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S-adenosylmethionine (SAM)

S–(R–O) model

S–O association

S–O–R psychology

S–R learning model

S–R psychology

S–R–O learning model

S–S learning model

saccadic dysmetria

sacral division

sadomasochistic personality

Saethre–Chotzen syndrome

safe compartment

safety and health education

safety behavior

safety engineering

safety psychology

sagittal fissure

Saint Dymphna’s disease

Saint Vitus’s dance

salary compression

salience hypothesis

salivary reflex

saltatory conduction

same-sex marriage

sample correlation coefficient

sample distribution

sample reliability

sample standard deviation

sample variance

sampling design

sampling distribution

sampling theory

sampling variability

sampling with replacement

sampling without replacement

sandwich generation

Sanfilippo syndrome

Sapir–Whorf hypothesis

satellite clinic

satiety mechanism

satisfaction of instincts

Satisfaction With Life Scale (SWLS)

saturated model

saturation scale

sauce béarnaise effect

saxitoxin (STX)

scala vestibuli

scale attenuation

scale development

Scale of Prodromal Symptoms (SOPS)

scale parameter

scanning hypothesis

scanning speech

scapegoat theory

scapular reflex

scenario analysis

scenario-based design

Schachter–Singer theory

Schaffer collateral

Schaie’s stages of cognitive development

Schedule for Affective Disorders and Schizophrenia (SADS)

schedule of reinforcement

schedule-induced polydipsia

scheduled awakening

scheduled gradual reduction

schematic classification

schematic image

schematic representation

schizencephalic

schizo- (schiz-)

schizoaffective disorder

schizoid personality disorder

schizoid phenomena

schizoid–manic state

Schizophrenia Patient Outcomes Research Team (PORT)

schizophrenic episode

schizophrenic reaction

schizophrenic thinking

schizophreniform disorder

schizophreniform psychosis

schizophrenogenic

schizophrenogenic mother

schizotypal personality disorder

Schmid–Fraccaro syndrome

scholastic acceleration

scholastic achievement test

Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT)

school absenteeism

School and College Ability Test (SCAT)

school avoidance

school counseling

school integration

school neuropsychology

school psychology

school readiness

school-ability test

school-activity record

School-Age Cognitive Battery

school-based intervention

Schröder staircase

Schultze’s acroparesthesia

schwannomatosis

scientific explanation

scientific jury selection

scientific management

scientific method

scientific psychology

scientific rationality

scientific reasoning

scientific revolution

scientist-practitioner model

scintillating scotoma

sclero- (scler-)

scope of attention

scorer reliability

scoterythrous vision

scotopic stimulation

scotopic vision

scramble competition

screen magnifier

screen touch matching

screening audiometry

screening experiment

screening sample

screening tests for young children

script analysis

scrivener’s palsy

seamstress’s cramp

search asymmetry

search of associative memory (SAM)

Seashore audiometer

Seashore Measures of Musical Talent

Seashore Rhythm Test

seasonal affective disorder (SAD)

seasonal mood disorder

seasonal variation

seasonality effect

Seattle Longitudinal Study

Seckel syndrome

second cranial nerve

second messenger

second quartile

second-degree relative

second-generation antipsychotic

second-line medication

second-order conditioning

second-order factor

second-order interaction

second-order language

second-order neuron

second-order schedule

second-person perspective

second-rank symptoms

secondary aging

secondary amenorrhea

secondary appraisal

secondary attention

secondary auditory cortex (A2)

secondary cause

secondary circular reaction

secondary control

secondary coping

secondary defense symptoms

secondary deviance

secondary disposition

secondary drive

secondary elaboration

secondary emotion

secondary environment

secondary group

secondary gustatory cortex

secondary hypertension

secondary identification

secondary memory (SM)

secondary mood disorder

secondary motivation

secondary motor cortex

secondary narcissism

secondary oocyte

secondary personality

secondary position

secondary prevention

secondary process

secondary quality

secondary reinforcement

secondary reinforcer

secondary repression

secondary reward

secondary sensory area

secondary sensory ending

secondary sex characteristic

secondary somatosensory area (S2)

secondary spermatocyte

secondary stuttering

secondary suggestibility

secondary symptoms

secondary task methodology

secondary taste cortex

secondary territory

secondary traumatization

secondary visual cortex (V2)

