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- R. Michael BagbyCanadian psychologist
- R. Travis OsborneAmerican psychologist (1913–2013)
- Rabin fairnessRabin fairness is a fairness model invented by Matthew Rabin. It goes beyond the standard
- Race Differences in Intelligence (book)2006 book by Richard Lynn
- Race to the TopU.S. Department of Education competitive grant
- Race-based traumatic stressTraumatic response to stress following a racial encounter
- Race-normingAdjusting test scores based on the test-taker's ethnicity
- Rachel and Stephen KaplanAmerican psychology professors
- Rachel Hare-MustinAmerican psychologist and academic (1928–2020)
- Rachel KeenDevelopmental psychologist
- Rachel Sarah HerzAmerican-Canadian psychologist
- Rachel SimmonsRachel Simmons is an American author of the book Odd Girl Out: The Hidden Culture of Aggre
- Racial battle fatigueStress response
- Racial misrepresentationImpersonation of a race other than one's own
- Racial traumaCumulative effects of racism on health
- Racing thoughtsMental process
- Rack (torture)Torture device
- Radhika ChandiramaniIndian clinical psychologist, writer and editor
- Radial treeMathematical tree on concentric circles
- Radical behaviorismTerm pioneered by B.F. Skinner
- RadiophobiaFear of ionizing radiation
- Rage (emotion)Feeling of intense or growing anger
- Rage roomBusiness where clients can destroy items in a room
- RaggingStudent based "initiation ritual"
- RAID (in mental health)RAID (Reinforce Appropriate, Implode Disruptive) is a positive psychology least restrictiv
- Railway spineSymptoms of passengers in rail accidents
- Rainer K. SilbereisenGerman psychologist
- Rainer MausfeldGerman psychologist and university teacher
- Rainmaking (ritual)Weather modification ritual
- Ralph MetznerGerman-American psychologist, psychotherapist, and researcher (1936–2019)
- Ralph R. HetheringtonBritish psychologist (1917–2000)
- Ralph ReitanRalph M. Reitan (August 29, 1922 – August 24, 2014) was an American neuropsychologist and
- Ralph UnderwagerAmerican minister and psychologist (1929–2003)
- Ramani DurvasulaAmerican psychologist, media expert, and author
- Rami EliasSyrian priest and psychotherapist
- Ramya MohanBritish doctor and psychiatrist
- Randall EngleAmerican psychologist
- Randolph M. NesseRandolph Martin Nesse (born July 10, 1948) is an American physician, scientist and author
- Range anxietyFear of insufficient vehicle range, especially in electric vehicles
- Range–frequency theoryTheory in cognitive psychology
- Ranschburg effectPsychological theory
- Rape by deceptionPerpetrator obtains the victim's agreement by deception
- Rape Crisis England & WalesUK umbrella organisation
- Rape during the Darfur genocideThroughout the ongoing Darfur genocide in the Darfur war there has been a systematic campa
- Rape during the Kashmir conflictThe Kashmir conflict has been beset by large scale usage of sexual violence by multiple be
- Rape during the occupation of JapanSexual crimes committed during the occupation of Japan
- Rape during the Rwandan genocideDuring the Rwandan genocide of 1994, over the course of 100 days, up to half a million wom
- Rape during the Vietnam WarRape, among other acts of wartime sexual violence, was frequently committed against female
- Rape Fantasies"Rape Fantasies" is a short story by the Canadian author Margaret Atwood. The story, notab
- Rape fantasySexual fantasy involving coercible sex
- Rape in AfghanistanRape is a major issue in Afghanistan. A number of human rights organizations have criticiz
- Rape in BangladeshRape (Bengali: ধর্ষণ, romanized: dhôrṣôṇ, or Bengali: বলাৎকার, romanized: bôlātkār) is a s
- Rape in BelgiumIn 2004, the incidence of rapes recorded by the police in Belgium was 28.4 per 100,000 peo
- Rape in ChinaSexual violence in China
- Rape in EgyptSexual violence in Egypt
- Rape in FranceSexual violence in France
- Rape in GermanySexual violence in Germany
- Rape in MalawiRape and sexual violence in Malawi
- Rape in PakistanOverview of rape and other sexual violence in Pakistan
- Rape in the United StatesSexual violence in the United States
