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C-reactive protein (CRP)

CA1, CA2, CA3, and CA4

cable properties

cable tensiometry

caesarean section

cafeteria feeding

caffeine intoxication

calamus scriptorius

calcarine fissure

calcium channel

calcium regulation

calcium-channel blocker

calcium-deficiency disorders

calendar calculation

California Achievement Tests (CAT)

California Psychological Inventory (CPI)

California Verbal Learning Test (CVLT)

callosal apraxia

callosal sulcus

caloric nystagmus

caloric restriction

camphorated tincture of opium

campus crisis center

Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)

cancellation test

cannabidiol (CBD)

cannabinoid receptor

cannabis dependence

cannabis intoxication

cannabis psychosis

cannabis-induced psychotic disorder

Cannon–Bard theory

canonical analysis

canonical correlation analysis

canonical correlation coefficient

capacity sharing

Capgras syndrome

capitalization on chance

capture–tag–recapture sampling

carbamazepine (CBZ)

carbohydrate metabolism

carbon dioxide therapy

carbon monoxide poisoning

carbon tetrachloride

carbonic anhydrase inhibitor

card-sorting test

cardiac neurosis

cardiac pacemaker

cardiac psychology

cardiac rehabilitation

cardinal disposition

cardinal humors

cardinal virtues

cardio- (cardi-)

cardiopulmonary bypass machine

cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

cardiovascular (CV)

cardiovascular disease

cardiovascular fitness

cardiovascular reactivity

cardiovascular system

care-and-protection proceedings

career conference

career counseling

career development

career guidance

career planning

career workshop

caregiver burden

caregiver support

caretaking behavior

carezza (karezza)

carotid stenosis

carotid-sinus syndrome

carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS)

Carpenter’s syndrome

carpentered environment

carryover effect

Cartesian coordinate system

Cartesian dualism

Cartesian theater

Carver and White’s BIS/BAS scales

Casanova complex

case alternation

case management

case-based reasoning

case-control study

casewise deletion

Caspar Hauser experiment

castration anxiety

castration complex

cat-cry syndrome

cat’s-eye syndrome

cata- (cat-; kata-; kat-)

catarrhal ophthalmia

catastrophe theory

catastrophic illness

catastrophic reaction

catastrophic stress

catathymic crisis

catatonic excitement

catatonic rigidity

catatonic schizophrenia

catatonic state

catatonic stupor

catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT)

catecholamine hypothesis

catecholaminergic

categorical attitude

categorical classification

categorical data

categorical data analysis

categorical imperative

categorical intrusion

categorical perception

categorical scale

categorical thought

categorical variable

categories of thought

categorized list

category fluency

category production test

category-system method

cathectic discharge

Cattell–Horn theory of intelligence

Cattell’s personality trait theory

caudate nucleus

causal ambiguity

causal analysis

causal attribution

causal inference

causal mechanism

causal modeling

causal ordering

causal variable

cause-and-effect test

cell adhesion molecule (CAM)

cell differentiation

cell interactions

cell proliferation

cell-mediated immunity

cell–cell interactions

cellular automata

cellular respiration

cenesthesia (coenesthesia)

censored observation

censored regression

Center for Deployment Psychology

Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D)

Center for Independent Living (CIL)

center of gravity

center–surround antagonism

center–surround receptive field

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

central anticholinergic syndrome

central aphasia

central auditory abilities

central auditory processing disorder (CAPD)

central auditory system

central coherence theory

central conceptual structure

central conflict

central deafness

central disposition

central distribution

central dyslexia

central executive

central fissure

central inhibition

central limit theorem (CLT)

central limited capacity

central nervous system (CNS)

central nervous system disorder

central nucleus

central pattern generator

central precocious puberty (CPP)

central processes

central processing dysfunction

central processor

central reflex time

central route to persuasion

central scotoma

central sleep apnea

central state theory

central stimulation

central tendency

central-tendency bias

centralist psychology

centrality of an attitude

centralized organization

centrencephalic

centrencephalic epilepsy

centrencephalic system

centripetal impulse

centromedian nucleus

cephalo- (cephal-)

cephalocaudal axis

cerebellar ataxia

cerebellar cortex

cerebellar folia

cerebellar gait

cerebellar hemisphere

cerebellar nucleus

cerebellar peduncle

cerebellar rigidity

cerebellar speech

cerebellopontine angle

cerebral achromatopsia

cerebral amblyopia

cerebral anemia

cerebral angiography

cerebral angiomatosis

cerebral aqueduct

cerebral arteriography

cerebral arteriosclerosis

cerebral atrophy

cerebral beriberi

cerebral blindness

cerebral contusion

cerebral cortex

cerebral diplopia

cerebral dominance

cerebral dyschromatopsia

cerebral dysfunction

cerebral dysplasia

cerebral dysrhythmia

cerebral electrotherapy (CET)

