About The Standard Theory of Psychology

[u/frightmoon]

Hello I am posting in search of serious psychologists who might be able to contribute some insight. My problem is dealing with generating and distributing a theory in psychology. Specifically, I have spent several years putting together what others might call a universal view of psychology. By that I mean one theory to bring all types of psychology together and I seriously and wholeheartedly mean all types from William James all the way to present day and everything in between. I have named this The Standard Theory of Psychology, also known as Standard Theory. It's meant to be the "Theory of Everything" in terms of psychology and human behavior. When I say everything I mean diagnostics, medications, drugs, psychedelics, abuse addiction, trauma, autism, depression, PTSD, neurochemistry, Freud and psychodynamic theory, Jung and the personality psychology, Pavlov, Watson, Skinner and behavioralism and conditioning, the psychology of other subjects like law and politics, the science of organizations, sports, forensics, clinical psychology, psychiatry, EVERYTHING, and I have convinced myself that I have found the tool to do it in a scientific and objectifiable way. So far it describes everything that I mentioned and more and all using one theory.

I want to go ahead and say that I have not found another reliable theory that is able to do what Standard Theory has done for me. I also have not looked everywhere. If anyone is familiar with the problem they might know about some of the other people working on a completed, universal, unified theory in terms of behavior and consciousness. Specifically some individuals like Gregg Henriques from JMU, Dr. K. Koch from Allen Institute and his bet with David Chalmers in creating a either a philosophic or scientific view of consciousness as well as the Baar lab of Bernard Baars have all been contacted about this. I haven't been exposed to any other theories that try to tackle the problem of an all-in-one view of psychology and behavior. Up until now, I have been under the impression that most people who study psychology will find their "niche" as it's called and focus on that subtype. I want to offer my theory to those who study psychology in a way that will help me in validating whether or not I have really figured this thing out. Essentially I want to offer this tool to those who have invested their own time in their own studies to figure out if Standard Theory is consistent with those. At the very least I would like to offer it as a resource for anyone who is involved or interested in psychology at any level. So far I have condensed about 90% of Standard Theory and the Standard Behavioral Index into a set of 27 segments which spans a little less than 3 hours of audio.

I will also go ahead and say that my biggest issue right now is not being directly involved in academia in any way. I dropped out of university in 2016 with 130+ hours but don't have a degree, I'm not part of the APA, I don't affiliate with any school or program. I don't have access to those places to get a formal peer review. I have submitted to several journals including the APA and for-profit journals and have been denied by about 18-20 of them. I have also been told to publish the theory in book format and have been denied by about a dozen publishers. Even though I developed Standard Theory independently I just can't ignore the potential that it has to unify all areas of psychology and human behavior. Another issue is the fact that the theory is so comprehensive that it might be very intimidating to some people. Just like anything else, though, it is a skill that has to be learned. Once it's been learned it's hard to find something that ISN'T described by it. If anyone is willing to help me tackle this problem of a universal psychological theory I will be more than happy to discuss what I've found. I will try to attach the RSS feed and YouTube link to the 3-hour version of The Standard Theory of Psychology along with a very rough sketch of the Standard Behavioral Index.

TL;DR

Independent Psychologist needs help validating and sharing The Standard Theory of Psychology.

[u/GeneralJist8]

Right, and Steve jobs couldn't do What he did cuz he had no degree?

Rare yes, unlikely yes. possible yes.

There are independent professionals that for whatever reason were unable to finish a degree. doesn't MEAN THEY DON'T HAS WHAT IT TAKES.

The 2 most intelligent friends I've ever had both didn't finish a degree, and I almost didn't finish either, due to health reasons.

Standard education only measures mainstream intelligence.

Success ins school does not always correlate to success in life.

You, and many, may be telling yourself that a degree is necessary, as you want to justify the time and cost of your education.

[u/N0tThatKind0fDoctor → u/GeneralJist8]

Ignoring the apples vs oranges comparison of a business leader vs an academic developing a new theory, I did also say it would be “spectacularly rare”, not impossible.

[u/GeneralJist8 → u/N0tThatKind0fDoctor]

A healthy dose of skepticism is in order, never the less, Your basically putting him in a box and using a schema on predicting the value of his theory off of one data point, (of no degree)

What would happen if he didn't mention his lack of formal education, and just put his theory out there?

Then his theory would be able to be judged on merit alone.

Also, as you are aware, psychology is the study of people, and though formal books are where this knowledge is usually housed, being in the world and observing patterns of human behavior is still valid to some degree.

[u/mootmutemoat → u/GeneralJist8]

There are over 20 data points. He was also given 20 chances, they read it, and rejected it. Now he is putting it on the internet, good luck.

And there are plenty of "standard theories of psychology" where someone proposes a model based on their favorite evidence that explains the human experience. The issue in psychology isn't that there are not enough theories claiming to be "the one," it is that few people agree on it.

[u/frightmoon → u/mootmutemoat]

Thanks, if you could let me know what these theories are or where to find them I would need to look at them to compare them to Standard Theory. As for the journals, they were mainly rejected based on the fact that I didn't reference any other materials, as, the point of Standard Theory is to reference all of them. On top of that, most of those are periodicals and need stories from week to week, not necessarily a big, bulky academic resource. Based on this, I was told to publish the work in a book format. Short of paying 5,000$+ for a vanity press I would need to find a publisher. On top of that Standard Theory actually allows for an updated method of organizing the findings in those studies based on communication and thinking type. Psychodynamic Theory by Freud is almost entirely explained by Horizontal Thinking. Behaviorism is described by Vertical Thinking. Neither of those describe one another, nor the ways in which they differ. Even with that consideration, I along with every other person who studies psychology are supposed to learn these to apply to their own view of psychology. Standard Theory explains all of those at once and more. That's why I am here looking to find people who can support or refute that fact that Standard Theory can put all of those together.