He believes that Traffic Psychology allows us to reevaluate our behaviors and predict conflicts that we may face as a result of them. Traffic psychology encompasses the study of traffic as well as the cognitive and behaviorial components of driving. We constantly examine driving behaviors in situations, like roadrage, tailgating, and backseat driving and also evaluate our own behaviors. Traffic psycholgy also seeks techniques useful in modifying such behaviors. Phuong also states that this definition is not limited to just that and instead incorporates other deciplines such as social psychology, cognitive psychology, and affective or personality psychology.
Affective domain is a contruct pertaining to our feelings and motives.
The cognitive domain concerns our thinking process - what our thoughts and judgements are. The sensorimotor domain is what we process through our senses and how what we input influences what we do next. All of these three domains are active constantly with any driving behavior. It is through this realization that we are better able to modify our poor driving behaviors. By examining ourselves in each domain we acknowledge our driving madness and we are better therapists to ourselves because of this.