Psychology Terms (1000) Abnormal Abnormal Psychology Abnormality Absolute Threshold Accommodation Acculturation Acetylcholine Achievement test Acoustic Features Acquisition Acrophobia Action Potential Active Listening Active Memory Acuity Acute Schizophrenia Acute Stress Disorder Adaptation Addiction Adjustment Adjustment Disorder Adolescence Adolescent Adrenal Medulla Adrenaline Affect Affective Disorder Afferent Nerves Age Regression Aggression Agnosia Agoraphobia Alcohol Addiction Alexithymia Algorithm Alpha Male Alpha Waves Altered State of Consciousness Altruism Alzheimer's Disease Amnesia Amnestic Disorder Amodal Amphetamine Dependence Amphetamines Amygdala Anaclitic Depression Anal Character Anal Retentive Anal Stage Analogy Androgyny Anomia Anorexia nervosa Antecedent Conflict Antidepressant drugs Antidiuretic Hormone Antipsychotic drugs Antisocial Antisocial Behavior Antisocial Personality Disorder Anxiety Anxiety Disorder Anxiety Hierarchy Aphasia Aplysia Applied Research Aptitude Test Art Therapy Articulatory Loop Artificial Intelligence Asperger's Syndrome Assimilation Association Association Theory Associative Learning Associative Links Attachment Attention Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Attitudes Attribution Attribution Theory Auditory Canal Autism Availability Aversion Therapy Avoidance Learning Avoidant Personality Disorder Axon Axon terminals Babbling Stage Barbiturates Barnum Effect Basal Ganglia Basic Emotions Basic Research Basic Trust Basilar Membrane Behavior Modification Behavior Therapy Behavioral Cognitive Approach to Personality Behavioral Psychology Behaviorism Bereavement Beta Rhythm Biastophilia Bibliotherapy Binge Eating Disorder Binocular Cues Binocular Disparity Biofeedback Biological Perspective Biopsychology Bipolar Cells Bipolar Disorder Bisexuality Blind Spot Blocking Blood-Brain Barrier Body Dysmorphic Disorder Borderline Personality Disorder Bottom-Up Brainstem Breathing-related Sleep Disorder Brief Psychotic Disorder Broca's Area Bulimia Nervosa Burnout Bystander Effect Cannabis Dependence Cannon-Bard Theory Cannula Cardinal Trait Case Study CAT Scan Catatonic Schizophrenia Catatonic Schizophrenia Categorical Perception Categorization Category Catharsis Catharsis Cathexis Causation Cause and Effect Cell Assembly Central Nervous System (CNS) Cerebellum Cerebral Cortex Cerebral Hemispheres Childhood Amnesia Childhood Depression Childhood Disintegrative Disorder Childhood Eating Disorders Chromosomes Chunking Circadian Rhythm Sleep Disorder Circadian Rhythms Classical Antipsychotics Classical Conditioning Clinical Psychology Closure Coactors Cocaine Dependence Cochlea Coding Cognition Cognitive Behavioral Model Cognitive Developmental Theory Cognitive Disorder Cognitive Dissonance Theory Cognitive Map Cognitive Perspective Cognitive Science Cognitive Therapy Cohort Cohort Theory Collective Unconscious Collectivism Color Circle Color Constancy Common Sense Community Psychology Companionate Love Comparative Method Complex Cells Comprehension Compulsions Compulsive Overeating Computation Concept Conceptually Driven Memory Task Concordance Concrete Operational Stage of Development Conditioned Emotional Response Conditioned Reflex Conditioned Response Conditioned Stimulus Conduct Disorder Cone Receptor Cones Confabulation Confirmation Bias Conflict Conformity Confound Congruence Connectedness Consciousness Conservation Constructive Recall Content Validity Context Contiguity Continuity Continuous Reinforcement Control Condition Control Group Convergence Conversion Disorder Convolutions Cornea Coronary Heart Disease Corpus Callosum Correlation Correlation Coefficient Cortex Counseling Psychology Counter conditioning Counterbalance Creative Intelligence Creativity Criterion Critical Period Critical Ratio Critical Thinking Cross Cultural Approach Cross Cultural Method Cross-Sectional Study Crystallized Intelligence Culture Cupboard Theory Curare Cyclothymic Disorder Data Data Driven Memory Task Decay Decibel Declarative Knowledge Declarative Memory Deductive Reasoning Defense Mechanism Deindividuation Deinstitutionalization