cerebral embolism

cerebral gigantism

cerebral hemisphere

cerebral hemorrhage

cerebral hyperplasia

cerebral hypoplasia

cerebral infarction

cerebral infection

cerebral ischemia

cerebral lateralization

cerebral lesion

cerebral pacemaker

cerebral palsy (CP)

cerebral peduncle

cerebral specialization

cerebral stimulation

cerebral syphilis

cerebral thrombosis

cerebral trauma

cerebral vascular accident

cerebral vascular disease

cerebral vascular insufficiency

cerebral ventricle

cerebral vesicle

cerebro- (cereb-)

cerebrocranial defect

cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

cerebrovascular accident (CVA)

cerebrovascular disease

cerebrovascular insufficiency

certainty of an attitude

certainty of paternity

certificate of need (CON)

certification laws

cervical angina

cervical ganglion

cervical plexus

cervical sprain syndrome

cesarean section (caesarean section; C-section)

chain of behavior

chain reproduction

chained schedule

challenge for cause

challenge suggestion

challenging behavior

chance difference

chance variation

change blindness

change management

change of venue

change-over delay (COD)

changing-criterion design

channel capacity

channel factors

channels of communication

character analysis

character development

character disorder

character displacement

character neurosis

character strength

character structure

character traits

characteristic frequency (CF)

Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease

charismatic authority

charismatic leader

Charles Bonnet syndrome

Charpentier’s bands

Charpentier’s illusion

checkerboard pattern

cheilophagia (chilophagia)

chemical antagonism

chemical brain stimulation

chemical castration

chemical communication

chemical dependence

chemical senses

chemical stimulation

chemical sympathectomy

chemical synapse

chemical transmission

chemical transmitter

chemical warfare

chemoaffinity hypothesis

chemoattractant

chemoreceptor trigger zone (CTZ)

chemosensory event-related potential (CSERP)

chessboard illusion

Cheyne–Stokes breathing

chi-square distribution (χ2 distribution)

chi-square test

chiasmal syndrome

Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL)

child care facilities

child care worker

child custody evaluation

child development

child molestation

child pornography

child psychology

child psychotherapy

child study movement

child visitation

child with special needs

child-directed speech

child-focused family

child-rearing practice

child–parent relationship therapy (CPRT)

childhood absence epilepsy

childhood adversity

childhood amnesia

childhood apraxia of speech

childhood autism

childhood depression

childhood disintegrative disorder

childhood disorder

childhood fears

childhood neurosis

childhood obesity

childhood psychosis

childhood schizophrenia

childhood sensorineural lesion

childhood-onset fluency disorder

children in need of supervision (CHINS)

Children’s Apperception Test (CAT)

Children’s Auditory Verbal Learning Test (CAVLT)

Children’s Complex Figure Test

Children’s Depression Inventory (CDI)

Children’s Embedded Figures Test (CEFT)

Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP)

Children’s Manifest Anxiety Scale (CMAS)

Children’s Personality Questionnaire (CPQ)

chimeric stimulation

Chinese Room argument

chiromancy (cheiromancy)

chloral hydrate

chlordiazepoxide

chloride channel

chlorpromazine (CPZ)

chlorprothixene

choice behavior

Choice Dilemma Questionnaire (CDQ)

choice reaction time

choking under pressure

cholecystokinin (CCK)

choline acetylase

cholinergic drug

cholinergic receptor

cholinergic synapse

cholinergic system

cholinesterase (ChE)

chondroectodermal dysplasia

choreoathetosis

chorionic villus sampling (CVS)

Chotzen’s syndrome

Christian Science

chroma–brightness coefficient

chromatic aberration

chromatic adaptation

chromatic audition

chromatin negative

chromatin positive

chromo- (chrom-; chromato-)

chromosomal aberration

chromosomal map

chromosomal mutation

chromosome 18, deletion of long arm

chromosome 4, deletion of short arm

chromosome 5, deletion of short arm

chromosome abnormality

chromosome disorder

chromosome mosaicism

chromosome number

chronaxie (chronaxy)

chronic adjustment disorder

chronic alcoholism

chronic anxiety

chronic brain disorder

chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS)

chronic illness

chronic mood disorder

chronic motor or vocal tic disorder

chronic myofascial pain (CMP)

