Atheoretical psychology

Atheoretical psychology is an approach that focuses on understanding and describing psychological phenomena without relying on specific theories or frameworks. Instead of fitting behavior or mental processes into predefined models, it emphasizes direct observation, measurement, and description. This approach values empirical data and remains flexible, allowing researchers to study psychological aspects as they naturally occur. Atheoretical psychology is useful for gathering unbiased information and can serve as a foundation for developing or testing theories later. It fosters a clear, open-minded way of exploring human behavior, emphasizing what is observable and measurable over fitting data into existing theoretical structures.