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vacuum activity

vagabond neurosis

vaginal administration

vaginal plethysmograph

valence–instrumentality–expectancy theory

validating marriage

validity coefficient

validity criterion

validity generalization

value-driven care

value-expressive function of an attitude

value-free evaluation

Values and Preferences Scale (VPS)

values clarification

values education

Values, Attitudes, and Lifestyles

van Buchem’s syndrome

Vandenbergh effect

vanishing cues methodology

variable rate theory

variable stimulus

variable-interval schedule (VI schedule)

variable-ratio schedule (VR schedule)

variable-time schedule (VT schedule)

variance estimate

variance-stabilizing transformation

variance–covariance matrix

variation coefficient

variations of aging

varicella-zoster

variform universal

varimax rotation

vascular dementia

vascular depression

vascular insufficiency

vascular sclerosis

vasoconstriction

vasoconstrictor

vasovagal syncope

Vater’s corpuscle

vegetarian diet

vegetative soul

vegetative state

velocity of conduction

Velten technique

velum palatinum

venereal disease (VD)

venous thrombosis

ventral amygdalofugal pathway

ventral anterior cingulate cortex

ventral anterior nucleus

ventral lateral nucleus

ventral posterior cingulate cortex

ventral tegmental area

ventral white commissure

ventricular puncture

ventricular system

ventricular zone

ventriculoatrial shunt

ventriculomegaly

ventriculostomy

ventriloquism effect

ventro- (ventr-)

ventromedial hypothalamic syndrome

ventromedial hypothalamus (VMH)

ventromedial nucleus

ventromedial pathway

ventroposterior nucleus

verbal ability (V)

verbal behavior

verbal behavior therapy

verbal communication

verbal comprehension

Verbal Comprehension Index

verbal conditioning

verbal deprivation hypothesis

verbal fluency test

verbal intelligence

verbal learning

verbal masochism

verbal narrative

verbal overshadowing

verbal paraphasia

verbal protocol

verbal protocol analysis

verbal satiation

verbally governed behavior

verbatim recall

veridical hallucination

veridical perception

verification time

verstehende Psychologie

vertebral artery

vertebral column

vertex potential

vertical décalage

vertical job enlargement

vertical loading

vertical mobility

vertical transmission

vertical–horizontal illusion

very low birth weight (VLBW)

vested interest

vestibular adaptation

vestibular apparatus

vestibular glands

vestibular illusion

vestibular membrane

vestibular nerve

vestibular nuclei

vestibular nystagmus

vestibular receptors

vestibular sacs

vestibular sense

vestibular system

vestibule training

vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR)

vestibulocochlear nerve

vestibulospinal tract

vestigial body image

vestured genital apposition

vibration disease

vibration environment

vibration experience

vibration receptor

vibration sense

vibration white finger

vibrotactile aid

vibrotactile masking

vibrotactile threshold

vicarious brain process

vicarious conditioning

vicarious extinction

vicarious function

vicarious learning

vicarious reinforcement

vicarious traumatization (VT)

vicious circularity

victim impact statement

video conferencing

video-recall technique

videotape method

Vienna Psychoanalytic Society

Viennese School

Vierordt’s law

Vieth–Müller circle

view invariance

vigilance decrement

vindicatory damages

Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales (VABS)

violation of assumptions

violation-of-expectation method

viral hypothesis

viral marketing

viral meningitis

Virchow–Seckel syndrome

virtual reality

virtual reality therapy

visceral hypersensitivity

visceral learning

visceral reaction

visceral sensation

visible spectrum

vision impairment

vision rehabilitation

vision screening

visitation rights

visual adaptation

visual agraphia

visual allesthesia (visual allaesthesia)

visual analogue scale

visual anosognosia

visual apperception test

visual association cortex

visual attention

visual attention disorder

visual blurring

visual comfort probability (VCP)

visual communication

visual consciousness

visual constructional impairment

visual discrimination

visual dominance

visual dyslexia

visual encoding

visual environment

visual evoked potential (VEP)

visual extinction

visual field defect

visual field sparing

visual fixation

visual form agnosia

visual form discrimination

visual function

visual hallucination

visual illusion

visual impairment

visual indexing theory

visual induction

visual learning

visual memory span

visual narrative

visual object agnosia

visual organization

visual organization test

visual perception

visual perseveration

visual persistence

visual phosphene

visual preference paradigm

visual processing

visual projection

visual receptive field

visual receptor

visual recognition

visual recognition test

visual reproduction

visual screening

visual sensory memory

visual stimulation

visual threshold

visual tracking

visual transduction

visual word-form dyslexia

visual-construction test

visual-placing reflex

visual-righting reflex

visual-search perceptual disorder

visual–motor coordination

visual–spatial ability

visually guided reaching

visuoconstructional impairment

visuoconstructive test

visuomotor ataxia

visuomotor behavior rehearsal

visuospatial agnosia

visuospatial function

visuospatial sketchpad

vital exhaustion

vital functions

vital statistics

vitamin A toxicity

vitamin and mineral therapy

vitamin D toxicity

vitamin deficiency

vitex agnus castus

vitreous hemorrhage

vocabulary growth

vocabulary spurt

vocabulary test

vocal communication

vocal reaction time

vocal-image voice

vocational adjustment

vocational appraisal

vocational aptitude

vocational aptitude test

vocational counseling

vocational education

vocational guidance

vocational maturity

vocational rehabilitation

vocational services

vocational training

voice-activated control

voice-activated switch

voice-onset time (VOT)

voice-output system

voice–stress analyzer

voiceless sound

volatile marriage

volitional tremor

voltage-gated ion channel

volume of distribution

volumetric thirst

voluntary admission

voluntary agencies and organizations

voluntary attention

voluntary behavior

voluntary commitment

voluntary dehydration

voluntary hospitalization

voluntary muscle

voluntary response

voluntary retrieval

voluntary turnover

vomeronasal system

vomiting center

von Domarus principle

von Economo’s disease

von Frey specificity theory

von Recklinghausen’s disease

von Restorff effect

voxel-based morphometry (VBM)

Vroom–Yetton–Jago decision model

vulnerability factor

Vygotskian theory of intelligence

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