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- BabblingStage in child development and language acquisition
- BabywearingWearing or carrying a baby in a sling
- BackmaskingBackmasking is a recording technique in which a message is recorded backward onto a track
- Backward chaining (applied behavior analysis)Behavior analysis technique
- Backward inhibitionIn experimental psychology, backward inhibition, is a theory of sequential task control as
- Backward maskingAspect of human perception
- Bad habitRepetitive negative behaviour
- Baiting crowdBaiting crowd is a form of collective aggression; this is a situation where a group of ind
- Baker ActInvoluntary institutionalization law
- Balanced Inventory of Desirable RespondingPsychometric questionnaire
- Balloon phobiaFear of balloons
- Bambi effectObjection to killing animals perceived as "cute" or otherwise desirable
- Bankes's Horse16th- and early 17th-century English performing horse
- Barbara A. CornblattAmerican psychologist
- Barbara BonnerClinical psychologist
- Barbara CurbowAmerican psychologist and academic
- Barbara De AngelisAmerican relationship consultant, author, TV personality
- Barbara FigueroaAmerican chef
- Barbara FredricksonAmerican psychology professor
- Barbara LandauCognitive scientist
- Barbara Low (psychoanalyst)British psychoanalyst
- Barbara MellersAmerican psychologist
- Barbara SpellmanProfessor of law and psychology
- Barbara StanleyAmerican psychologist (1949–2023)
- Barbara Stoddard BurksAmerican psychologist
- Barbara TizardBritish psychologist (1926–2015)
- Barbara TverskyAmerican psychologist
- Barbara Wilson (psychologist)British psychologist
- Bärbel InhelderSwiss psychologist (1913–1997)
- Bärbel KampmannAfro-German psychologist, writer
- Bare minimum MondayEmployee initiative to do minimal work on Monday
- Barefoot v. Estelle1983 United States Supreme Court case
- Bark scaleAuditory frequency metric
- BarmenFormer city in eastern Rhineland, Germany
- Barnaby B. BarrattBritish psychoanalyst
- Barnes mazeMaze used in psychological laboratory experiments
- Barnum effectTendency to interpret vague statements as meaningful ones
- Barracks communismCritical term used by Karl Marx to describe crude, forced collectivism
- Barratt Impulsiveness ScaleWidely used measure of impulsiveness
- Barrel childrenChildren relinquished by their parents moving abroad
- Barry BeyersteinCanadian psychologist and scientific skeptic (1947–2007)
- Barry MagidAmerican psychoanalyst and Zen teacher
- Barry RosenfeldClinical psychologist
- Barry S. AntonAmerican psychologist
- Barry Schwartz (psychologist)American psychologist (born 1946)
- Basaglia Law1978 Italian mental health act
- Base rate fallacyLogic error due to ignoring the base rate
- Baseball StudyEducational study on reading comprehension
- Basic anxietyBasic anxiety is a term used by psychoanalytic theorist Karen Horney. She believed that ne
- Basic fault theoryTheory in Human Psychology
- Basic hostilityPsychological term
- Basic science (psychology)Subdisciplines within psychology
- Basking in reflected gloryTerm in cognitive studies
- Bateson ProjectFamily dynamics study
- Bathroom readingAct of reading text while in a bathroom
- Batja MesquitaDutch social psychologist, cultural psychologist, and affective scientist
- Battered woman syndromeCondition resulting from emotional, physical, or sexual abuse
- Bayley Scales of Infant DevelopmentUsed to sample the intellectual growth of infants and toddlers
- Bazelon Center for Mental Health LawAmerican nonprofit organization
- Beacon UKPrivate mental health service provider, UK
- Beatrice BeebeClinical professor
- Beatrice EdgellBritish psychologist and academic
- Beatrice M. HinkleAmerican Jungian psychiatrist
- Beatrice Wright (psychologist)American psychologist
- Beatrix HamburgAmerican physician
- Beautiful Fighting Girl2000 book by Tamaki Saitō
- Becca LevyAmerican psychologist
- Beck Anxiety InventoryPsychological assessment tool
- Beck Hopelessness ScalePsychological test
- Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior TherapyNon-profit organization
- Beck's cognitive triadThree key elements of depression
- Beck's triad (cardiology)Beck's triad is a collection of three medical signs associated with acute cardiac tamponad
- BedtimeTime of transition from wakefulness to sleep
- Bedtime procrastinationPsychological phenomenon
- Before the Dawn (Wade book)2006 book by Nicholas Wade
- BeggingDemanding favors in public
- Begging in PakistanBegging in Pakistan, often referred to as the "begging industry of Pakistan", involves the
- Behavior analysis of child developmentThe behavioral analysis of child development originates from John B. Watson's behaviorism.