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

chronic posttraumatic stress disorder

chronic preparation

chronic psychosis

chronic schizophrenia

chronic traumatic encephalopathy

chronically accessible constructs

chronically suicidal

chrono- (chron-)

chronological age (CA)

chronometric analysis

chronopsychology

chronotopic constraints

CIE XYZ color space

ciliary processes

Cinderella syndrome

cingulate cortex

cingulate sulcus

cingulum bundle

circadian dysrhythmia

circadian oscillator

circadian rhythm

circadian rhythm sleep disorder

circannual rhythm

Circle of Security

circle of support

circle of Willis

circuit resistance training

circular behavior

circular causality

circular questioning

circular reaction

circular reasoning

circulating levels

circulatory system

circumscribed amnesia

circumscribed belief

circumstantial bilingualism

circumstantial evidence

circumstantiality

circumstriate cortex

circumthanatology

circumvallate papillae

circumventricular organs

cistern puncture

citation analysis

civil commitment

civil disobedience

civil emergency

civil rights movement

Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS)

clairvoyant dream

Clance Impostor Phenomenon Scale (CIPS)

clang association

class consciousness

class inclusion

class structure

classic categorical approach

classical conditioning

classical humors

classical inference

classical paranoia

classical probability

classical psychoanalysis

classical test theory (CTT)

classical theory

classicism factor

classification and regression tree analysis

classification method

classification rule

classification table

classification test

classifier system

classroom discipline

classroom environment

classroom-behavior modification

clear sensorium

clearance requirement

Clérambault’s syndrome

clerical aptitude

click-thru rate

client characteristics

client education

client obligations

client satisfaction

client self-monitoring

client-centered consultation

client-centered therapy

client–patient issue

client–treatment matching

clinging behavior

clinical assessment

clinical counseling

clinical decision support (CDS)

clinical depression

clinical diagnosis

clinical efficacy

clinical evaluation

clinical evidence

clinical geropsychology

clinical health psychology

clinical hypnosis

clinical interview

clinical investigation

clinical judgment

clinical judgment research

clinical marker

clinical method

clinical neurology

clinical neuropsychology

clinical neuroscience

clinical pediatric neuropsychology

clinical practice

clinical practice guidelines

clinical prediction

clinical psychology

clinical psychopharmacology

clinical psychophysiology

clinical risk assessment

clinical significance

clinical social work

clinical sociology

clinical sport psychology

clinical utility

clinical utility research

clinical validation

clinical vampirism

clinically relevant behavior (CRB)

clinician rating

clitoral circumcision

Cloninger’s alcoholism typology

Cloninger’s psychobiological model of personality

closed adoption

closed call system

closed head injury

closed marriage

closed question

closed scenario

closed-captioned television

closed-circuit television system (CCTV system)

closed-class words

closed-loop system

closedmindedness

Closure Flexibility Test

clouded sensorium

clouding of consciousness

cloverleaf skull

cloze procedure

clumsy automation

cluster analysis

cluster evaluation

cluster headache

cluster randomization

cluster sampling

cluster suicide

cluster-randomized trial

CNS abnormality

CNS vasodilation

Co-Dependents Anonymous

Coaching Behavior Assessment System (CBAS)

coaction effect

Cocaine Anonymous (CA)

cocaine dependence

cocaine intoxication

cocaine intoxication delirium

cocaine withdrawal

coccygeal nerve

cochlear aplasia

cochlear emissions

cochlear implant

cochlear microphonic (CM)

cochlear nucleus

cochlear recruitment

Cockayne syndrome

cocktail-party effect

cocktail-party universal

coconsciousness

codification-of-rules stage

coefficient alpha

coefficient of agreement

coefficient of alienation

coefficient of association

coefficient of concordance

coefficient of contingency

coefficient of determination

coefficient of multiple determination

coefficient of relatedness

coefficient of reliability

coefficient of variation

coefficient of visibility

coeno- (coen-; cene-; ceno-)

coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10)

coerced confession

coercive behavior

coercive persuasion

coercive treatment

coexistence hypothesis

Coffelt decision

cofigurative culture

Cogan’s syndrome

cogito ergo sum

Cognitive Abilities Test (CogAT)

cognitive ability

cognitive adaptation model

cognitive aging

cognitive analytic therapy

cognitive appraisal theory

cognitive architecture

cognitive arousal theory of emotion

cognitive assessment

Cognitive Assessment System (CAS)

cognitive balance theory

cognitive behavior modification

cognitive behavior theory

cognitive behavior therapy (CBT)

cognitive behavioral couples therapy

cognitive behavioral group therapy

cognitive behavioral play therapy

cognitive behavioral stress management (CBSM)

cognitive click

cognitive closure

cognitive complexity

cognitive complexity and control theory (CCC theory)