DÈjý Vu Delay of Gratification Delirium Delta Wave Delusional Disorder Delusions Demand Characteristic Dementia Dendrite Dependant Personality Disorder Dependent Variable (DV) Depersonalization Disorder Depolarization Depressants Depression Depressive Disorder Depth Perception Descriptive Statistics Descriptive Theory Determinism Deterministic Developmental Psychology Deviation IQ Difference Threshold Differential Psychology Differentiation Direct Perception Directed Thinking Discrimination Displaced Aggression Displacement Disruptive Behavior Disorder Dissociation Dissociative Amnesia Dissociative Disorders Dissociative Fugue Dissociative Identity Disorder Dissonance Theory Distress Distress calls DNA Dominant Gene Door-in-the-Face Technique Dopamine Double-Blind Procedure Down Syndrome Drive Drive Reduction Theory Drug Addiction Drug Tolerance DSM DSM-IV Dual Center Theory Dualism Dyslexia Dyspareunia Dysphoria Dysthymic Disorder Eardrum Echoic Memory Ecological Validity Effectors Effortful Processing Ego Ego Psychology Ego Strength Egocentrism Egocentrism Electra Complex Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Electroencephalogram (EEG) Embryo Emotion Empathic Concern Empathy Empiricism Encoding Encopresis Encounter Groups Endocrine System Endorphins Endotherms Enuresis Enzyme Episodic Memory Equilibrium Equity Erogenous Zones Eros Escape Learning Estrogen Eustress Evolutionary Psychology Exhibitionism Existential Therapy Experiment Experimental Condition Explicit Memory Expressive Language Disorder External Locus of Control External Validity Extinction Extraneous Variable Extrinsic Motivation Face Validity Factitious Disorder Factor Analysis False Consensus Effect Family Therapy Feature Detectors Feedback system Feel-Good Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) Fetus Figure-Ground Organization Fixation Fixed Action Patterns Fixed-Interval Schedule Fixed-Ratio Schedule Flashbulb Memory Flooding Flow Chart Fluid Intelligence Foot-In-The-Door Phenomenon Forensic Psychology Formal Operational Stage Fovea Framing Fraternal Twins Free Association Free Recall Frequency Frequency Distribution Frequency Theory Frontal Lobes Frotteurism Frustration-Aggression Theory Fugue Functional Fixedness Functionalism Fundamental Attribution Error Galvanic Skin Response Gambling Addiction Ganglion Ganglion Cells Gate-Control Theory Gender Gender Constancy Gender Identity Disorder Gender Role Gender Schema Theory Gender-Typing Gene General Adaptation Syndrome General Experimental Psychology General Intelligence Generalization Generalization Gradient Generalized Anxiety Disorder Generativity Genes Genetic Code Genital Stage Genotype Germinal Stage Gestalt Gestalt Therapy Glands Glial Cell Glucose Glucose receptors Glutamate Glycogen Good Continuation Good-Patient Role Gray Matter Group Polarization Group Therapy Grouping Groupthink Habituation Hair Cells Hallucinations Hallucinogen Dependence Hallucinogens Hawthorne Effect Health Psychology Hermaphrodite Heterosexuality Heuristic Hierarchy of Needs Higher Order Conditioning Hindsight Bias Hippocampus Histogram Histrionic Personality Disorder Homeostasis Homogamy Homosexuality Hormones Hospice Hue Humanistic Approach to Personality Humanistic Perspective Humanistic Therapies Huntington's Disease Hyperphagia Hypersomnia Hypnosis Hypochondriasis Hypomania Hypothalamus Hypothesis Hysteria Iconic Memory Id Identical Twins Identification Identity Idiot Savant I-Knew-It-All-Along Phenomenon (Hindsight Bias) Illusory Correlation Imagery Immune System Immunotherapy Implicit Memory Implicit Theories of Personality Implosion Therapy Imprinting Impulse-Control Disorder Incentives Independent Variable Individualism Inductive Reasoning Industrial and Organizational Psychology (I/O Psychology) Inferential Statistics Inferiority Complex Information Processing Informational Social Influence Ingroup Bias Inhalant Dependence Inhibition Inner Ear Insane Insight Insomnia Instinct Instrumental Conditioning Insulin Integrity Intelligence Intelligence Quotient (IQ) Intelligence Test Intensity Intentional Learning Interaction Effect