secondary visual system

secondhand smoke

Section 504 plan

secular humanism

secure attachment

secure treatment setting

security blanket

security operations

security theory

sedative occupation

sedative-, hypnotic-, or anxiolytic-induced persisting amnestic disorder

sedative, hypnotic, and anxiolytic drug

sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic abuse

sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic dependence

sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic intoxication

sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic withdrawal

sedative, hypnotic, or anxiolytic withdrawal delirium

segmental reflex

segmented regression

segmented sleep

segregated model

segregation analysis

seismic communication

seizure disorder

selection invariance

selection model

selection pressure

selection ratio

selection research

selectionist brain theory

selective action

selective adaptation

selective agent

selective amnesia

selective attention

selective breeding

selective cell death

selective dropout

selective estrogen receptor modulator (SERM)

selective inattention

selective information processing

selective intervention

selective learning

selective listening

selective mutism

selective optimization with compensation

selective perception

selective permeability

selective placement

selective potentiation

selective rearing

selective reminding test

selective response

selective retention

selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor

selective silence

selective value

self as observer

self psychology

self-acceptance

self-actualization

self-administration

self-affirmation

self-affirmation theory

self-alienation

self-assessment

self-assessment motive

self-awareness theory

self-care children

self-care competence

self-categorization theory

self-compassion

self-completion theory

self-complexity

self-concept test

self-confidence

self-confrontation

self-conscious emotion

self-consciousness

self-consistency

self-consistency perspective

self-consistency theory

self-contradiction

self-control technique

self-control therapy

self-correction

self-critical perfectionism

self-debasement

self-defeating behavior

self-defeating personality disorder

self-definition

self-demand schedule

self-derogation

self-desensitization

self-destructiveness

self-determination

self-determination theory

self-detoxification

self-development

self-differentiation

self-directedness

self-discipline

self-disclosure

self-discrepancy

self-effacement

self-enhancement

self-enhancement motive

self-enucleation

self-esteem stability

self-evaluation

self-evaluation maintenance model

self-evaluative emotion

self-examination

self-exciting circuit

self-expression

self-extinction

self-focused coping

self-fulfilling prophecy

self-gratification

self-handicapping

self-healing personality

self-help clearinghouse

self-help group

self-hypnorelaxation

self-ideal Q sort

self-identification

self-image bias

self-inflicted wound

self-injurious behavior

self-instructional imagery

self-instructional training

self-managed reinforcement

self-management

self-management therapy

self-medication

self-monitoring

self-monitoring observation

self-mutilation

self-object (selfobject)

self-object transference (selfobject transference)

self-objectification

self-organizing system

self-perception

self-perception theory

self-presentation

self-preservation instinct

self-protection

self-punishment

self-rating scale

self-realization

self-reference effect

self-reflection

self-regulated learning

self-regulation

self-regulatory resources theory

self-reinforcement

self-report bias

self-report inventory

self-repudiation

self-selected groups design

self-selection bias

self-serving bias

self-standards model

self-statement modification

self-statement training (SST)

self-stereotyping

self-stimulation

self-suggestion

self-terminating search

self-transcendence

self-understanding

self-validation factor

self-verbalization

self-verification motive

selfish gene hypothesis

semantic anomia

semantic aphasia

semantic counseling

semantic dementia

semantic differential

semantic dissociation

semantic encoding

semantic fluency

semantic generalization

semantic jargon

semantic knowledge

semantic memory

semantic network

semantic paradox

semantic paraphasia

semantic priming

semantic primitive

semantic satiation

semantic therapy

semi-interquartile range

semicircular canals

seminal analysis

seminal discharge

seminal vesicle

seminiferous tubule

semiosis (semeiosis)

semiotic function

semiotic movement

semipartial correlation

semipermeable membrane

semistructured interview

senile dementia

senile dementia of the Alzheimer’s type (SDAT)

sensation level

sensation seeking

sensation threshold

Sensation-Seeking Scale (SSS)

sense experience

sense impression

sense of coherence

sense of equilibrium

sense of presence

sense-ratios method

sensitive dependence

sensitive period

sensitivity analysis

sensitivity training

sensorimotor aphasia

sensorimotor arc

sensorimotor cortex

sensorimotor intelligence

sensorimotor memory

sensorimotor rhythm (SMR)