- Rape law in AlabamaRape in Alabama is currently defined across three sections of its Criminal Code: Definitio
- Rape paralysisImmobility during a sexual assault
- Rape trauma syndromePsychological trauma experienced by a rape victim
- Rapid automatized namingMedical diagnostic method
- Rapid-onset gender dysphoria controversyControversy surrounding a hypothesized medical condition
- RapportClose and harmonious relationship
- Rapture Encaged1994 book by Ruth El Saffar
- Rapunzel syndromeIntestinal condition in humans resulting from ingesting hair
- Rashomon effectUnreliability of eyewitnesses
- Rat ManPatient of Sigmund Freud
- Rat ParkHousing facility for rodents
- Rating scaleType of informational measurement scale
- Rating scales for depressionPsychometric tools to measure severity of depressive mood
- Rational emotive behavior therapyPsychotherapy
- Rational herdingType of behavior in economic markets
- Rational RecoveryDefunct commercial vendor
- Rationality (book)Rationality: What It Is, Why It Seems Scarce, Why It Matters is a 2021 book written by Can
- Raven (Reiterman book)1982 non-fiction book about Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple
- Raven's Progressive MatricesNon-verbal test
- Ravenna HelsonAmerican psychologist (1925–2020)
- Raymond CattellBritish-American psychologist (1905–1998)
- Raymond Cattell bibliographyThis is a bibliography of books by psychologist Raymond Cattell.
- Raymond de SaussureRaymond de Saussure (French: ; 2 August 1894 – 29 October 1971) was a Swiss psychoanalyst,
- Raymond Joseph DolanIrish neuroscientist
- Raymond W. Gibbs Jr.American psychology professor
- Re-Engineering Assessment PracticesThe Re-Engineering Assessment Practices in Scottish Higher Education project, or REAP, is
- Re-evaluation counselingBusiness
- Reactance (psychology)Unpleasant emotion experienced when behavioral freedom is threatened
- Reaction formationType of defense mechanism in psychoanalytic theory
- Reactive attachment disorderPsychological disorder that can affect children
- Reactive devaluationCognitive bias
- Reactivity (psychology)Phenomenon in psychological research
- Reading motivationDrive for literacy
- Reading span taskVerbal working memory test
- Reality principleAbility of the mind to assess the reality of the external world, and to act upon it
- Reality testingPsychotherapeutic function
- Reality therapyPsychotherapy and counseling approach
- Reasonable accommodationA reasonable accommodation is an adjustment made in a system to accommodate or make fair t
- Rebecca BiglerDevelopmental psychologist
- Rebecca Campbell (educator)American professor and researcher
- Rebecca ChoppRebecca S. Chopp (born 1952) is an American academic administrator and professor. She was
- Rebecca Pillai RiddellCanadian clinical psychologist and behavioral scientist
- Rebecca TreimanAmerican psychologist
- Recency biasCognitive bias that favors recent events over earlier ones
- Receptive aphasiaType of fluent aphasias
- Reciprocal altruismForm of behaviour between organisms
- Reciprocal altruism in humansAspect of sociology and behavior
- Reciprocal determinismTheory in psychology on behavior
- Reciprocity (social psychology)Social norm of reciprocating actions
- Recognition heuristicThe recognition heuristic, originally termed the recognition principle, has been used as a
- Recognition memoryType of explicit memory
- Recognition-by-components theoryTheory to explain object recognition
- Reconstructive memoryTheory of memory recall
- Recovered-memory therapyScientifically discredited form of psychotherapy
- Recovery InternationalAmerican mental health self-help organization
- Recovery modelMental health focused on recovery
- Recurrent brief depressionType of depression
- Recurrent miscarriageRecurrent miscarriage or recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is the spontaneous loss of 2-3 pre
- Recurring dreamDream which is experienced repeatedly over a long period
- Red dress effectPsychological phenomenon
- Reduplicative paramnesiaDelusional belief that a location has been duplicated or relocated
- Reflected appraisalReflected appraisal is a term used in psychology to describe a person's perception of how
