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- N-backContinuous performance task
- N. N. WigIndian psychiatrist (1930–2018)
- NabburgNabburg is a municipality in the district of Schwandorf, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situat
- Nadeen L. KaufmanAmerican psychologist
- Nadia ChaudhriCanadian psychologist (1978–2021)
- Nadine MacalusoAmerican psychologist
- NaggingRepetitious behaviour in the form of pestering
- Naglieri Nonverbal Ability TestCognitive test
- NaikanStructured method of self-reflection developed by Yoshimoto Ishin
- Nail bitingCompulsive habit of biting one's fingernails
- Naive diversificationNaïve diversification is a choice heuristic (also known as "diversification heuristic"). E
- Naïve realism (psychology)Human tendency to believe that we see the world around us objectively
- Nalini AmbadyAmerican social psychologist of Indian descent
- Name of the FatherPsychoanalytic concept by Jacques Lacan
- Name-letter effectTendency of people to prefer the letters in their name over other letters in the alphabet
- Naming tabooCultural taboo in the Chinese cultural sphere
- Nancy AdlerAmerican psychologist (1946–2024)
- Nancy Alvarez (psychologist)Dominican psychologist and television personality
- Nancy E. HillAmerican developmental psychologist
- Nancy KanwisherAmerican neuroscientist
- Nancy LedinsFirst openly transgender Roman Catholic priest
- Nancy MaddenAmerican psychologist
- Nancy McWilliamsAmerican psychologist
- Nancy SegalAmerican psychologist (born 1951)
- Nanette GartrellAmerican psychiatrist, researcher and lesbian activist
- Naoisé O'ReillyIrish psychologist
- Naomi EilanBritish philosopher
- Naomi EisenbergerPsychologist and social psychology professor
- Naomi EllemersDutch social and organizational psychologist
- Naomi MearaAmerican psychologist, researcher and academic
- Naomi NorsworthyAmerican psychologist
- Naomi SchorAmerican literary critic and theorist
- Naotaka ShinfukuJapanese psychiatrist (born 1942)
- Narcissism in the workplaceProblem producing an impact on an organization
- Narcissism of small differencesOver-focus on minor social differences
- Narcissistic defencesMental processes which preserve the self
- Narcissistic elationTerm to describe narcissism
- Narcissistic injuryShame that devastates an individual's self worth
- Narcissistic leadershipLeadership style
- Narcissistic mortificationPsychoanalysis concept
- Narcissistic Personality Inventory1979 research measure of narcissism
- Narcissistic supplyPsychology concept
- Narcissistic withdrawalStage in narcissism
- NarcosynthesisTreatment of PTSD
- Narcotics AnonymousMutual help 12-Step organization
- Narrative biasBias towards individual narratives
- Narrative exposure therapyShort-term therapy for trauma-related disorders
- Narrative identityPsychological theory
- Narrative psychologyPsychological theories concerning stories
- Narrative therapyForm of psychotherapy
- Nash's PyramidFramework for ranking leisure activities
- NässjöNässjö (Swedish pronunciation: ) is a locality and the seat of Nässjö Municipality, Jönköp
- Natasha J. CabreraCanadian developmental psychologist
- Nathan Adler (psychologist)American psychoanalyst (1911–1994)
- Nathan AzrinAmerican psychologist (1930–2013)
- Nathan Fox (psychologist)Developmental psychologist
- Nathan IsaacsBritish educational psychologist
- Nathaniel GageAmerican educational psychologist (1917–2008)
- National Action Alliance for Suicide PreventionU.S. organization
- National Adult Reading TestMedical diagnostic method
- National Association for Children of Alcoholics (United Kingdom)UK charity
- National Association of School PsychologistsU.S. professional organization
- National Association of Social WorkersThe National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is a professional organization of social
- National Autistic SocietyBritish charity for autistic people
- National Center for Missing & Exploited ChildrenAmerican children's rights organization
- National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioral ResearchU.S. bioethics commission
- National Communication AssociationThe National Communication Association (NCA) is a not-for-profit association of academics
- National Comorbidity SurveyFirst large-scale field survey of mental health in the United States
- National Council of Schools and Programs of Professional PsychologyPsychology organizations based in the United States
- National Eating Disorders AssociationNon-profit organization in the USA
- National Guild of HypnotistsThe National Guild of Hypnotists (NGH) is a non-profit, membership-based, international or
- National Health and Medical Research CouncilThe National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) is the main statutory authority o
- National Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyThe National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) is a survey research program
- National Institute for the Empowerment of Persons with Intellectual DisabilitiesIndian organization
- National Institute on Minority Health and Health DisparitiesThe National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) is an American go
- National Prize for Natural Sciences (Chile)Award
- National psychologyPsychological perception of a nation