sensorimotor stage

sensorineural deafness

sensorineural lesion

sensorium commune

sensory adaptation

sensory aphasia

sensory aprosodia

sensory awareness training

sensory conditioning

sensory consciousness

sensory conversion symptoms

sensory deficit

sensory deprivation

sensory discrimination

sensory disorder

sensory engineering

sensory epilepsy

sensory evoked potential

sensory exploitation

sensory extinction

sensory homunculus

sensory inattention

sensory integration

sensory integration dysfunction

sensory intensity

sensory interaction

sensory leakage

sensory modality

Sensory Modality Assessment and Rehabilitation Technique (SMART)

sensory modulation dysfunction

sensory neglect

sensory organization

sensory overload

sensory paralysis

sensory pathway

Sensory Perceptual Examination

sensory preconditioning

sensory processing disorder

sensory projection area

sensory psychophysiology

sensory receptor organ

sensory register

sensory stimulation

sensory substitution

sensory summation

sensory suppression

sensory transduction

sensory-information store (SIS)

sensus communis

sentence-completion test

sentence-repetition test

sentence-verification task

sentinel behavior

separated display

separation anxiety

separation anxiety disorder

separation distress

separation strategy

separation–individuation

septum pellucidum

sequence effect

sequential analysis

sequential design

sequential effect

sequential processing

sequential regression

sequential sampling

serial anticipation method

serial behavior

serial correlation

serial exhaustive search

serial interpretation

serial learning

serial monogamy

serial position curve

serial position effect

serial processing

serial reproduction

serial response

serial-exploration method

serial-memory search

serious emotional disturbance (SED)

serotonin agonist

serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor

serotonin antagonist

serotonin receptor

serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SRI)

serotonin reuptake transporter

serotonin syndrome

serotonin transporter (SERT)

serous otitis media

service delivery system

set-level compatibility effect

set/reset model

setwise regression

seven plus or minus two

seventh cranial nerve

severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

severe mental retardation

sex assigned at birth

sex characteristic

sex determination

sex differences

sex differentiation

sex discrimination

sex distribution

sex identification

sex preselection

sex reassignment

sex reversal on Y (SRY)

sex trafficking

sex-chromosomal aberration

sex-influenced character

sex-role reversal

sex-role stereotype

sexological examination

sexual addiction

sexual adjustment

sexual aggression

sexual and gender identity disorders

sexual and gender minorities

sexual anesthesia

sexual arousal disorder

sexual attitude reassessment workshop (SAR workshop)

sexual attitudes

sexual attraction

sexual aversion disorder

sexual behavior

sexual characteristic

sexual conditioning

sexual curiosity

sexual desire disorder

sexual development

sexual deviance

sexual differentiation

sexual dimorphism

sexual discrimination

sexual disorder

sexual dysfunction

sexual erethism

sexual functioning

sexual harassment

sexual identification

sexual identity

sexual imprinting

sexual inhibition

sexual instinct

sexual intercourse

sexual interest

sexual inversion

sexual liberation

sexual lifestyle

sexual masochism

sexual maturation

sexual metamorphosis

sexual orientation

sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE)

sexual orientation grid

sexual pain disorder

sexual perversion

sexual preference

sexual reassignment

sexual receptivity

sexual response

sexual revolution

sexual selection

sexual sensation

sexual socialization

sexual stimulation

sexual value system

sexual-response cycle

Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS)

sexually dimorphic nucleus

sexually transmitted disease (STD)

shaken baby syndrome (SBS)

shallow processing

shamanic trance

shape constancy

Shapiro–Wilk test

shared attention

shared environment

shared medical appointment model

shared mental model

shared psychotic disorder

Sheehan’s syndrome

sheep–goat effect

Sheldon’s constitutional theory of personality

sheltered workshop

shen-k’uei (shenkui)

shenjing shuairuo

Shipley Institute of Living Scale (SILS)

shock probation

shock–shock interval (SS interval)

shoe anesthesia

Short Grit Scale (Grit–S)

Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire (SPMSQ)

short-term memory (STM)

short-term psychodynamic psychotherapy

short-term psychotherapy

short-wavelength pigment

shy bladder syndrome

shy–bold continuum

sib-pair method

sibling rivalry

sickness behavior

Sidman avoidance schedule

Siegel–Tukey test

signal amplification bias

signal detection task

signal detection theory (SDT)

signal word panel

signal-to-noise ratio (S/N)

signaled avoidance

signed-ranks test

significance level

significance testing

significant difference

significant other

Silver–Russell syndrome

Simenon’s syndrome

similarities test

similarity classification

similarity coefficient

Simmonds’ disease

simple causation

simple comparison

simple correlation

simple factorial design

simple hypothesis

simple partial seizure

simple random sampling

simple reaction time (SRT)

simple regression

simple schizophrenia

simple sentence

simple stepfamily

simple structure

simple universal

simple-effects analysis

simplicity principle

Simpson’s paradox

simulated family

simulation training

simulator sickness

simultanagnosia

simultanapraxia

simultaneous conditioning

simultaneous contrast

simultaneous discrimination

simultaneous lightness contrast

simultaneous masking

simultaneous processing

simultaneous regression

single alternation

single mothers by choice

single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT)

single-capacity model

single-case design

single-case method and evaluation

single-cell recording

single-channel model

single-episode depression

single-event learning

single-factor design

single-gene disorder

single-group validity

single-nucleotide polymorphism (SNP)

single-participant design

single-sample t test

single-sample test

single-session therapy (SST)

single-subject case design

single-subject design

sinistro- (sinistr-)

situated cognition

situated identity theory

situated intelligence

situated knowledge

situated learning

situation awareness

situation ethics

situation sampling

situational approach

situational attribution

situational conditions

situational determinant

situational differences

situational homosexuality

situational interview

situational judgment test (SJT)

situational leadership theory

situational psychosis

situational restraint

situational semantics

situational test

situationally bound panic attack

situationally predisposed panic attack

Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (16PF)

sixth cranial nerve

size discrimination

size-invariant neuron

size–distance paradox

size–weight illusion

Sjögren–Larsson syndrome

Sjögren’s syndrome

skeletal muscle

skeptical postmodernism

skilled nursing facility (SNF)

skin conductance

skin resistance

skin stimulation

skin-picking disorder

sleep deprivation

sleep disorientation

sleep drunkenness

sleep efficiency

sleep inversion

sleep laboratory

sleep paralysis

sleep psychology

Sleep Questionnaire and Assessment of Wakefulness (SQAW)

sleep restriction therapy

sleep terror disorder

sleep-onset insomnia

sleep-related hypoventilation

sleep–wake cycle

sleep–wake disorder

sleep–wake schedule disorder

sleeping sickness

sleepwalking disorder

slice-of-life commercial

slip of the pen

slip of the tongue

Slosson Intelligence Test (SIT)

slow euthanasia

slow muscle fiber

slow-release preparation

slow-wave sleep

small for gestational age (SGA)

smallest space analysis

smell compensation

Smell Identification Test (SIT)

Smith–Lemli–Opitz syndrome

smoking cessation treatment

smooth movement

smooth-pursuit eye movement

snowball sampling

sociability rating

social (pragmatic) communication disorder

social acceptance

social action program

social adaptation

social adjustment

social affective neuroscience

social age (SA)

social anchoring

social anxiety disorder

social approval

social ascendancy

social assimilation

social attachment

social attitude

social behavior

social breakdown syndrome

social casework

social category

social climbing

social cognition

social cohesion

social communication disorder

social comparison theory

social competence

social competence program

social conflict

social constructionism

social constructivism

social contagion

social contract

social contract orientation

social convention

social creativity

social Darwinism

social decision scheme

social degeneracy

social deprivation

social desirability

social determinism

social development

social differentiation

social disability syndrome

social disapproval

social discrimination

social distance

social distance scale

social dominance orientation (SDO)

social dominance theory (SDT)

social dynamics

social engineer

social entrepreneurship

social equality

social evolution

social exchange theory

social facilitation

social feedback

social functioning

social gerontology

social heritage

social identity

social identity theory

social immobility

social impact assessment

social impact theory

social imperception disorder

social incentive

social indicator

social influence

social information processing

social inhibition

social instinct

social integration

social intelligence

social intelligence quotient

social interaction

social interest

social interference

social intervention

social introversion

social isolation

social isolation syndrome

social judgment theory

social justice norm

social learning

social learning theory

social limitation

social maladjustment

social marketing

social matching effect

social maturity

social maturity scale

social meaning model

social mobility

social monogamy

social movement

social network analysis

social neuroscience

social organism

social organization

social ossification

social penetration theory

social perception

social physique anxiety

social planning

social presence

social pressure

social promotion

social psychology

social psychology of the experiment

social punishment

social quotient

Social Readjustment Rating Scale

social recovery

social referencing

social reform program

social rehabilitation

social reinforcement

social relations model

social relationship

social representation

social repression

social resistance

social responsibility norm

social role theory

social role valorization

social sanction

Social Security

social services

social setting detoxification

social skills training (SST)