cognitive conditioning

cognitive consistency

cognitive consistency theory

cognitive consonance

cognitive construct

cognitive control

cognitive coping

cognitive decline

cognitive deconstruction

cognitive deficit

cognitive derailment

cognitive development

cognitive discrimination

cognitive disorder

cognitive dissonance

cognitive dissonance theory

cognitive distortion

cognitive distraction

cognitive domain

cognitive dysfunction

cognitive electrophysiology

Cognitive Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (CERQ)

cognitive enhancer

cognitive ergonomics

cognitive ethology

cognitive evaluation theory

cognitive faculty

cognitive fatigue

cognitive flexibility

cognitive flooding

cognitive functioning

cognitive generalization

cognitive grammar

cognitive heuristic

cognitive hypothesis testing

cognitive impairment

cognitive impenetrability

cognitive intelligence

cognitive interdependence

cognitive interview

cognitive learning theory

cognitive miser

cognitive model

cognitive narrowing

cognitive neuropsychology

cognitive neuroscience

cognitive operation

cognitive overload

cognitive penetrability

cognitive perseveration

cognitive perspective

cognitive plasticity

cognitive problem-solving skills training

cognitive process

cognitive processing therapy (CPT)

cognitive psychology

cognitive rehabilitation

cognitive rehearsal

cognitive remediation

cognitive reserve

cognitive resource theory

cognitive response theory

cognitive restructuring

cognitive schema

cognitive science

cognitive self-guidance system

cognitive self-management

cognitive sign principle

cognitive slippage

cognitive specificity hypothesis

cognitive stage

cognitive strategy

cognitive structure

cognitive style

cognitive system

cognitive task analysis

cognitive theory

cognitive theory of leadership

cognitive therapy (CT)

cognitive training

cognitive triad

cognitive tunneling

cognitive unconscious

cognitive vulnerability

cognitive walkthrough method

cognitive well-being

cognitive-social learning theory

cognitive-transactional theory

cognitive–affective crossfire

cognitive–affective personality system

cognitive–evaluative consistency

cognitive–motivational–relational theory

cognitively based persuasion

cognitively guided instruction

cogwheel rigidity

Cohen’s kappa

cohort analysis

cohort sampling

cohort-sequential design

coital anorgasmia

coitus inter femora

coitus interruptus

coitus intra mammas

coitus prolongatus

coitus reservatus

cold pressor pain test

cold-blooded animal

cold-deck imputation

collaborative care

collaborative empiricism

collaborative evaluation

collaborative family health care

collaborative filtering

collaborative learning

collaborative memory

collaborative primary care

collaborative stepped care

collaborative therapy

collateral behavior

collateral heredity

collateral sulcus

collative properties

collective bargaining

collective behavior

collective conscience

collective consciousness

collective efficacy

collective effort model (CEM)

collective experience

collective guilt

collective hypnosis

collective hysteria

collective induction

collective information-processing model

collective memory

collective mind

collective monologue

collective movements

collective psychology

collective representations

collective self

collective self-esteem

collective suicide

collective unconscious

college admission tests

College Entrance Examination Board Advanced Placement Program

College Level Examination Program (CLEP)

collegial model

collusional marriage

colonial species

color adaptation

color attribute

color blindness

color constancy

color induction

color perception

color saturation

color sensation

color subtraction

color temperature

color-blindness test

Colored Progressive Matrices

columnar organization

coma stimulation

combat and operational stress control (COSC)

combat stress reaction (CSR)

combat stress reduction

combination antibiotic therapy

combination antiretroviral therapy (cART)

combination law

combination test

combination therapy

combination tone

combinatorial operation

combined therapy

commissural fiber

commitment laws

commodity theory

common cause hypothesis

common chemical sense

common conscience

common knowledge effect

common-law marriage

commonality analysis

commons dilemma

commonsense justice

commonsense psychology

communal nursing

communal relationship

communicable disease

communicated authenticity, regard, empathy (CARE)

communicating hydrocephalus

communication analysis

communication apprehension

communication channels

communication deviance (CD)

communication disorder

communication engineering

communication ergonomics

communication network

communication overload

communication skills

communication skills training

communication system

communication theory

communicative act

communicative competence

community action group

community competence

community control

community correction

community ergonomics

community inclusion

community integration

community mental health

community mental health center (CMHC)