- Reflective listeningReflective listening is a communication strategy used to better understand a speaker's ide
- Reflective practiceAbility to reflect on one's actions so as to engage in a process of continuous learning
- Reflexive controlIndirect control over an opponent's decisions
- Refugee childrenDisplaced children at risk of persecution
- Regality theoryTheory aiming to explain cultural differences based on perceived collective danger
- Regan GurungSocial psychologist
- Region-beta paradoxPsychological phenomenon
- Regression (psychology)Mental defence mechanism in psychoanalysis
- Regulation-focused psychotherapy for childrenRegulation-Focused Psychotherapy for Children (RFP-C) is a short-term, time-limited psycho
- Regulatory focus theoryQuestionnaire designed to measure prevention focus and promotion focus
- Regulatory mode theoryRegulatory mode theory, along with regulatory focus theory was developed by E. Tory Higgin
- Rehabilitation (neuropsychology)Therapy to regain or improve neurocognitive function that has been lost or diminished
- Rehabilitation psychologySpecialty area of psychology
- Reid techniqueMethod of interrogation using psychological manipulation
- Reiko TrueJapanese American psychologist
- ReinforcementConsequence affecting an organism's future behavior
- Reinforcement sensitivity theoryTheory about 3 brain-behavioral systems that underlie individual sensitivities
- RelateUK relationship support charity
- Relational aggressionDamaging social interaction
- Relational developmental systemsPsychological framework
- Relational frame theoryPsychological theory of human language
- Relational mobilitySociological variable
- Relational models theoryTheory of interpersonal relationships
- Relationship between child pornography and child sexual abuseLink between viewing child pornography and perpetration of child sexual abuse
- Relationship-contingent self-esteemType of self-esteem
- Relaxation techniqueAny method, process, procedure, or activity that helps a person to relax
- Relief (emotion)Positive emotion
- Religion and personalityMost scientists agree that religiosity (also called religiousness) is not an independent p
- Religiosity and intelligenceLink between religiosity and intelligence
- Religious delusionDelusion involving religious themes
- Religious fanaticismFanaticism towards a religion
- Religious instinctHypothesized part of human nature
- Religious trauma syndromeLingering symptoms of controlling belief systems
- Religious views on loveReligious views on love vary widely between different religions.
- Remember versus know judgementsParadigm in the science of memory
- Reminiscence bumpMemory phenomenon related to human aging
- Reminiscence therapyIntervention technique with brain-injured patients
- Remote Associates TestMedical diagnostic method
- René SpitzAustrian-American psychoanalyst
- Renée BaillargeonCanadian American developmental psychologist
- Renée BrandGerman-Jewish writer and psychologist
- Renee M. JohnsonAmerican academic
- Renee RabinowitzIsraeli-American psychologist and lawyer (1934–2020)
- Rennie v. KleinRennie v. Klein, 462 F. Supp. 1131 (D.N.J. 1978), was a case heard in the United States Di
- Rensis LikertAmerican social psychologist (1903–1981)
- Reparation (psychoanalysis)The term reparation was used by Melanie Klein (1921) to indicate a psychological process o
- Repertory gridInterviewing method based on personal construct theory of personality
- Repetition primingType of procedural memory
- Replacement childChild conceived by parents to replace an older dead sibling
- Representational momentumRepresentational momentum is a small, but reliable, error in our visual perception of movi
- Representativeness heuristicTool for assisting judgement in uncertainty
- Repressed memoryTheory that memory may be stored in the unconscious mind
- Repression (psychoanalysis)Unconscious defense mechanism
- Reproducibility ProjectExperimental collaboration replicating 100 studies
- Reproductive lossResponse to failed procreation
- Reputation systemCommunity rating algorithm
- Research Domain CriteriaDiagnostic framework in personalized psychiatry