social statistics

social stimulus

social stratification

social structure

social subordination

social technology

social transmission

social tunneling

social withdrawal

social-adjustive function of an attitude

social-cognitive theory

social-emotional leader

social-inquiry model

social-network therapy

Social–Emotional scale

sociality corollary

socialized delinquency

socialized drive

socially sensitive research

Sociedad Interamericana de Psicologia (SIP)

societal-reaction theory

Society for Neuroscience

Society for Psychical Research

Society for Psychotherapy Research

Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)

Society of Experimental Psychologists

Society of Experimental Social Psychology

Society of Indian Psychologists (SIP)

sociocentric bias

sociocentric network

sociocognitive bias

sociocultural anthropology

sociocultural deprivation

sociocultural factors

sociocultural perspective

sociodemographic factor

sociodramatic play

socioeconomic status (SES)

socioemotional role

socioemotional selectivity theory

sociolinguistics

sociological factors

sociological measure

sociological social psychology

sociometer theory

sociometric analysis

sociometric differentiation

sociometric distance

sociometric status

sociometric structure

sociometric test

sociopathic behavior

sociopathic personality

sociosexual assessment

sociosexual orientation

sociotechnical systems approach

Socratic dialogue

Socratic effect

sodium regulation

soft determinism

soft neurological sign

soft psychology

Sohval–Soffer syndrome

solicitation behavior

solitary nucleus

Solomon four-group design

solution-focused brief therapy

somatic anxiety

somatic concern

somatic delusion

somatic depression

somatic disorder

somatic function

somatic hallucination

somatic nervous system

somatic obsession

somatic receptor

somatic sensory area

somatic sensory system

somatic symptom and related disorders

somatic symptom disorder

somatic therapy

somatic weakness

somatization disorder

somato- (somat-)

somatoform disorder

somatoform pain disorder

somatopsychic delusion

somatopsychology

somatopsychosis

somatosensory area

somatosensory disorder

somatosensory evoked potential (SEP)

somatosensory system

somatotopagnosia

somatotopic organization

somatotropin-release inhibiting factor (SRIF)

somber–bright dimension

somesthesia (somaesthesia)

somesthetic disorder

somesthetic sense

somesthetic stimulation

Sonic Pathfinder

sopite syndrome

sort-recall task

sound intensity

sound localization

sound spectrography

sound symbolism

sound-attenuating chamber

sound-level meter

sound-pressure level (SPL)

source attractiveness

source confusion

source credibility

source expertise

source language

source majority or minority status

source monitoring

source trustworthiness

space adaptation syndrome

space motion sickness

space orientation

space perception

space psychology

space-based attention

spaced practice

spaced repetition

span of apprehension

spasmodic dysphonia

spasmodic fixation

spastic colitis

spastic dysarthria

spastic dysphonia

spastic hemiparesis

spastic paralysis

spastic paraplegia

spatial ability

spatial attention

spatial autocorrelation

spatial cognition

spatial coherence

spatial contrast sensitivity

spatial density

spatial discrimination

spatial disorder

spatial frequency

spatial intelligence

spatial learning

spatial neglect

spatial orientation

spatial relationships

spatial summation

spatial threshold

spatial updating

spatial-temporal reasoning

speaking in tongues

Spearman correlation coefficient

Spearman–Brown prophecy formula

special aptitude

special care unit (SCU)

special education

special needs child

special psychiatric rapid intervention team (SPRINT)

special-ability test

species recognition

species specificity of language

species-specific behavior

species-specific defense reaction (SSDR)

specific ability

specific aptitude

specific developmental disorders

specific exploration

specific factor (s factor)

specific hunger

specific language disability

specific language impairment (SLI)

specific learning disability (SLD)

specific learning disorder

specific nerve energies

specific phobia

specific thalamic projection system

specific transfer

specific variance

specific-attitudes theory

specific-energy doctrine

specific-reaction theory

specific-status characteristic

specificity of behavior

specificity theory

specious present

spectator effect

spectator therapy

spectral absorption

spectral density

spectral envelope

spectral sensitivity

spectrally opponent cell

spectrum of consciousness

speculative psychology

speech amplification system

speech and language disorder

speech and language pathology

speech and language therapy

speech audiometry

speech community

speech derailment

speech development

speech discrimination test

speech functions

speech impairment

speech impediment

speech intelligibility

speech lateralization

speech perception

speech processor

speech production

speech recognition system

speech rehabilitation

speech sound disorder

Speech Sounds Perception Test

speech synthesizer

speech-activated control

speech-reception threshold (SRT)

