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B wave of electroretinogram

Babinski reflex

Babor’s Type A–Type B distinction

back-propagation algorithms (backprop algorithms)

back-to-back stem-and-leaf plot

back-translation

background variable

backtrack search

backup reinforcer

backward association

backward chaining

backward conditioning

backward displacement

backward elimination

backward masking

backward pairing

backward reading

backward search

Baconian method

bacterial endocarditis

bacterial meningitis

bad is stronger than good

bah-tschi (bah-tsi; baah-ji)

balance control

balance training

balanced bilingual

balanced design

balanced Latin square

Baldwin’s figure

Balint's syndrome

Bálint’s syndrome

ballet technique

Ballet’s disease

Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging (BLSA)

bandpass filter

bandwagon effect

bandwidth selectivity

banner advertisement

barber’s-pole effect

Bard–Cannon theory

Bardet–Biedl syndrome (BBS)

Barefoot v. Estelle

bargaining stage

bariatric surgery

Barona equation

barrier-free environment

Barron–Welsh Art Scale (BWAS)

Bartholin’s glands

Bartlett technique

Bartlett test for equality of variance

Bartley v. Kremens

basal forebrain

basal magnocellular nucleus

basal metabolism

basal nucleus of Meynert

basal reader approach

basal skin resistance

base-rate fallacy

baseline assessment

baseline characteristic

baseline functioning

baseline measure

baseline performance

bases of an attitude

bashful bladder syndrome

basic encounter

basic hostility

Basic Nordic Sleep Questionnaire (BNSQ)

basic personality

basic rest–activity cycle (BRAC)

basic technique (BT)

basic trust versus mistrust

basic-level category

basic-skills testing

basilar membrane

basking in reflected glory (BIRGing)

basolateral group

Batesian mimicry

Batson v. Kentucky

battered-child syndrome (BCS)

battered-woman syndrome (BWS)

batterer’s excuses

battle inoculation

battle of the experts

battle/garrison dimensions

battlefield recovery

Bayesian inference

Bayesian information criterion (BIC)

Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development

beating fantasy

Bechara Gambling Task

Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI)

Beck Depression Inventory (BDI)

Beck Hopelessness Scale (BHS)

Beck Scale for Suicide Ideation (BSS)

Beckwith–Wiedemann syndrome

bee communication

before–after design

behavior analysis

behavior baseline

behavior chaining

behavior change

behavior checklist

behavior coding

behavior contract

behavior control

behavior criterion

behavior deficit

behavior determinant

behavior disorder

behavior disorders of childhood and adolescence

behavior dysfunctions classification

behavior episode

behavior genetics

behavior hierarchy

behavior homeostasis

behavior homology

behavior integration

behavior management

behavior mapping

behavior modification

behavior observation

behavior pattern

behavior problem

behavior rating

behavior rating scale

Behavior Rating scale

behavior record

behavior rehearsal

behavior reversal

behavior sampling

behavior segment

behavior setting

behavior shaping

behavior system

behavior theory

behavior therapy

behavior-based safety

behavior-constraint theory

behavioral activation

behavioral approach system (BAS)

behavioral approach task (BAT)

behavioral assessment

behavioral avoidance test

behavioral baseline

behavioral cardiology

behavioral coaching

behavioral confirmation

behavioral congruence

behavioral consultation

behavioral contagion

behavioral contingency

behavioral contract

behavioral contrast

behavioral coping

behavioral counseling

behavioral couples therapy

behavioral criterion

behavioral deficit

behavioral diagnosis

behavioral disorder

behavioral dynamics

behavioral ecology

behavioral economics

behavioral embryology

behavioral endocrinology

behavioral engineering

behavioral epidemiology

behavioral family therapy

behavioral finance

behavioral genetics

behavioral geography

behavioral group therapy

behavioral health

behavioral health care

behavioral hierarchy

behavioral homeostasis

behavioral homology

behavioral immunogen

behavioral incident

behavioral inhibition

behavioral inhibition system (BIS)

behavioral integration

behavioral intervention

behavioral interview

behavioral marital therapy

behavioral medicine

behavioral mimicry

behavioral model

behavioral modeling

behavioral momentum

behavioral neurochemistry

behavioral neuropsychology

behavioral neuroscience

behavioral observation scale (BOS)

behavioral oncology

behavioral pathogen

behavioral pattern

behavioral pediatrics

behavioral pharmacology

behavioral phenotype

behavioral plasticity

behavioral procedure

behavioral psychology

behavioral psychotherapy

behavioral rehearsal

behavioral relaxation training

behavioral repertoire

behavioral risk factor

behavioral science

behavioral segment

behavioral self-control training

behavioral sequence

behavioral sex therapy

behavioral sink

behavioral sleep medicine (BSM)

behavioral specialization

behavioral study of obedience

behavioral technology

behavioral teratology

behavioral theory of leadership

behavioral toxicity

behavioral toxicology

behavioral weight control therapy

behaviorally anchored rating scale (BARS)