- Behavior change (individual)Change in life
- Behavior change methodBehavior change methods, or behavior change techniques, are theory-based methods for chang
- Behavior Genetics AssociationThe Behavior Genetics Association (BGA) is a learned society established in 1970 and which
- Behavior informaticsResearch method
- Behavior modificationPsychological treatment approach using conditioning principles to change behavior
- Behavior settingsGeneral Psychology
- Behavioral change support systemICT tool
- Behavioral communicationType of non-verbal communication
- Behavioral cuspPsychological concept
- Behavioral epigeneticsStudy of epigenetics' influencing behavior
- Behavioral health outcomes managementBehavioral health outcome management (BHOM) involves the use of behavioral health outcome
- Behavioral immune systemPsychological mechanisms against disease
- Behavioral medicineMedical approaches incorporating psychology and sociology
- Behavioral momentumTheory in psychology
- Behavioral plasticityPsychological concept
- Behavioral public administrationStudy of psychological methods in politics
- Behavioral retargetingForm of online targeted advertising
- Behavioral riskBehavioral risk involves the identification, analysis, and management of risk factors in i
- Behavioral scriptExpected behaviors
- Behavioral sinkCollapse in behavior due to overcrowding
- Behavioral sleep medicineBehavioral sleep medicine (BSM) is a field within sleep medicine that encompasses scientif
- Behavioral theories of depressionBehavioral theories of depression explain the etiology of depression based on the behaviou
- BehaviorismSystematic approach to understanding the behavior of humans and other animals
- Behaviour therapyBranch of psychotherapy
- Behavioural change theoriesTheories in social science
- Behavioural designField of design concerned with the influence of design on behavior
- Behavioural despair testAnimal test of antidepressant effectiveness
- Behavioural Insights TeamUK-based social engineering organisation
- Beira's PlaceScottish sexual violence support service
- Belief biasJudging arguments by the plausibility of their conclusion
- Belief perseveranceMaintenance of a belief despite new information that firmly contradicts it
- Belinda BorrelliAmerican clinical psychologist
- Belly fetishSexual attraction to the stomach or belly
- Ben BradleeBenjamin Crowninshield Bradlee (August 26, 1921 – October 21, 2014) was an American journa
- Ben J. WinerAmerican psychologist (1917 – 1984)
- Bender-Gestalt TestPsychological test
- Benedict CareyBenedict Carey (born 3 March 1960) is an American journalist and reporter on medical and s
- Benito BarandaChilean psychologist (born 1959)
- Benjamin Ball (physician)French psychiatrist
- Benjamin BloomAmerican psychologist
- Benjamin D. WoodAmerican educational psychologist (1894–1986)
- Benjamin Franklin effectProposed psychological phenomenon
- Benjamin NagengastGerman educational psychologist
- Benji WaterhouseEnglish psychiatrist, comedian, and author (born 1984)
- Benton Visual Retention TestMedical diagnostic method
- Bereavement groupType of support group for grief
- Berlin PrizeThe Berlin Prize is a residential fellowship at the Hans Arnhold Center, awarded by the Am
- Berlin Psychoanalytic InstituteThe Berlin Psychoanalytic Institute (later the Göring Institute) was founded in 1920 to fu
- Bernard BaarsDutch neurobiologist (born 1946)
- Bernardica JuretićCroatian psychologist and humanitarian
- Bernice LottAmerican social psychologist (1930–2022)
- Bernice NeugartenAmerican psychologist
- Bertha HollidayCommunity psychologist
- Berthold E. SchwarzAmerican psychiatrist and paranormal investigator (1924–2010)
- Bertram GawronskiGerman social psychologist (born 1971)
- Bertram RavenAmerican psychologist and academic (1926–2020)
- Betrayal traumaTrauma perpetrated by someone with whom the victim is close and reliant upon for support
- Betsy HozaAmerican clinical psychologist
- Betsy Levy PaluckAmerican psychology professor
- Betsy ThomBritish sociologist
- BetterHelpVirtual mental health service
- Betty EisnerAmerican psychologist (1915–2004)
- Betty JosephBritish psychoanalyst
- Betty MilanBrazilian psychoanalyst and writer
- Betty WillsherAuthor and Graveyard Expert