speech-to-noise ratio

speech-tolerance level

speech, language, and hearing center

speed–accuracy tradeoff

spelling dyslexia

sperm competition

spermatogenesis

spherical aberration

sphincter control

sphincter morality

sphingomyelin lipidosis

sphygmomanometer

spike potential

spike-and-wave discharges

spike-wave activity

spinal cord disease

spinal cord injury

spinal ganglion

spinal muscular atrophy (SMA)

spinal stenosis

spinocerebellar tract

spinocerebellum

spinomesencephalic tract

spinoreticular tract

spinothalamic tract

spiral ganglion

spirit photography

spiritual factor

spiritual healing

splanchnic nerve

spline function

split personality

split treatment

split-ballot technique

split-brain technique

split-half reliability

split-litter design

split-plot design

split-span test

spongiform encephalopathy

spontaneity test

spontaneity training

spontaneous abortion

spontaneous alternation

spontaneous discharge

spontaneous imagery

spontaneous memorialization

spontaneous movement

spontaneous neural activity

spontaneous recovery

spontaneous regression

spontaneous remission

spontaneous speech

spontaneous trait inference

sport and exercise psychology

Sport Imagery Questionnaire (SIQ)

sport psychology

sport self-talk log

sport socialization

sport sociology

sport-related life skills

sports hypnosis

spotlight model of attention

Spranger’s typology

spread of effect

spreading activation

spreading depression

spurious correlation

square-root transformation

squared correlation coefficient

squared multiple correlation coefficient

squeeze technique

St. John’s wort

stability coefficient

stabilized image

stabilizing selection

staffing theory

stage theory of strategy development

stages of change

stages of grief

staggered entry design

Staggered Spondaic Word Test (SSW)

staircase illusion

staircase method

staircase phenomenon

standard application blank (SAB)

standard Cox regression model

standard deviation

standard error of estimate

standard error of measurement

standard error of the mean

standard gamma distribution

standard language

standard normal distribution

standard normal variable

standard observer

standard stimulus

standard treatment control

standardization

standardization group

standardized coefficient

standardized distribution

standardized interview

standardized score

standardized test

standards of practice

standpoint theory

Stanford Achievement Test

Stanford Hypnotic Susceptibility Scale

Stanford prison study

Stanford v. Kentucky

Stanford–Binet Intelligence Scale (SB)

stapedius muscle

startle response

State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)

state orientation

state self-focus

state theories of hypnosis

state-dependent behavior

state-dependent learning

state-dependent memory

state-specific science

State–Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)

statement validity analysis

states versus transformations

static marriage

static response

statistical analysis

statistical conclusion validity

statistical control

statistical decision theory

statistical dependence

statistical determinism

statistical error

statistical hypothesis

statistical independence

statistical learning theory

statistical model

statistical prediction

statistical process control (SPC)

statistical psychology

statistical significance

statistical stability

statistical test

statokinetic dissociation

status differentiation

status epilepticus

status generalization

status incongruence

status planning

status relations

status-quo bias

stealing thunder

Steele–Richardson–Olszewski syndrome

Steinert’s disease

Steinzor effect

stem-and-leaf plot

stem-completion task

stenosis of aqueduct of Sylvius

stepdown selection

stepping reflex

stepup selection

stepwise regression

stereoblindness

stereochemical smell theory

stereoscopic acuity

stereoscopic depth perception

stereoscopic motion picture

stereoscopic vision

stereotype accuracy

stereotype threat

stereotyped behavior

stereotyped movement

stereotypic movement disorder

steric theory of odor

Sternberg Triarchic Abilities Test (STAT)

steroid hormone

Stevens–Johnson syndrome

Stewart–Morel syndrome

Stigma Impact Scale (SIS)