Intermittent Explosive Disorder Internal Locus of Control Internal Validity Interneuron Intersexual Intimacy Intrinsic Motivation Introspection Introversion Ions Iris Isolation James-Lange Theory of Emotion Just Noticeable Difference Just-World Phenomenon Kin Selection Kinesthesis (Kinesthetic Sense) Kleptomania Language Latency Latent Content Latent Dream Latent Learning Learned Helplessness Learning Learning Disorders Lens Leptin Lesion Limbic System Linear Perspective Lithium Lobotomy Lock and Key Model Longitudinal Study Long-Term Memory Looming LSD Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Major Depression Major Depressive Disorder Malingering Mania Mania Manic-depressive psychosis Manifest Content MAO Inhibitors Marital Therapy Massage Therapy Maturation Mean Means-end analysis Median Medulla Melatonin Memory Memory Flow Memory Reconstruction Memory Search Memory Span Menarche Menopause Menstrual age Mental Age Mental Images Mental Retardation Mental Set Mere Exposure Effect Metacognition Microexpressions Midbrain Middle Ear Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) Misinformation Effect (false memory) Mitosis Mixed-receptive-Expressive Language Disorder Mnemonics Mode Modeling Modeling Therapy Monocular Clues Mood Mood Disorders Moral Development Morphemes Motivated Forgetting Motivation Motor Neurons Movement Therapy Multi-Infarct Dementia Multiple Personality Disorder Munchausen by Proxy Munchausen Syndrome Myelin Sheath Naloxone Narcissistic Personality Disorder Narcolepsy Natural Selection Naturalistic Observation Nature-Nurture Issue Nearsightedness Needs Negative Afterimage Negative Reinforcement Negative State Relief Neophobia Nerve Impulse Nervous System Neural Networks Neurons Neuropeptide Y Neuroses Neuroticism Neurotransmitters Nicotine Dependence Night Terrors Nightmare Disorder Nodes of Ranvier Nonverbal Cues Noradrealine Norepinephrine Normal Curve Normative Social Influence Norms Null Hypothesis Obedience Obesity Object Permanence Objective Personality Tests Observational Learning Observer Bias Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Obsessive-Compulsive Personality Disorder Occipital Lobe Oedipus Complex One-Word Stage Operant Behavior Operant Conditioning Operational Definition Opioid Dependence Opponent Process Theory Oppositional Defiant Disorder Optic Nerve Oral Stage Orexins Organic Brain Syndromes Oscilloscope Othello Effect Outer ear Over justification Effect Ovum Pain Pain Disorder Panic Attack Panic Disorder Paradoxial Sleep Parallel Distributed Processing Model Paranoia Paranoid Personality Disorder Paraphilias Parasympathetic Nervous System Parietal Lobe Parkinson's Diseases Partial Reinforcement Parvo Cells Passionate Love Passive-Aggressive Pathogen Pathology Model Pattern Recognition Pattern Theory Peak Experience Pedophilia Penis Envy Perceived Locus of Control Perception Perceptual Constancy Performance Appraisal Peripheral Nervous System Personal Space Personality Personality Disorders Person-Centered Therapy Pervasive Developmental Disorder Phallic Stage Phencyclidine Dependence Phenotype Phenylalanine Pheromones Phi Phenomenon Philosophy Phobias Phobic Disorder Phonemes Phrenology Pituitary Gland Place Theory Placebo Placebo Effect Plasticity Pleasure Center Pleasure Principle Polygamy Polygraph Polygyny Pons Population Positive Regard Positive Reinforcement Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Post conventional Level Postpartum Depression Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Preconscious Preconventional Level Predictive Validity Prejudice Premack Principle Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder Preoperational Stage Prepositional Reasoning Primacy Effect Primary Reinforcer Primary Sex Characteristics Primary Sleep Disorders Priming Privation Proactive Interference Procedural Memory Projection Projective Test Prototype Proximity Pseudohermaphoditism Psychiatrist Psychoanalysis Psychoanalytic Perspective Psychodynamic Perspective Psychogenic Disorders Psychogenic Symptoms Psychology Psychopathology Psychophysics Psychophysiological Illness Psychoses