- Bettye CaldwellAmerican educator and university teacher (1924–2016)
- Beverly Greene (psychologist)American psychologist and academic
- Beverly J. VandiverAmerican psychologist
- Beyond BlueAustralian mental health and wellbeing support organisation
- Beyond the Pleasure Principle1920 essay by Sigmund Freud
- BiasInclination for or against
- Bias blind spotCognitive bias
- Bias in Mental TestingBook by Arthur Jensen
- Bias of jurorsSystematic influences on jury decision-making unrelated to legal evidence
- Bibb LatanéAmerican social psychologist (born 1937)
- BibliomaniaObsessive–compulsive collection of books
- BibliotherapyForm of psychotherapy involving reading
- Bicameral mentalityHypothesis in psychology
- Biderman's Chart of CoercionTable illustrating torture on American prisoners of the Korean War
- Big Five personality traits and cultureBig Five traits across cultures
- Big-fish–little-pond effectPeople feel better about themselves when they are more obviously superior
- Bilingual lexical accessBilingual lexical access is an area of psycholinguistics that studies the activation or re
- Bilingual memoryBilingualism is the regular use of two fluent languages, and bilinguals are those individu
- Bill for the Benefit of the Indigent Insane1854 proposed legislation for funding mental asylums
- Bill SwartleyAmerican psychologist
- BimboSlang term
- Binding and Retrieval in Action ControlBinding and Retrieval in Action Control (BRAC) is a theoretical framework to explain basic
- Binge eating disorderEating disorder characterized by overeating
- BiodataBio data
- Bioecological modelPart of Bronfenbrenner's ecological system theory
- BiofeedbackGaining awareness of biological processes
- Biological basis of personalityBiological causes of variation in human personality
- Biological inequityBiological inequity, also known as biological inequality, refers to the "systematic, unfai
- Biological motionMotion that comes from actions of a biological organism
- Biological psychiatryApproach to psychiatry with a biological emphasis
- Biological psychopathologyBiological psychopathology is the study of the biological etiology of mental illnesses wit
- Biology of bipolar disorderBiological study Of bipolar disorder
- Biology of human bondingRole of neurobiology in human attachment
- Biology of romantic loveEvolution and neuroscience of romantic love
- Bipolar disorder not otherwise specifiedMedical condition
- Bipolar UKBritish bipolar disorder charity
- Biracial and multiracial identity developmentIdentity development process
- Birthday-number effectSubconscious tendency of people to prefer the numbers in the date of their birthday
- BJ CaseyAmerican psychology professor
- Black Books (Jung)Collection of Carl Jung's private journals
- Black dog syndromeAlleged animal adoption phenomenon
- Black fatigueTerm used in discussions of race-related stress in the United States
- Black Intelligence Test of Cultural HomogeneityIntelligence test created by Robert Williams in 1972
- Black ManosphereCollection of Black masculist and misogynoir digital platforms and media
- Black psychologyScientific field focused on how people of African descent experience the world
- Black Rage (book)1968 book by William H. Grier and Price M. Cobbs
- Black sheepIdiom for oddness or disreputability
- Blackout (drug-related amnesia)Memory loss caused by drugs
- Blacky pictures testPsychological test
- BlameCensuring of a person or group
- Blame in organizationsBlame in organizations may flow between management and staff, or laterally between profess
- Blanchard's transsexualism typologyControversial psychological typology
- Blanche Ames AmesBlanche Ames Ames (February 18, 1878 – March 2, 1969) was an American artist, political ac
- Blank expressionNeutral positioning of the facial features
- BlindfoldA blindfold (from Middle English blindfellen) is a garment, usually of cloth, tied to one'
- Blinding (punishment)Type of physical punishment
- BlindismSet of behaviors in visually impaired children
- Blindspots analysisBlindspots analysis or blind spots analysis is a method aimed at uncovering obsolete, inco
- Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking2005 book by Malcolm Gladwell