Stiles–Crawford effect

Stilling Color Vision Test

stimulant intoxication

stimulant use disorder

stimulant withdrawal

stimulating occupation

stimulation effects

stimulus coding

stimulus continuum

stimulus control

stimulus control therapy

stimulus differentiation

stimulus discrimination

stimulus element

stimulus equivalence

stimulus evaluation checks (SECs)

stimulus filtering

stimulus function

stimulus generalization

stimulus gradient

stimulus object

stimulus onset asynchrony (SOA)

stimulus overload

stimulus proposition

stimulus salience

stimulus sampling

stimulus sampling theory (SST)

stimulus situation

stimulus strength

stimulus substitution

stimulus-element approach

stimulus-independent and task-unrelated thoughts (SITUTs)

stimulus-intensity dynamism

stimulus–response (S–R)

stimulus–response chain

stimulus–response compatibility

stimulus–response theory

stimulus–stimulus learning model

stochastic independence

stochastic model

stochastic process

stochastic variable

Stockholm syndrome

stocking anesthesia

stomach loading

stop-signal task

storage capacity

storage-and-transfer model of memory

storm-and-stress period

story-recall test

strabismic amblyopia

Strange Situation

strange-hand sign

stranger anxiety

stranger distress

strangulated affect

strategic family therapy

strategic human resource management (SHRM)

strategic intervention therapy

strategic therapy

strategy choice model

stratified sampling

stream of consciousness

stream olfactometer

streaming media

street intelligence

strength of association

strength training

strephosymbolia

stress appraisal and coping model

stress casualty

stress immunity

stress immunization

stress incontinence

stress interview

stress management

stress reaction

stress spillover

stress tolerance

stress training

stress-buffering theory

stress-decompensation model

stress-induced analgesia

stress-inoculation training (SIT)

stress–diathesis model

stress–vulnerability model

stressor aftereffects

stretch receptor

stria atrophica

stria terminalis

stria vascularis

striated muscle

strict scrutiny

stridor dentium

striving for superiority

stroboscopic illusion

Strong Interest Inventory (SII)

strong law of effect

strong law of large numbers

Stroop Color–Word Interference Test

structural analysis

structural approach

structural coefficient

structural commitment

structural constraint theory

structural disorder

structural equation modeling

structural family therapy

structural group

structural hypothesis

structural integration

structural intervention

structural matrix

structural model

structural neuroimaging

structural psychology

structural therapy

structural zero

structure coefficient

structure of an attitude

structure of intellect model (SOI)

structured autobiography

structured group

structured interactional group psychotherapy

structured interview

structured learning

structured learning group

structured observation

structured play

structured Q sort

structured stimulus

structures of the whole

struggle for existence

student counseling

student–teacher evaluation

student’s disease

Student’s t distribution

Student’s t test

Studentized range statistic

Studentized residual

Students of the International Positive Psychology Association (SIPPA)

students’ evaluation of teaching (SET)

Study of Values

study-phase retrieval theory

Sturge–Weber syndrome

Sturm und Drang period

stuttering gait

stylistic ratings

subacute spongiform encephalopathy (SSE)

subarachnoid hemorrhage

subarachnoid space

subcallosal gyrus

subcommissural organ

subcortical aphasia

subcortical arteriosclerotic encephalopathy

subcortical center

subcortical dementia

subcortical learning

subcultural delinquency

subculture of violence

subcutaneous injection

subcutaneous sensibility

subdelirious state

subdural hematoma

subdural hemorrhage

subfornical organ

subgranular zone

subject history

subject matching

subject maturation

subject of consciousness

subject sophistication

subject variable

subject-matter expert

subjective attribute

subjective colors

subjective competitive situation

subjective contour

subjective expected utility (SEU)

subjective expected value

subjective fatigue

subjective idealism

subjective norm

subjective organization

subjective prior

subjective probability

subjective psychology

subjective responsibility

subjective scoring

subjective test

subjective tone

subjective visual field

subjective well-being (SWB)

subjective-equality point

subjects-to-variables ratio

subjects’ rights

subliminal consciousness

subliminal learning

subliminal perception

subliminal persuasion

subliminal priming

subliminal process

subliminal propaganda

subliminal stimulation

submissive signal

subnormal period of neuron

suboccipital puncture

subordinate category

subordinate clause

substance abuse

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

substance abuse treatment

substance dependence

substance intoxication

substance intoxication delirium

substance use disorder

substance withdrawal

substance-induced anxiety disorder

substance-induced mood disorder

substance-induced persisting amnestic disorder

substance-induced persisting dementia

substance-induced psychotic disorder

substance-related disorder

substantia gelatinosa

substantia nigra

substantive rationality

substantive significance

substantive universal

substitute formation

substitutes for leadership theory

substitution hypothesis

substitution pharmacotherapy

substitution test

subthalamic nucleus

subtherapeutic dose

subthreshold potential

subtotal hysterectomy

subtraction method

subtractive bilingualism

subtractive mixture

subtractive principle

subventricular zone

subvocal speech

successful aging

successful intelligence

successive contrast

successive discrimination

successive induction

successive reproduction

successive-approximations method

successive-intervals method

succinylcholine

succorance need

sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)