Community Notification Act

community prevention and intervention

community psychology

community residence

community services

community social worker

community speech and hearing center

community-based participatory research

community-centered approach

companionate grandparent

companionate love

companionate marriage

comparable form

comparable worth

comparable-forms reliability

comparative analysis

comparative cognition

comparative effectiveness research (CER)

comparative judgment

comparative linguistics

comparative method

comparative neuropsychology

comparative psychology

comparative risk

comparative trial

comparator hypothesis

comparison group

comparison level (CL)

comparison level for alternatives (CLalt)

comparison process

comparison stimulus (Co)

comparison-wise error rate

compartmentalization

compassion fatigue

Compassionate Friends

compassionate love

compensable job factors

compensation effect

compensatory damages

compensatory education

compensatory eye movements

compensatory mechanism

compensatory nystagmus

compensatory reflex

compensatory self-enhancement

compensatory task

compensatory tracking

competence motivation

competency evaluation

competency to stand trial

competency-based instruction

competent reservoir

competing response training

competition by resource defense

competition for resources

competition routine

competition tolerance

competitive bargaining

competitive goal structure

competitive goals

competitive motive

competitive reward structure

Competitive State Anxiety Inventory (CSAI)

competitiveness

complementarity

complementary and alternative medicine (CAM)

complementary class

complementary classification

complementary colors

complementary distribution

complementary identification

complete block design

complete counterbalancing

complete factorial design

complete-case analysis

completion test

complex behavior

complex comparison

complex emotion

Complex Figure Test

complex motives

complex of ideas

complex partial seizure

complex reaction time

complex regional pain syndrome

complex schedule of reinforcement

complex sentence

complexity factor

complexity hypothesis

complexity of an attitude

complexity theory

compliant character

complicated grief

complication experiment

component evaluation

component instinct

componential analysis

componential subtheory

components of an attitude

composite figure

composite hypothesis

composite reliability

composition of movement

compound action potential

compound bilingual

compound probability

compound reaction time

compound reflex

compound schedule of reinforcement

compound sentence

compound stimulus

comprehension test

comprehensive functional assessment

comprehensive mental health center

compressed speech

compression of morbidity

compromise formation

compulsion to repeat

compulsive character

compulsive disorder

compulsive drinker

compulsive eating

compulsive exerciser

compulsive gambling

compulsive laughter

compulsive orderliness

compulsive perseveration

compulsive personality

compulsive personality disorder

compulsive repetition

compulsive stealing

computational epistemology

computational formula

computational linguistics

computational metaphor

computational model

computed tomography (CT)

computer adaptive testing (CAT)

computer addiction

computer anxiety

computer literacy

computer network

computer of averaged transients

computer phobia

computer programming

computer simulation

computer slanguage

computer-assisted diagnosis

computer-assisted instruction (CAI)

computer-assisted psychotherapy

computer-assisted testing

computer-managed instruction

computerized assessment

computerized diagnosis

computerized therapy

Comrey Personality Scales (CPS)

Comte’s paradox

Concealed Figures Test

concealed measure

concentration-camp syndrome

concentrative meditation

concept acquisition

concept formation

concept hierarchy

concept learning

concept-discovery task

concept-formation test

concept-identification task

conception ratio

conceptual apraxia

conceptual classification

conceptual complexity

conceptual dependency

conceptual disorder

conceptual disorganization

conceptual formula

conceptual imagery

conceptual model

conceptual nervous system

conceptual replication

conceptual system

conceptual tempo

conceptual test

conceptualization

conceptually driven processing

conceptually guided control

concomitant variable

concordance rate

concordant identification

concrete attitude

concrete intelligence

concrete operation

concrete operational stage

concrete picture

concrete thinking

concreteness effect

concurrence seeking

concurrent medical audit

concurrent operants

concurrent review

concurrent schedules of reinforcement

concurrent therapy

concurrent validity

concurrent-chains procedure

conditional clause

conditional discharge

conditional discrimination

conditional positive regard

conditional probability

conditional reasoning

conditional strategy

conditioned aversion

conditioned avoidance response (CAR)

conditioned emotional response (CER)

conditioned escape response

conditioned inhibition

conditioned place preference (CPP)

conditioned reflex

conditioned reinforcement

conditioned reinforcer

conditioned response (CR)

conditioned stimulus (CS)

conditioned stimulus preexposure effect

conditioned stimulus–unconditioned stimulus interval (CS–US interval)

conditioned suppression

conditioned taste aversion

conditioning apparatus

conditioning of attitudes

conditioning therapy

conditions of worth

conduct disorder (CD)

conduction aphasia

conduction deafness

conduction time (CT)

conduction velocity

conference method

confidence interval (CI)

confidence level

confidence limit

confidentiality

configural display

configural learning

configural superiority effect

configural-cue approach

configurational analysis

confinement study

confirmable proposition

confirmation bias

confirmatory data analysis

confirmatory factor analysis (CFA)