- National Research ActThe National Research Act is an American law enacted by the 93rd United States Congress an
- National Rural Livelihood MissionThe National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM) is a poverty alleviation project implemented
- National Suicide Prevention WeekAnnual week-long campaign
- National traumaCollective trauma on a national scale
- Nations and IQArea of study
- Nations and Nationalism (journal)Academic journal
- Natural lawLegal and philosophical theory that there are values inherent in nature
- Natural moralityMorality that is based on human nature
- Natural scene perceptionProcessing of vision in typical environments
- Naturalistic observationObservation of a subject in its natural habitat
- Nature connectednessConnections between individuals and nature
- Nature therapyHealth practice
- Navel fetishismSexual interest focused on the navel
- Navon figureLarger shape built out of smaller, distinct shapes. e.g a large "N" drawn in small "a"s
- Neal E. MillerAmerican psychologist and academic (1909–2002)
- Near-death experiencePersonal experiences associated with death or impending death
- Near-miss effectPsychological effect in gambling
- Need for achievementPerson's desire for significant accomplishment
- Need for affiliationPerson's need to feel sense of involvement and belonging in a social group
- Need for cognitionPsychology concept
- Need for powerNeed for power (nPow) is a term that was popularized by psychologist David McClelland in 1
- Nefesh (group)Nefesh, literally meaning in Hebrew "Soul", is a networking organization for Torah-observa
- Negation (Freud)Rejecting a fact too uncomfortable to accept
- Negative affectivityPersonal tendency towards negative emotions and poor self-concept
- Negative evidence in language acquisitionEvidence about what is ungrammatical in a language
- Negative primingInitial stimulus inhibits response to subsequent stimulus
- Negative visualizationVisualization of the worst-case scenario(s)
- Negativity biasTendency to give more importance to negative experiences than positive ones
- NeggingCompliment to undermine the receiver's confidence
- NeglectForm of abuse
- Neglect of probabilityType of cognitive bias
- Neil MalamuthAmerican psychologist
- NekyiaAncient Greek cult practice
- Nelson CowanAmerican psychologist
- Neo-FreudianismPsychoanalytic approach
- Neo-Piagetian theories of cognitive developmentTheories in cognitive psychology
- Neon color spreadingOptical illusion
- Neonatal Behavioral Assessment ScaleTest to assess a newborn's abilities
- NeophilePersonality type characterized by an affinity for novelty
- NeophobiaMedical condition
- NEPSYSeries of neuropsychological tests
- Nesplora Aula (test)Psychological test
- Ness FoundationScottish research charity
- Net café refugeeHomeless person in Japan sheltering in a 24-hour café
- Neural basis of selfBiological processes that underlie human's perception of self-understanding
- Neural substrateRegions of the central nervous system which correspond to different cognitive processes
- NeurastheniaPsychological term
- NeuroconstructivismTheory about how the brain sculpts itself and becomes specialized over time
- Neurodevelopmental disorderSet of disorders affecting development of nervous system
- Neurodevelopmental framework for learningNeurodevelopmental framework for learning, like all frameworks, is an organizing structure
- Neuroinclusive designNeurodiversity-friendly design approach
- Neurological reparative therapyNeurological reparative therapy (NRT) is a new model of treatment synthesized from a compi
- NeuropsychoanalysisSynthesis of psychoanalysis and modern neuroscience
- Neuropsychological assessmentTesting to identify brain impairments, their severity & location
- Neuropsychological testAssess neurological function associated with certain behaviors and brain damage
- Neuroscience of multilingualismNeuroscience of multilingualism is the study of multilingualism within the field of neurol
- Neurosis and Human Growth: The Struggle Toward Self-Realization1950 book by Karen Horney
- Neurotic Personality Questionnaire KON-2006Psychometric tool
- Neurotics AnonymousTwelve-step program
- Neva Milicic MüllerChilean child psychologist
- New Center for PsychoanalysisThe New Center for Psychoanalysis is a psychoanalytic research, training, and educational
- New Directions in Sex TherapyNew Directions in Sex Therapy: Innovations and Alternatives is a 2001 book by the Canadian
- New Freedom Commission on Mental HealthUS commission established in 2002
- New Richmond, IndianaNew Richmond is a town in Coal Creek Township, Montgomery County, in the U.S. state of Ind
- New Zealand AmericansNew Zealand Americans are Americans who have New Zealand ancestry. According to the 2010 s
- New Zealand Psychological SocietyThe New Zealand Psychological Society (NZPsS) is one of the professional associations for
- Nic WaalNic Waal, born Caroline Schweigaard Nicolaysen in Kristiania, Norway (1 January 1905 – 28
- Nice guyTerm in popular psychology
- Nicholas HobbsAmerican psychologist
- Nicholas SpanosAmerican psychologist (1942–1994)
- Nicholas TrivetNicholas Trivet (or Trevet, as he himself wrote) (c. 1258 – c. 1328) was an English Anglo-