sudden unexpected nocturnal-death syndrome

sufficient condition

sufficient estimator

suggestion therapy

suicidal crisis

suicidal gesture

suicidal ideation

suicide attempt

suicide-prevention center

sulcus centralis

sulcus principalis

Sullivan’s interpersonal theory

sum of cross-products

sum of products

sum of squared errors

summary statistics

summated rating scale

summating potential

summation effect

summative evaluation

summer depression

sundown syndrome

sunk-costs effect

superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID)

superego anxiety

superego resistance

superego sadism

superior canal dehiscence

superior colliculus

superior function

superior intelligence

superior longitudinal fasciculus

superior oblique

superior olivary complex (superior olivary nucleus; superior olive)

superior rectus

superior sagittal sinus

superior temporal gyrus

superiority complex

supernormal stimulus

superordinate category

superordinate goal

supersaturated design

supersensitivity

superstitious behavior

superstitious control

superstitious ritual

supervalent thought

supervised analysis

supervisory analysis

Supervisory Attentional System (SAS)

supervisory control

superwoman syndrome

supplementary motor area (SMA)

supply reduction

supported employment

supported housing

supported living

supported retirement

supportive psychotherapy

supportive services

supportive-expressive psychotherapy

suppressed anger syndrome

suppressive therapy

suppressor effect

suppressor variable

suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN)

supraliminal perception

supramarginal gyrus

supranuclear palsy

supraoptic nucleus

suprarenal gland

suprasegmental reflex

surface agraphia

surface dyslexia

surface structure (s-structure)

surface therapy

surplus energy theory

surrogate decision making

surrogate father

surrogate mother

surrogate variable

survey knowledge

survival analysis

survival instinct

survival of the fittest

susceptibility gene

susceptibility rhythms

suspended rootogram

suspensory ligament

suspicious jealousy

sustained attention

sustained operations (SUSOPS)

sustained-release preparation

swarm intelligence

switchback design

Sydenham’s chorea

Sylvian aqueduct

Sylvian fissure

symbiotic infantile psychosis

symbiotic marriage

symbiotic psychosis

symbiotic relationship

symbol grounding

symbol-substitution test

symbol–digit test

symbolic action

symbolic attitude

symbolic displacement

symbolic function

symbolic interactionism

symbolic learning theory

symbolic matching to sample

symbolic modeling

symbolic process

symbolic representation

symbolic reward

symbolic thinking

symmetrical distribution

symmetry compulsion

sympathetic chain

sympathetic division

sympathetic ganglion

sympathetic induction

sympathetic nervous system

sympathetic–adrenal–medullary axis (SAM)

sympathomimetic drug

symptom checklist

Symptom Checklist-90–Revised (SCL-90–R)

symptom cluster

symptom complex

symptom formation

symptom removal

symptom specificity

symptom substitution

symptom-context method

symptomatic act

symptomatic epilepsy

symptomatic treatment

Symptoms of Dementia Screener (SDS)

synapse rearrangement

synaptic bouton

synaptic depression

synaptic junction

synaptic pruning

synaptic transmission

synaptic transmitter

synaptic vesicle

syncheiria (synchiria)

synchronic linguistics

synchronization

synchronized sleep

synchronous brood

synchronous correlation

syncretic thought

synectics model

synergic marriage

synergistic muscles

synesthesia (synaesthesia)

synkinesis (synkinesia)

synthetic approach

synthetic cannabinoid

synthetic language

synthetic opioid

synthetic speech

synthetic validity

syringe exchange program

system flow diagram

system model of evaluation

systematic approach

systematic behavioral universal

systematic desensitization

systematic error

systematic multiple level observation of groups

systematic observation

systematic processing

systematic random sampling

systematic rational restructuring

systematic replication

systematic sampling

systematic variance

systematized delusion

systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)

systemic mucopolysaccharidosis

systemic thinking

systems analysis

systems engineering

systems of support

systolic blood pressure

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