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Quota 500 articles.

Total 506 articles.

Class	#Articles
FA	1
FL	1
GA	7
B	129
C	236
LIST	1
FFA	6
DGA	12
Start	129
Stub	3

Basics

This section contains 22 articles out of a quota of 20.

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

Psychology

This section contains 199 articles out of a quota of 220. For psychological disorders, see Mental disorders. Total 444 articles.

Basics

This section contains 26 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)

Psychology schools

This section contains 10 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)
10. Social psychology

Cognition

This section contains 8 articles.

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

Concepts

This section contains 48 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)
40. Transference
    1. Countertransference
41. Unconscious mind

Emotions and traits

This section contains 53 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. Frustration
22. Greed
23. Guilt (emotion) (Level 4)
24. Happiness (Level 3)
25. Hatred (Level 4)
26. Hope (Level 4)
27. Hubris
28. Humility
29. Humour (Level 3)
30. Hypomania
31. Joy
32. Love (Level 3)
33. Lust (Level 4)
34. Mania
35. Narcissism
36. Neuroticism (Level 4)
37. Openness to experience
38. Panic
39. Passion (emotion)
40. Pleasure (Level 4)
41. Pride
42. Regret
43. Sadness (Level 4)
44. Self-control
45. Self-esteem (Level 4)
46. Sorrow (emotion)
47. Surprise (emotion) (Level 4)
48. Suffering (Level 4)
    1. Psychological stress
49. Sympathy
50. Wonder (emotion)
51. Worry

Interpersonal relations

This section contains 51 articles.

1. Acceptance
2. Affection
3. Aggression (Level 4)
4. Altruism (Level 4)
5. Authority
6. Betrayal
7. Blame (Level 4)
8. Bullying (Level 4)
9. Charisma (Level 4)
10. Cheating
11. Coercion
12. Combat
13. Compassion
14. Competition (Level 4)
15. Conformity (Level 4)
    1. Indoctrination
16. Contempt
17. Cooperation
18. Cruelty
19. Deception
    1. Lie (Level 4)
    2. Hoax
20. Dignity (Level 4)
21. Egocentrism
22. Embarrassment (Level 4)
23. Empathy (Level 4)
24. Envy
25. Forgiveness (Level 4)
26. Gratitude
27. Group dynamics
28. Hedonism
29. Honour (Level 4)
30. Humiliation
31. Interpersonal attraction
32. Jealousy (Level 4)
33. Loneliness
34. Pity
35. Praise
36. Prejudice (Level 4)
37. Privacy (Level 3)
38. Punishment (Level 4)
39. Remorse (Level 4)
40. Resentment
41. Respect (Level 4)
42. Self-defense
43. Shame (Level 4)
44. Shyness (Level 4)
45. Social rejection
    1. Shunning
46. 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 222 articles out of a quota of 200.

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

Groups

This section contains 48 articles.

1. Community (Level 3)
   1. Local community
2. Hierarchy
3. Homeland
   1. Heimat
4. 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)
5. Social network (Level 4)
6. Subculture (Level 4)
   1. Beatnik
   2. Cannabis culture
   3. Counterculture
      1. Hippie
   4. Fandom
      1. Anime and manga fandom
         1. Otaku
      2. Fantasy fandom
      3. Furry fandom
      4. Science fiction fandom
   5. Gamer
   6. Geek
   7. Goth subculture
   8. Heavy metal subculture
   9. Hip-hop culture
   10. Hipster (contemporary subculture)
   11. Internet culture
   12. Jock (stereotype)
   13. Lolita fashion
   14. Motorcycle club
   15. Nerd
   16. Punk subculture
   17. Youth subculture
       1. Skinhead
   18. Yuppie

Services and institutions

This section contains 12 articles.

1. Emergency management (Level 4)
2. Emergency service
   1. Firefighting (Level 4)
   2. Law enforcement agency
   3. Rescue
3. Nursing home
4. Orphanage (Level 4)
5. Prison (Level 4)
6. Public service
7. Public utility
   1. Manhole
8. Social work (Level 4)

Issues

This section contains 67 articles.

1. Social issue (Level 4)
2. Abortion (Level 3)
   1. Abortion debate
3. Animal welfare (Level 4)
4. Child abuse
5. Child labour (Level 4)
6. Class conflict
7. Corruption (Level 4)
   1. Political corruption
8. Cruelty to animals
9. Deforestation (Level 4)
10. Digital media use and mental health
11. Disability (Level 3)
12. Environmentalism (Level 3)
13. Euthanasia (Level 4)
14. Extremism
15. Famine (Level 3)
16. Forced marriage
    1. Child marriage
17. Homelessness (Level 4)
18. Human migration (Level 3)
    1. Emigration
    2. Immigration (Level 4)
    3. Naturalization
    4. Denaturalization
19. Human overpopulation (Level 4)
    1. Malthusianism
    2. One-child policy (Level 4)
20. Humanitarianism (Level 4)
21. Humanitarian aid
22. Infant mortality
23. Misinformation
    1. Disinformation
24. Pacifism (Level 4)
    1. Peace (Level 3)
       1. World peace (Level 4)
25. Police misconduct
26. Political polarization
27. Political repression
28. Pollution (Level 3)
    1. Air pollution (Level 4)
    2. Light pollution
    3. Noise pollution
    4. Plastic pollution
    5. Water pollution (Level 4)
    6. Urban heat island
29. Population ageing (Level 4)
30. Population decline
31. Poverty (Level 3)
    1. Extreme poverty
    2. Relative deprivation
    3. Poverty threshold
32. Rejection of evolution by religious groups
33. Social justice
34. Social movement (Level 4)
    1. Activism
       1. Direct action
       2. Student activism
    2. Community organizing
    3. Grassroots
    4. Labour movement
    5. Nonviolent resistance
    6. Protest
    7. Reformism (historical)
35. Sustainable development (Level 4)
36. Violence (Level 3)
    1. Nonviolence

Social status

This section contains 92 articles.

1. Social status
   1. Social mobility
2. Celebrity
   1. Sex symbol
3. Disability rights movement
4. Educational inequality
5. Economic inequality (Level 4)
6. 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
7. Gender equality (Level 4)
   1. Women's rights (Level 4)
8. 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
9. Intersectionality
10. LGBTQ movements
    1. Transgender rights movement
11. Minority group (Level 4)
12. Political freedom (Level 4)
13. Race (human categorization) (Level 4)
14. Reputation
15. Role
    1. Gender role
       1. Femininity
          1. Effeminacy
       2. Masculinity
       3. Tomboy
    2. Role model
16. Sex workers' rights
17. Social inequality
18. Social stratification (Level 4)
19. Socioeconomic status
20. Slavery (Level 3)
21. 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 28 articles.

1. Discrimination (Level 3)
   1. 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 63 articles out of a quota of 60.

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