confirmatory research

conflict behavior

conflict of interest

conflict resolution

conflict spiral

conflict theory

conflict-free sphere

confluence model

confounded comparison

confounded effects

confounding variable

confrontation naming

confrontational method

confusability index

confusion effect

confusion matrix

confusion of responsibility

confusional arousal

confusional psychosis

confusional state

congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH)

congenital anomaly

congenital cataract

congenital character

congenital color blindness

congenital deafness

congenital defect

congenital glaucoma

congenital hypothyroidism

congenital oculomotor apraxia

congenital rubella syndrome

congenital sensory neuropathy with anhidrosis

congenital trichomegaly

congenital visual agnosia

congenital visual impairment

congruent validity

congruity theory

conjoined twins

conjoint analysis

conjoint behavioral consultation

conjoint schedule

conjoint therapy

conjugate movements

conjugate reinforcement

conjunction search

conjunctival reflex

conjunctive concept

conjunctive motivation

conjunctive reinforcement (CONJ)

conjunctive task

Conn’s syndrome

connected discourse

connectionist model

connector neuron

Conners’ Comprehensive Behavior Rating Scales (Conners CBRS)

Conners’ Rating Scales (CRS)

connotative meaning

consanguineous family

conscientious objector

conscientiousness

conscious access hypothesis

conscious automatism

conscious intention

conscious memory

conscious mentalism

conscious moment

conscious process

conscious resistance

consciousness of freedom

consciousness raising

consciousness studies

consciousness-altering substance

consensual drift

consensual eye reflex

consensual validation

consequent variable

conservation of resources theory (COR theory)

conservation psychology

conservation withdrawal

conservatorship

consistency check

consistency motive

consistency theory

consistent estimator

consistent mapping

consistent missing

consolidation hypothesis

consolidation period

consolidation theory

consonant trigram

conspicuous consumption

constancy of the IQ

constancy principle

constancy scaling

constant comparative analysis

constant stimulus method

constitutional disorder

constitutional factor

constitutional psychopathic inferior

constitutional type

constrained association

constraint commitment

construct validity

constructional apraxia

constructional praxis

constructionism

constructive alternativism

constructive conflict resolution

constructive confrontation

constructive coping

constructive memory

constructive obedience

constructive play

constructive theory of perception

constructive thinking

Constructive Thinking Inventory (CTI)

Constructivist Learning Environment Survey (CLES)

constructivist psychotherapy

constructivist theory of emotion

consultation-liaison psychiatry

consultee-centered consultation

consulting psychology

consumer activism

consumer behavior

consumer characteristics

consumer counseling

consumer education

consumer innovator

consumer neuroscience

consumer psychology

consumer research

consumer survey

consumer-driven health care

consumer-jury technique

consumer-run drop-in center

consummatory pleasure

consummatory response

consummatory response theory of reinforcement

contact behavior

contact comfort

contact desensitization

contact hypothesis

contact language

contamination obsession

contemporaneity

content analysis

content psychology

content validity

content-addressable store

content-referenced test

content-thought disorder

Contention Scheduling System (CSS)

contentiousness

contents of consciousness

contentual objectivism versus contentual subjectivism

context reinstatement

context shifting

context theory of meaning

context-independent learning

context-specific learning

contextual analysis

contextual association

contextual interference effect

contextual subtheory

contiguity learning theory

contiguity of association

contiguity principle

continental philosophy

contingencies of self-worth

contingency awareness

contingency contract

contingency management

contingency model

contingency table

contingency theory of leadership

contingency-governed behavior

contingent aftereffect

contingent negative variation (CNV)

contingent probability

contingent reinforcement

continuance commitment

continued-stay review (CSR)

continuing bond

continuing care retirement community (CCRC)

continuing care unit (CCU)

continuing education

continuing medical education (CME)

continuity hypothesis

continuity of care

continuity of germ plasm

continuity theory

continuity versus discontinuity

continuous avoidance

continuous control

continuous distractor task

continuous distribution

continuous group

continuous improvement

continuous movement task

continuous operations (CONOPS)

continuous panel

continuous performance test (CPT)

continuous rating scale

continuous recognition task

continuous reinforcement (CRF)

continuous spectrum

continuous variable

continuum approach

continuum of care

contradictory representation

contralateral control

contralateral deficit

contralateral eye

contralateral hemisphere

contraprepared learning

contrast analysis

contrast coding

contrast detector

contrast effect

contrast illusion

contrast polarity

contrast sensitivity

contrast-sensitivity function (CSF)

contrastive analysis

contrastive rhetoric

contravolitional

contributing cause

control adoptees

control analysis

control condition

control discriminability

control experiment

control function logic

control of action model

control procedure

control processes

control question test (CQT)