Behrens–Fisher problem

being cognition (B-cognition)

being love (B-love)

being motivation

being psychology

being-beyond-the-world

being-in-the-world

being–not being

Békésy audiometer

Békésy traveling wave

Bekhterev’s nystagmus

belief in a just world

belief perseverance

belief–desire reasoning

Bell–Magendie law

Bell’s phenomenon

belladonna alkaloid

belladonna delirium

belladonna poisoning

belle indifférence

belongingness principle

below-average effect

Bem Sex Role Inventory (BSRI)

Bender Visual–Motor Gestalt Test

benefit finding

benign familial macrocephaly

benign senescence (benign senescent forgetfulness)

Benton Visual Retention Test (BVRT)

benzodiazepine agonist

benzodiazepine antagonist

benzothiadiazide

bereavement exclusion

bereavement program

bereavement therapy

Bereitschaftspotential (BP)

Berkeley Growth Study

Berlin Aging Study (Berliner Altersstudie; BASE)

Bernoulli distribution

Bernoulli trial

Bessel’s correction

best frequency (BF)

best interests of the child

best-first search

beta alcoholism

beta coefficient

beta distribution

Beta examination

beta-adrenergic receptor

beta-adrenergic receptor kinase (barK)

beta-adrenoreceptor blocking agent

beta-glucuronidase deficiency

beta-secretase (β-secretase)

betrayal trauma theory

better-than-average effect

between-dimension consistency

between-groups design

between-groups variance

between-subjects analysis of variance

between-subjects design

between-subjects factor

between-subjects variance

Bewusstseinslage

beyond reasonable doubt

Bezold–Brücke phenomenon

bias blind spot

bias–variance tradeoff

biased elaboration

biased estimator

biased sampling

biased scanning

biased statistic

bidirectionality of structure and function

Bidwell’s ghost

Bielschowsky’s disease

Biemond syndrome

Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

Big Five personality model

Big Sister program

bilateral descent

bilateral lesion

bilineal descent

bilingual education

bilirubin encephalopathy

bimanual coordination

bimanual interference

bimodal distribution

binary variable

binasal hemianopia

binaural fusion

binaural hearing

binaural interaction

binaural masking level difference

binaural summation effect

binding affinity

binding hypothesis

binding problem

Binet–Simon Scale

binge-eating disorder

binocular deprivation

binocular disparity

binocular flicker

binocular fusion

binocular parallax

binocular perception

binocular rivalry

binocular summation

binocular suppression

binocular vision

binomial distribution

binomial nomenclature

binomial probability

binomial variable

Binswanger’s disease

bioavailability

biobehavioral assessment

biochemical approach

biochemical defect

biochemical marker

bioecological model

bioecological theory of intelligence

bioelectric potential

biogenic amine hypothesis

biographical data

Biographical Evaluation and Screening of Troops (BEST)

biographical inventory

biographical method

bioinformational theory

biological aging

biological clock

biological determinism

biological drive

biological factor

biological fallacy

biological family

biological intelligence

biological life events

biological marker

biological measures

biological motion

biological perspective

biological psychology

biological response modifier therapy (BRM therapy)

biological rhythm

biological stress

biological symbiosis

biological taxonomy

biological theory of aging

biological therapy

biological transducing system

biological warfare

biologically primary ability

biologically secondary ability

biomedical engineering

biomedical informatics

biomedical model

biomedical therapy

biometrics (biometry)

biophysical system

biopsychosocial

biosocial theory

biotransformation

bipedal locomotion

bipolar disorder

bipolar electrode

bipolar rating scale

bipolar stimulation

birds-of-a-feather phenomenon

biserial correlation coefficient

bisphenol A (BPA)

bistable perceptual events

bitemporal hemianopia

bivariate distribution

bivariate frequency distribution

bivariate probability distribution

bizarre behavior

bizarre delusion

bizarreness effect

black box warning

black sheep effect

Blake–Mouton managerial grid

blaming the victim

blast olfactometer

Blessed Dementia Scale (BDS)

