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Ayn Rand: Realism, Morality, Selfishness and Capitalism 安·兰德：现实主义、道德、自私和资本主义

IF 1.6 3区心理学

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-10-05 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70014

Steve Ash

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Dementism: A New Line of Inquiry in Dementia Studies From a Social Psychological Perspective 痴呆症：从社会心理学角度研究痴呆症的新途径

IF 1.6 3区心理学

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-09-20 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70013

Atiqur SM-Rahman, Anna Olaison

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Simulated Sense-Making or Social Knowledge? Artificial Intelligence and the Boundaries of Representation 模拟意义制造还是社会知识？人工智能与表征的边界

IF 1.6 3区心理学

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-08-30 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70012

Lilian Negura

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Brandom Without Entitlement 没有权利的随机

IF 1.6 3区心理学

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-08-15 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70011

Santiago Napoli

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Welcome to the Dark Side: Use of Humour in Indoctrinating to Extremist Ideologies 欢迎来到黑暗的一面：用幽默来灌输极端主义的意识形态

IF 1.6 3区心理学

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-08-13 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70010

Jani Sinokki

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Immanent Idealism 内在的理想主义

IF 1.6 3区心理学

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-08-03 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70008

Christoforos Bouzanis

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The Governing Dynamics of Social Reality: A Unified Theory 社会现实的控制动力：一个统一的理论

IF 1.4 3区心理学

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-07-25 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70009

Gustaf Glavå

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Patrimonial Imperialism: A Taxonomy of the Causes of the Russo-Ukrainian War 世袭帝国主义：俄乌战争起因的分类学

IF 1.4 3区心理学

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-07-19 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70007

Gabriel A. Pierzynski, Jonathan Joseph

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Denaturalisation and Liberation Psychology: Implications for Memory and Political Imagination 变性和解放心理学：对记忆和政治想象的启示

IF 1.4 3区心理学

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-06-05 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70006

Nick Malherbe

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Generalising Social Behaviour and Theory of Social Behaviour: When Is It Statistical and When Not? 概括社会行为和社会行为理论：什么时候是统计的，什么时候不是？

IF 1.4 3区心理学

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour Pub Date : 2025-05-19 DOI: 10.1111/jtsb.70005

David Trafimow

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