control variable

control-mastery theory

control–display ratio

controllable turnover

controlled association

controlled attention

controlled drinking

controlled observation

Controlled Oral Word Association Test (COWAT)

controlled processing

controlled sampling

Controlled Substances Act (CSA)

controlled trial

controlled-exposure technique

controlling goal

controversial child

convalescent center

convenience sampling

conventional antipsychotic

conventional level

conventionalism

convergence theory

convergent evolution

convergent production

convergent strabismus

convergent thinking

convergent validity

conversation analysis

conversational inference

conversational maxims

conversational repair

converse accident

conversion anesthesia

conversion disorder

conversion hysteria

conversion nonepileptic seizure

conversion paralysis

conversion seizure

conversion symptom

conversion therapy

convolutional neural network

convoy model of social relations

convulsive disorder

convulsive therapy

Cook’s distance (Cook’s D)

Coolidge Assessment Battery (CAB)

Coolidge effect

Cooper–Harper Handling Qualities Rating Scale

cooperating teacher

cooperative breeding

cooperative education

cooperative goal structure

cooperative learning

cooperative motive

cooperative play

cooperative reward structure

cooperative training

cooperativeness

coordinate bilingual

coordination loss

coordination of secondary circular reactions

coordinative structure

Copernican theory

coping behavior

coping mechanism

coping potential

coping strategy

coping-skills training

copro- (copr-; kopro-; kopr-)

coprolagnia (koprolagnia)

coprophemia (koprophemia)

copulatory lock

core conflictual relationship theme (CCRT)

core gender identity

core relational themes

core temperature

Corino de Andrade’s paramyloidosis

corneal reflection technique

Cornelia de Lange syndrome

Cornell Medical Index (CMI)

corollary discharge

coronal section

coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)

coronary heart disease (CHD)

coronary thrombosis

coronary-prone behavior

corporal punishment

corpus callosum

corpus callosum agenesis

corpus cavernosum

corpus mammillare

corpus planning

corpus spongiosum

corpus striatum

correct detection

correct rejection

correction for attenuation

correction for continuity

correction for guessing

correction procedure

correctional facility

correctional psychology

corrective advertising

corrective emotional experience

corrective lens

corrective therapy

correlated samples

correlation analysis

correlation barrier

correlation coefficient

correlation matrix

correlation ratio

correlational fallacy

correlational redundancy

correlational research

correspondence bias

correspondence problem

correspondence training

correspondent inference theory

corridor illusion

cortical activation

cortical amaurosis

cortical amnesia

cortical atrophy

cortical barrel

cortical blindness

cortical center

cortical column

cortical control

cortical deafness

cortical dementia

cortical dysplasia

cortical evoked potential

cortical hearing loss

cortical inhibition

cortical lamina

cortical layers

cortical lesion

cortical localization

cortical magnification factor

cortical neuron

cortical potential

cortical process

cortical sensory aphasia

cortical-arousal factor

cortical–subcortical motor loop

corticalization

corticobasal degeneration (CBD)

corticobasal syndrome

corticobulbar fiber

corticomedial group

corticonuclear fiber

corticospinal fiber

corticospinal tract

corticosteroid therapy

corticostriatonigral degeneration

corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF)

cosmetic surgery

cosmic consciousness

cost containment

cost of concurrence

cost-effectiveness analysis

cost-minimization analysis

cost-offset analysis

cost–benefit analysis

cost–reward analysis

Cotard’s syndrome

cough suppressant

counseling process

counseling psychology

counseling relationship

counseling services

counterargument

counterattitudinal advocacy

counterattitudinal behavior

counterattitudinal role play

counterbalancing

countercathexis

countercompulsion

counterconditioning

counterconformity

counterfactual thinking

counteridentification

countermeasure-intervention program

counterphobic character

counterproductive work behavior (CWB)

countershock phase

countersuggestion

countertransference

coupled oscillators

couples counseling

couples therapy

coupon-return technique

course modifier

court-ordered treatment

courtesan fantasy

covariance matrix

covariation principle

covenant marriage

covering-law model

covert attention

covert behavior

covert conditioning

covert desensitization

covert extinction

covert modeling

covert negative reinforcement

covert orienting

covert positive reinforcement

covert rehearsal

covert reinforcement

covert response

covert sensitization

Cowper’s glands

Cox regression analysis

cracking facades

cranial anomaly

cranial capacity

cranial diameter

cranial division

cranial electrical stimulation

cranial pia mater

craniofacial anomaly

craniofacial dysostosis

craniosacral system

craniosynostosis syndrome

craniotelencephalic dysplasia

creatine kinase (CK)