- Nicholas TroopBritish psychologist
- Nick ChaterBritish behavioural scientist and writer (born 1965)
- Nicki R. CrickPsychologist and professor of child development
- Nicky HayesBritish psychologist and author
- Nicola GaveyNew Zealand psychology academic
- Nicola Graham-KevanClinical psychologist researching violent behavior
- Nicola KayesNew Zealand health psychologist and rehabilitation researcher
- Nicola StarkeyNew Zealand psychology academic
- Nicola VelottiItalian psychoanalyst
- Nicole SheltonAmerican psychologist and academic
- Nicotine AnonymousTwelve-step program
- NidotherapyExperimental psychotherapy method
- Niels Erik NørlundNiels Erik Nørlund ForMemRS (26 October 1885, in Slagelse – 4 July 1981, in Copenhagen) wa
- Nigel BarberAmerican biopsychologist and author (born 1955)
- Nigel LattaNew Zealand psychologist and broadcaster (1967–2025)
- Night Eating QuestionnaireMeasure to assess symptoms of night eating syndrome
- Nightmare disorderSleep disorder
- NigredoTerm used in alchemy and Jungian psychology
- NijikonAttraction to two-dimensional characters
- Niki Erlenmeyer-KimlingAmerican psychiatrist (1932–2021)
- Niki HarréNew Zealand academic
- Nilli LavieBritish-Israeli psychologist and neuroscientist
- Nim TottenhamAmerican developmental psychologist
- Nina SearlEnglish psychologist (1883–1955)
- Nisonger Child Behavior Rating FormAssessment tool for children with disabilities
- No contactCommunication practice
- No pomegranates2017 Internet meme
- Noa-nameWord used instead of a taboo or dangerous word
- Noah K. DavisNoah Knowles Davis (1830–1910) was an American educator. He served as president of Bethel
- Nobel diseaseEmbracing of scientifically unsound ideas by Nobel laureates
- Nobel Prize effectObservation about the adverse effects of receiving the Nobel Prize
- NoceboHarmful effect from negative belief
- Noise: A Flaw in Human Judgment2021 book by Daniel Kahneman, Olivier Sibony, and Cass Sunstein
- Nominative determinismCorrelation of name and career
- NomophobiaFear of not having a mobile phone
- Non-binaryGender identities outside of the gender binary
- Non-verbal leakageNon-verbal leakage is a form of non-verbal behavior that occurs when a person verbalizes o
- Nonie K. LesauxCanadian-American psychologist and academic
- Nonverbal autismAutism spectrum disorder where one cannot speak
- Nonverbal influenceInfluencing others via tone or body language
- Nonverbal learning disorderNeurodevelopmental disorder
- NoospherePhilosophical concept of biosphere successor via humankind's rational activities
- Nora AhlbergNorwegian psychologist (born 1952)
- Nora SveaassNorwegian psychologist
- Norbert KerrAmerican social psychologist
- Norbert PreetzGerman psychologist and hypnotherapist
- Norbert SchwarzGerman psychologist
- Nordoff–Robbins music therapyType of music therapy
- Norine G. JohnsonAmerican child psychologist (1935–2011)
- Norm of reciprocityRepayment in kind
- Norma Cox AstwoodBermudian clinical psychologist
- Norma GrahamAmerican psychologist
- Normal curve equivalentIn educational statistics, a normal curve equivalent (NCE), developed for the United State
- Normalcy biasDisbelief or minimization in response to threat warnings
- Normality (behavior)Most common behavior for a person or social group
- Norman B. AndersonAmerican scientist (1955–2024)
- Norman FarberowAmerican psychologist
- Norman GarmezyAmerican psychologist
- Norman MaierAmerican experimental psychologist (1900–1977)
- Norman O. FrederiksenAmerican research psychologist
- Normative model of decision-makingVictor Vroom, a professor at Yale University and a scholar on leadership and decision-maki
- North American Society of Adlerian PsychologyThe North American Society of Adlerian Psychology (NASAP) was created in 1952 and is the p
- North West Boroughs Healthcare NHS Foundation TrustNHS mental health trust
- NorthStar CenterNorthStar Center was a young adult therapeutic transition and relapse prevention program,
- NosophobiaIrrational fear of contracting a disease
- Nostalgia consumptionConsumption of goods eliciting memories
- Nostalgia for the Soviet UnionPost-1991 social phenomenon
- Not in Front of the ChildrenBook by Marjorie Heins
- Nouthetic counselingForm of Christian pastoral counseling
- Novelty effectEffect from introducing new elements
- Novelty seekingPersonality trait
- Nth Room case2020 criminal child pornography and sexual blackmail case in South Korea
- Nuclear anxietyFear of nuclear war
- Nude psychotherapyForm of therapy in which the patient removes their clothing
- Nudge (book)2008 book by Richard H. Thaler and Cass R. Sunstein
- Nudge theoryConcept in behavioral economics, political theory and behavioral sciences
- Number sense in animalsNumber sense in animals is the ability of creatures to represent and discriminate quantiti
- Numerical cognitionStudy of numerical and mathematical abilities
- Numerical Stroop effectThe numerical Stroop effect, a concept rooted in cognitive psychology, refers to the inter
- NumerophobiaFear of numbers or mathematics
- Numerosity adaptation effectPhenomenon in numerical cognition
- Nun StudyAlzheimer's article on nuns
- NurtureProcess of caring for an organism as it matures
- Nutritional epidemiologyField of medical research on disease and diet