- Research ethicsEthical practice in scientific research
- ResenteeismEntrapped disenchanted employee
- Residential careLong-term care provided in a non-home based residential place
- Resignation syndromeCatatonic medical condition
- Resistance (psychoanalysis)Term used in psychoanalysis describing oppositional behaviors
- RespectFeeling of regard for someone or something
- Response primingIn the psychology of perception and motor control, the term response priming denotes a spe
- Response to InterventionIn education, Response to Intervention (RTI or RtI) is an academic approach used to provid
- Response-based therapyForm of psychotherapy
- Response-prompting proceduresResponse-prompting procedures are systematic strategies used to increase the probability o
- Responsibility assumptionIn existential psychotherapy, responsibility assumption is the doctrine, practiced by ther
- Resting bitch faceInternet meme for a facial expression
- Restorative practicesSocial science field
- Rethink Mental IllnessBritish mental health charity
- RetrocausalityMathematical technique in physics
- Retrograde amnesiaPermanent or temporary loss of long-term memory
- Retrospective memoryMemory of people, words and events experienced in the past
- Reuven GalReuven Gal (Hebrew: ראובן גל; born August 24, 1942, surname Gruber) is an Israeli social a
- Reva GersteinCanadian psychologist (1917–2020)
- Reva PotashinCanadian psychologist (1921–2013)
- RevengeHarmful action against a person or group in response to a grievance
- Reversal theoryTheory of personality, motivation and emotion
- Review of General PsychologyReview of General Psychology is the quarterly scientific journal of the American Psycholog
- Revised NEO Personality InventoryBig Five personality trait inventory
- Reviving Ophelia1994 non-fiction book by Mary Pipher
- Revolutionary coalitionConcept of group psychology
- Reward dependencePersonality trait in psychology
- Reward theory of attractionMechanics of liking and romantic love
- Rex JungAmerican psychologist
- Rexford, New YorkRexford is a hamlet in Saratoga County, New York, United States, located on the north bank
- Rey–Osterrieth complex figureNeuropsychological assessment
- Rheta DeVriesAmerican psychologist
- Rhoda UngerFeminist psychologist
- Rhyme-as-reason effectType of cognitive bias
- Ricardo AinslieAmerican psychologist
- Richard BandlerRichard Wayne Bandler (born 1950) is an American writer, consultant, and public speaker in
- Richard Benjamin DarlingtonAmerican psychologist and statistician (born 1937))
- Richard BentallBritish psychologist
- Richard Bryant (psychologist)Australian psychologist
- Richard DavidsonAmerican psychologist
- Richard E. NisbettAmerican psychologist (born 1941)
- Richard Green (sexologist)Richard Green (6 June 1936 – 6 April 2019) was an American-British sexologist, psychiatris
- Richard H. HoffmannAmerican psychiatrist
- Richard HerrnsteinAmerican psychologist (1930–1994)
- Richard J. HaierAmerican psychologist
- Richard Jed WyattAmerican psychiatrist and schizophrenia researcher
- Richard Kogan (physician)American psychiatry professor, pianist
- Richard LazarusRichard S. Lazarus (March 3, 1922 – November 24, 2002) was an American psychologist who be
- Richard Louis MillerAmerican psychologist
- Richard LynnBritish psychologist and scientific racist (1930–2023)
- Richard M. RyanRichard M. Ryan is a professor at the Institute for Positive Psychology and Education at t
- Richard Newton (caricaturist)Richard Newton (19 May 1777 – 8 December 1798) was an English caricaturist, miniaturist an
- Richard PaternosterEnglish civil servant
- Richard PringleAmerican psychologist and professor
- Richard SeneseAmerican psychologist and academic administrator
- Richard ShiffrinAmerican cognitive scientist (born 1942)
- Richard Walter (psychologist)American forensic psychologist
- Richard WoodcockRichard Wesley Woodcock (January 29, 1928 – January 2, 2024) was an American psychometrici
- Richmond FellowshipRichmond Fellowship refers to a number of different charity, non-profit and voluntary sect
- Rick HeberAmerican psychologist
- Ricky GreenwaldRicky Greenwald is a clinical psychologist. An expert on eye movement desensitization and