creative arts therapy

creative dramatics

creative genius

creative imagination

creative intelligence

creative synthesis

creative thinking

creativity measurement

credible interval

cremasteric reflex

crepuscular animals

Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (CJD)

cri du chat syndrome

cribriform plate

crime control model

criminal anthropology

criminal commitment

criminal conviction

criminal intent

criminal profiling

criminal psychology

criminal psychopath

criminal responsibility

criminally insane

crisis counseling

crisis intervention

crisis intervention service

crisis management

crista (crysta)

criteria of evaluation

criteria of the psychic

criterion contamination

criterion cutoff

criterion dimensions

criterion group

criterion problem

criterion score

criterion validity

criterion variable

criterion-based content analysis (CBCA)

criterion-referenced test

critical care unit (CCU)

critical flicker frequency (CFF)

critical life event

critical period

critical region

critical thinking

critical-incident stress debriefing (CISD)

critical-incident technique (CIT)

Crocker–Henderson odor system

Cronbach’s alpha

cross-activation theory

cross-adaptation

cross-addiction

cross-classification

cross-classification table

cross-conditioning

cross-correlation

cross-correlation mechanism

cross-correspondence

cross-cultural approach

cross-cultural psychology

cross-cultural research

cross-cultural testing

cross-cultural treatment

cross-dependence

cross-dimension attitude consistency

cross-education

cross-fostering

cross-functional team

cross-gender behavior

cross-lagged panel design

cross-linkage theory

cross-modal association

cross-modal matching

cross-modal perception

cross-modal transfer

cross-modality matching

cross-nasal adaptation

cross-sectional analysis

cross-sectional design

cross-sectional sampling

cross-sequential design

cross-situational consistency

cross-tabulation

cross-tolerance

cross-validation

crossed aphasia

crossed disparity

crossed dominance

crossed-extension reflex

crossed-factor design

crossover design

Crouzon syndrome

crowd psychology

crying-cat syndrome

cryonic suspension

cryptarithmetic

cryptesthesia (cryptaesthesia)

cryptic female choice

crypto- (crypt-)

cryptophoric symbolism

cryptophthalmos syndrome

crystal healing

crystallization

crystallized intelligence (crystallized ability)

CS–US interval

cubic difference tone

cubicle etiquette

cue-controlled relaxation

cue-dependent forgetting

cue-overload principle

cued panic attack

cult of personality

cultural absolutism

cultural adaptability

cultural anthropology

cultural assimilation

cultural blindness

cultural competence

cultural conserve

cultural consonance

cultural deprivation

cultural determinism

cultural diversity

cultural epoch theory

cultural ergonomics

cultural genocide

cultural heritage

cultural learning

cultural memory

cultural monism

cultural neuroscience

cultural parallelism

cultural pluralism

cultural process

cultural psychology

cultural relativism

cultural residue

cultural sensitivity

cultural specificity of emotions

cultural tailoring

cultural test bias

cultural transmission

cultural universalism

culturally loaded item

culture complex

culture conflict

culture of children

culture of honor

culture pattern

culture-bias theory

culture-bound syndrome

culture-fair test

culture-free test

culture-relevant tests

culture-specific syndrome

cumulative continuity

cumulative distribution function (CDF)

cumulative educational advantage

cumulative frequency (CF)

cumulative frequency distribution

cumulative percentage

cumulative probability

cumulative probability distribution

cumulative record

cumulative rehearsal

cumulative relative frequency

cumulative response curve

cumulative scale

cumulative trauma disorder (CTD)

cuneate fasciculus

cuneate nucleus

cuneate tubercle

curative damages

curative factors

current material

curricular field experience

curriculum development

curriculum-based assessment

curriculum-based measurement

curvilinear regression

Cushing’s syndrome

cusp catastrophe model

customary, prevailing, and reasonable fees (CPR fees)

customer relationship management (CRM)

cutaneous experience

cutaneous perception

cutaneous perception of color

cutaneous rabbit illusion

cutaneous receptive field

cutaneous receptor

cutaneous sense

cutaneous-pupillary reflex

cutting off reflected failure (CORFing)

cybernetic epistemology

cybernetic theory

cycle of violence

cyclic adenosine monophosphate

cyclic AMP (cAMP; cyclic adenosine monophosphate)

cyclic GMP (cGMP; cyclic guanosine monophosphate)

cyclic nucleotide

cyclical vomiting syndrome

cyclobenzaprine

cycloid psychosis

cyclosporine (cyclosporin)

cyclothymic disorder

cystathionine synthetase deficiency

cystathioninuria

cytoarchitecture

cytochrome oxidase

cytochrome oxidase blob (CO blob)

cytochrome P450 (CYP)

cytogenetic map

cytomegalovirus

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