitive PsychologyDevelopmental PsychologySocial Psychology
- PsychopathologyreachesMedicineNursingPsychiatrySocial WorkSociology
- Behavioral economicsreachesBehavioral EconomicsBehavioral ScienceSocial Psychology
Mental models that recur here
People represented in this atlas
People tagged with this lens who have a recorded contribution. Not exhaustive, and not a ranking.
- William James
1842–1910
- Sigmund Freud
1856–1939
- Kurt Zadek Lewin
1890–1947
- Jean Piaget
1896–1980
- John Bowlby
1907–1990
- Abraham Maslow
1908–1970
- Eric Berne
1910–1970
- Henri Tajfel
1919–1982
- Leon Festinger
1919–1989
- 27 concepts are viewed through this lens.
- 10 of them bridge into other disciplines.
- Its signature thinking pattern is “Cause and effect” (recurs in 1 concepts).
- The most common kind of connection here is “Teaching link”.
- It is most tightly linked to Cognitive Psychology.
Derived from the current graph structure — observations, not a judgement of the field.