- Blob TreeVisual tool to express emotions
- Block design testComponent of many IQ tests
- Blocking effectElaboration on classical conditioning in psychology
- Bloeme Evers-EmdenDutch child psychologist (1926–2016)
- Blood-injection-injury type phobiaIrrational fear to the sight of blood, injury, or injection
- Bloom's 2 sigma problemEducational phenomenon of greatly improved performance by tutored learners
- Bloom's taxonomyClassification system in education
- Blossom WigdorCanadian psychologist and gerontologist (1924–2025)
- Blue ribbonSymbol of high quality
- Blue zoneRegion with claims of unusual longevity
- Bluma ZeigarnikSoviet psychologist (1901–1988)
- BoanthropyPsychological disorder
- BoastingTo speak with excessive pride and satisfaction about oneself
- Boaz KahanaAmerican psychologist
- Bob AltemeyerCanadian psychologist (1940–2024)
- Bob Knight (psychologist)Bob G. Knight (born October 18, 1950), is the former associate dean of the USC Davis Schoo
- Bobo doll experimentPsychology experiment
- Body checkingCompulsive inspection of one's body measurements
- Body imageAesthetic perception of one's own body
- Body Image (journal)Body Image is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal covering the study of body image
- Body memory hypothesisHypothesis on instinctive reactions by the body
- Body part as objectTechnique in pantomiming
- Body positivityMovement advocating accepting oneself and one's body
- Body psychotherapyAcademic discipline
- Body thetanScientology concept of degraded and disembodied spirit
- Body transfer illusionIllusion of owning either a part of a body or an entire body other than one's own
- BodymindAcademic concept
- Bodymind (disability studies)View of relationship of mind & body
- Bogardus social distance scaleScale measuring a person's willingness to engage with various types of people
- BoldnessBoldness is the opposite of shyness. To be bold implies a willingness to get things done d
- Bombay Psychiatric SocietyBombay Psychiatric Society is a private organisation of mental health professionals that i
- Bonnie StricklandAmerican psychologist (born 1936)
- Bonnie ZindelBonnie Zindel is an American psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, published Young-adult Fiction
- Boomerang effect (psychology)Unintended effect of persuasion
- Bootham Park HospitalGrade I listed building in York, England
- BoredomEmotion of uninterest in surroundings
- BoreoutPsychological disorder caused by mental underload
- Boris M. LevinsonAmerican psychologist
- Boris MaciejovskyAustrian behavioral scientist
- Boris ParyginRussian academic
- Born This Way FoundationAmerican non-profit organization
- Boston Diagnostic Aphasia ExaminationMedical diagnostic method
- Boston Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteThe Boston Psychoanalytic Society and Institute (BPSI) is a psychoanalytic research, train
- Bouffée délirantePsychiatric diagnosis in French-speaking countries
- Boundaries of the mindPostulated personality trait
- Boundary extensionCommon mistake of perception
- Bounded emotionalityConcept in communication theory
- Boy Erased: A Memoir2016 memoir by Garrard Conley
- Boyd GroupThe Boyd Group is a Britain-based, independent think tank considering issues relating to a
- Boys Will Be Boys (Miedzian book)1991 social sciences book by Myriam Miedzian
- Boys' toys and gamesBoys' toys and games, as opposed to girls' toys and games, are a subset of toys and games
- BPDFamily.comOnline support group
- Bracha L. EttingerIsraeli-French artist, painter, philosopher, theorist, and psychoanalyst
- Bradford KeeneyBradford Keeney, Ph.D. (3 April 1951) is a creative therapist, cybernetician, anthropologi
- Brady WagonerAmerican-Danish professor of psychology
- Brain & Behavior Research FoundationUS non-profit organization
- Brain Electrical Oscillation Signature ProfilingTechnique to detect a suspect's participation in a crime
- Brain fag syndromeCollection of symptoms
- Brain typesBrain typing is a system developed by Jonathan P. Niednagel that applies elements from neu
- Brainwash: The Secret History of Mind ControlBook by Dominic Streatfeild
- Brainwashing: The Science of Thought Control2004 book by Kathleen Taylor
- BreadcrumbingForm of manipulation