Bleuler’s theory

block randomization

block-design test

blocking factor

Blocq’s disease

blood alcohol concentration (BAC)

blood oxygenation level-dependent (BOLD)

blood poisoning

blood–brain barrier

Bloom’s taxonomy

blue-collar worker

blue–yellow blindness

board certified

bodily-kinesthetic intelligence

body boundaries

body buffer zone

body cognitions

body disfigurement

body distortion

body dysmorphia

body dysmorphic disorder (BDD)

body electrode placement

Body Image Assessment (BIA)

body integrity identity disorder (BIID)

body mass index (BMI)

body narcissism

body positioning

body temperature

body-build index

body-image avoidance

body-image distortion

body-image ideals

body-size overestimation

body–mind problem

Bogardus Social Distance Scale

boilermaker’s deafness

bolstering of an attitude

bona fide group

bona fide occupational qualification (BFOQ)

bona fide pipeline measure

bondage and discipline (B and D)

bone conduction

bone-conduction testing

Bonferroni t test

Bonnet syndrome

Boolean algebra

boomerang effect

booster session

borderline case

borderline disorder

borderline intelligence

borderline personality disorder

borderline psychosis

borderline schizophrenia

borderline state

Börjeson–Forssman–Lehmann syndrome

Boston Naming Test (BNT)

Boston Process Approach

botanical medicine

bottleneck model

bottom-up design

bottom-up processing

botulinum toxin

bouffée délirante

boundary ambiguity

boundary detector

boundary issues

boundary spanning

boundary system

bounded rationality

bowel incontinence

Bowen family systems theory

box-and-whisker plot

box-score method

Box–Cox transformation

Box–Tidwell transformation

boxer’s dementia

brachial plexus

brachium conjunctivum

Brachmann–de Lange syndrome

bracketed morality

braid cutting fetish

Braid’s strabismus

brain asymmetry

brain comparator

brain concussion

brain contusion

brain electrical activity mapping (BEAM)

brain fingerprinting

brain inflammation

brain localization theory

brain pathology

brain plasticity

brain potential

brain self-stimulation

brain splitting

brain stimulation

brain volumetry

brain-based learning

brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF)

brain-wave therapy

brain–computer interface (BCI)

brain–machine interface (BMI)

brainstem auditory evoked response

brainstem reticular formation

brainwave entrainment

brand-use survey

Brattleboro rat

Brazelton Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale

BRCA1 and BRCA2

breadth-first search

breast-phantom phenomenon

breathing retraining

breathing-related sleep disorder

breeding behavior

bridge to reality

brief group therapy

brief intensive group cognitive behavior therapy

brief intervention

Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS)

brief psychodynamic psychotherapy

brief psychosocial screening

brief psychotherapy

brief psychotic disorder

brief stimulus therapy (BST)

Brief Visuospatial Memory Test

bright light therapy

brightness adaptation

brightness constancy

brightness contrast

brightness discrimination

brightness perception

brightness threshold

Briquet’s syndrome

Brissaud’s infantilism

British associationism

British Manual Alphabet

British Museum algorithm

British Psychological Society (BPS)

broadband noise

Broca’s aphasia

Brodmann’s area

brood parasitism

brooding compulsion

Brooklands experiment

Brown-Séquard’s syndrome

Brown–Forsythe test

Brown–Peterson distractor technique

Brown–Spearman formula

Brugsch’s index

Bruininks–Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOT)

Brushfield–Wyatt syndrome

bubble concept of personal space

buccal intercourse

buccofacial apraxia

buccolingual masticatory syndrome (BLM; BLMS)

buffering hypothesis

bulbar paralysis

bulbar retraction reflex

bulbi xanthomatosis

bulbocavernosus muscle

bulbocavernous reflex

bulbopontine region

bulbospongiosus muscle

bulbotegmental reticular formation

bulbourethral glands

bulimia nervosa

bundle hypothesis

Bunsen–Roscoe law

bureaucratic leader

Buridan’s ass

Burkitt’s lymphoma

burst–pause firing

Buschke–Fuld Selective Reminding Test

business psychology

business-simulation game

bust-to-waist ratio

butterfly effect

butyrylcholinesterase (BuChE)

buying behavior

bystander effect

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