Psychosexual Stages of Development Psychosocial Development Psychosomatic Psychosurgery Psychotherapy Punishment Pupil Pyramidal System Pyrogens Pyromania Qualititative Data Quantitative Data Quasi Experimental Design Radical Behaviorism Random Assignment Random Sample Range Rapid Eye Movement Sleep (REM) Rational-Emotive Therapy Rationalization Reaction Formation Reactive Attachment Disorder Reality Principle Recall Recognition Reconditioning Recovered Memory Reflex Refractory Period Regency Effect Regression Regression Toward the Mean Rehearsal Reinforcement Reinforcer Relative Deprivation Relative Size Reliability REM Rebound REM Sleep Replication Representative Sample Repression (repressed memory) Resistance Reticular Activating System Retina Retrieval Retroactive Amnesia Retroactive Interference Retrograde Amnesia Rett's Disorder Risk Aversion Rites of Passage Rods Role Role Playing Romantic Love Rooting Reflex Rorschach Inkblot Test Rumination Disorder Sample Saturation Savant Syndrome Scapegoat Theory Schedule of Reinforcement Schema Schizoaffective Disorder Schizoid Personality Disorder Schizophrenia Schizotypal Personality Disorder School Psychology Scientific Method Seasonal Affective Disorder Secondary Reinforcer Secondary Sex Characteristics Sedative Dependence Selective Attention Selective Mutism Self Monitoring Self-Actualization Self-Awareness Self-Concept Self-Consciousness Self-Control Self-Disclosure Self-Esteem Self-perception theory Self-serving attributional bias Semantic Encoding Semantic Memory Sensation Sensorimotor Stage of Development Sensory Adaptation Sensory Memory Sensory Neurons Sensory Process Separation Anxiety Disorder Serial Position Effect Serotonin Sex Differences Sex Roles Sexual Addiction Sexual Disorder Sexual Dysfunction Sexual Orientation Sexual Response Cycle Shaping Shared Psychotic Disorder Short-Term Memory Signal Detection Theory Similarity Single-Blind Research Method Skinner Box Sleep Apnea Sleep Terror Disorder Sleepwalking Disorder Social Anxiety Disorder Social Clock Social Cognition Social Exchange Theory Social Facilitation Social Identity Theory Social Influence Social Leadership Social Learning Theory Social Loafing Social Norms Social Phobia Social Psychology Social Role Theory Social Roles Sociobiology Sociopath Sociopathy Somatic Nervous System Somatic Therapies Somatization Disorder Somatoform Disorders Sound Waves Specific Phobia Split Brain Split-Half Reliability Spontaneous Recovery S-R Approach (Contiguity) Standard Deviation Standardization Standardization Group Stanford-Binet Test State-Dependent Retrieval Statistical Significance Statistics Stereotype Stereotypic Movement Disorder Stimulants Stimulus Storage Storage Capacity Stranger Anxiety Stress Stressor Structuralism Stuttering Sublimation Subliminal Successive Approximations Superego Superordinate Goals Suppression Survey Sympathetic Nervous System Symptoms Synapse Synaptic reuptake Syntax Systematic Desensitization Task Leadership Telegraphic Speech Temperament Temporal Lobes Testosterone Test-Retest Reliability Textural Gradient Thalamus Thanatos THC Thematic Apperception Test (TAT) Theory Theory X Theory Y Threshold Token Economics Tolerance Tourette's Syndrome Trait Trait Theory Transduction Transference Transient Tic Disorder Transsexual Trichotillomania Trichromatic color vision True Experimental Design Two-Factor Theory Two-Word Stage Type A Personality Type B Personality Ultimate Cause Unconditional Positive Regard Unconditioned Response Unconditioned Stimulus Unconscious Unconscious Inference Undifferentiated Somatoform Disorder Unipoloar depression Vaginismus Validity Validity Coefficient Variability Variable Interval Schedule Variable Ratio Schedule (VR) Variance Vasoconstriction Vasodilatation Vesibular Senses Vicarious Distress Vicarious Reinforcement Vistibules Visual Cliff Voyeurism Wavelength Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) Wernicke's Area Withdrawal Withdrawal Symptoms Working Memory X Chromosome Xenophobia XYY syndrome Y Chromosome Yerkes-Dodson Law of Arousal Young-Helmholtz Trichromatic Theory Zeitgeist Zygote