- Breast fetishismSexual interest focused on female breasts
- Breast tortureBDSM sexual activity
- Breastfeeding and mental healthBreastfeeding and mental health is the relationship between postpartum breastfeeding and t
- Brendan GoughBritish social psychology scholar
- Brendan McGonigleBritish psychologist (1939–2007)
- Brendesha TynesAmerican psychologist
- Brent RobertsAmerican psychologist
- Brian D'OnofrioAmerican psychologist
- Brian L. ByrneAustralian social scientist
- Brian MacWhinneyAmerican psychologist and linguist
- Brian MustanskiAmerican psychologist
- Brian NosekAmerican social psychologist
- Brian WansinkAmerican consumer behavior researcher
- Brian Wilson is a geniusPromotional campaign for the Beach Boys' leader
- Bridey MurphyPurported example of a recalled past life
- Brief Psychiatric Rating ScalePsychiatric symptom rating scale
- Brief psychotherapyForm of psychotherapy
- Brief psychotic disorderMedical condition
- British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive PsychotherapiesThe British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) is a British
- British Association for Counselling and PsychotherapyThe British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) is a professional body fo
- British Independent Group (psychoanalysis)Formative British psychoanalysis group
- British Phycological SocietyThe British Phycological Society, founded in 1952, is a learned society based in the Unite
- British Psychoanalytic CouncilOrganisation in Britain
- British Psychoanalytical SocietyOrganisation in Britain
- British Psychological SocietyLearned society in the United Kingdom, devoted to psychology
- British Psychotherapy FoundationOrganisation in the United Kingdom
- British Society for the Study of Sex PsychologyThe British Society for the Study of Sex Psychology (BSSSP) was founded in 1913, "to advan
- Broadbent's filter model of attentionEarly theory of attention
- Broader autism phenotypeInformal classification for people with autistic traits
- Brock Report1934 British Parliamentary report advocating for the sterilisation of disabled people
- Broken escalator phenomenonIllusion when stepping onto a broken escalator
- Broken heartIntense stress or pain one feels at experiencing longing
- Brother complexCommon theme in Japanese pop culture
- Brown–Peterson taskCognitive exercise
- Bruce D. PerryAmerican psychiatrist
- Bruce EisnerAmerican writer, psychologist, psychedelicist, and activist (born 1948)
- Bruce Hall (photographer)Bruce Hall is a legally blind photographer and parent of twins with severe autism. Some of
- Bruce Hood (psychologist)Canadian-British psychologist and philosopher
- Bruce K. AlexanderCanadian psychologist (born 1939)
- Bruce OgilvieApplied sport psychologist
- Bruce TuckmanAmerican psychologist (1938–2016)
- Bruno KlopferBavarian-born German psychologist
- Bruno Klopfer AwardAward for lifetime achievement in personality psychology
- Buddhism and psychologyBuddhism, Mindfulness and Psychology
- Building the Bonds of AttachmentBook by Daniel A. Hughes
- BulgarisationSpread of Bulgarian culture
- BullyingAbuse or intimidation of others
- Bullying in information technologyForm of workplace bullying
- Bullying in medicineBullying in the medical profession is common, particularly of student or trainee physician
- Bullying in nursingType of bullying
- Bullying in teachingType of bullying in an educational setting
- Bullying in the legal professionType of workplace bullying
- Burari deaths2018 mass suicide in Delhi, India
- Buros Center for TestingThe Buros Center for Testing is an independent, non-profit organization within the Departm
- Business fableA business fable (also termed business fiction or leadership fable) is a motivational fabl
- Business letterWritten form of communication among businesses and between businesses and individuals
- Buss–Perry Aggression QuestionnaireMedical diagnostic method
- BusybodyPerson who meddles in the affairs of others
- Byllye AveryAmerican activist
- Byron GoodAmerican medical anthropologist
- Bystander effectSocial psychological theory
- Bystander effect (radiobiology)The radiation-induced bystander effect (bystander effect) is the phenomenon in which unirr