- Rider (imprint)Rider is a publishing imprint of Ebury Publishing, a Penguin Random House division, starte
- Riggins v. Nevada1992 United States Supreme Court case
- Right to personal identityHuman right
- Rigidity (psychology)Mechanisms of overcoming risky behaviors
- Risk communicationAcademic sub-field of risk management
- Risk compensationBehavioral theory
- Risk inclination modelRisk inclination (RI) is defined as a mental disposition (i.e., confidence) toward an even
- Risk perceptionSubjective judgement one makes of a risk
- Rita CamarneiroPortuguese comedian and TV presenter
- Ritalin class-action lawsuitsThe Ritalin class-action lawsuits were a series of federal lawsuits in 2000, filed in five
- Ritvo Autism and Asperger Diagnostic ScalePsychological self-rating scale
- Rivka YahavIsraeli psychologist
- Road rageAggressive or angry behavior in road traffic
- Robert A. BakerAmerican psychologist and scientific skeptic (1921–2005)
- Robert A. RescorlaAmerican psychologist (1940–2020)
- Robert AderAmerican psychologist and academic
- Robert Biswas-DienerAmerican psychologist
- Robert C. NicholsAmerican educational psychologist
- Robert Crawford (psychiatrist)New Zealand psychiatrist (1941–2021)
- Robert D. HareCanadian psychologist
- Robert E. EmeryAmerican psychologist
- Robert E. OrnsteinAmerican psychologist, researcher and author
- Robert EpsteinAmerican psychologist and journalist (born 1953)
- Robert F. MagerAmerican psychologist and author (1923–2020)
- Robert Galbraith HeathAmerican psychiatrist (1915–1999)
- Robert Grosseteste13th-century Bishop of Lincoln, astrologer, scientist, and philosopher
- Robert Grosseteste: The Growth of an English Mind in Medieval Europe1988 non-fiction book by R.W. Southern
- Robert Hogan (psychologist)American psychologist (born 1937)
- Robert J. WaldingerRobert J. Waldinger (born 1951) is an American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, and Zen priest
- Robert Jay LiftonAmerican psychiatrist and author (1926–2025)
- Robert KeganAmerican psychologist
- Robert KurzbanAmerican psychologist (born 1969)
- Robert L. CampbellAmerican psychologist
- Robert L. Moore (psychologist)American psychologist (1942–2016)
- Robert L. SelmanAmerican educational psychologist
- Robert L. ThorndikeRobert Ladd Thorndike (September 22, 1910 – September 21, 1990) was an American psychometr
- Robert LangsRobert Joseph Langs (June 30, 1928 – November 8, 2014) was a psychiatrist, psychotherapist
- Robert Lehmann (psychologist)Forensic psychologist and academic
- Robert M. Gordon (psychologist)American psychologist
- Robert Maclaughlin FarrBritish psychologist (1936–2013)
- Robert MillmanAmerican physician
- Robert Morris OgdenAmerican psychologist and academic
- Robert Prentiss DanielAfrican-American psychologist, scholar and college president
- Robert RemezRobert Remez is an American experimental psychologist and cognitive scientist, and is Prof
- Robert Richardson SearsRobert Richardson Sears (; August 31, 1908 – May 22, 1989) was an American psychologist wh
- Robert Rosenthal (psychologist)German-born American psychologist (1933–2024)
- Robert S. CorringtonAmerican philosopher, academic (born 1950)
- Robert S. WoodworthAmerican psychologist (1869–1962)
- Robert SchugAmerican forensic psychologist
- Robert SlavinAmerican psychologist (1950–2021)
- Robert SommerAmerican psychologist (1929–2021)
- Robert Spitzer (psychiatrist)American psychiatrist (1932–2015)
- Robert StollerAmerican psychiatrist (1924–1991)
- Robert TryonAmerican behavioral psychologist (1901–1967)
- Robert V. LevineAmerican psychologist (1945–2019)
- Robert W. White (psychologist)American psychologist
- Robert YerkesAmerican psychologist (1876–1956)
- Robert ZajoncAmerican social psychologist
- Robert ZuiliFrench clinical psychologist
- Roberta KlatzkyAmerican psychologist
- Roberta Michnick GolinkoffAmerican academic
- Robin DunbarBritish evolutionary psychologist (1947-)
- Robin Hunter (psychiatrist)Canadian psychiatrist (1919–1987)
- Robin KanarekAmerican physiological psychologist
- Robin S. RosenbergAmerican author and clinical psychologist (born 1959)
- Robin SternAmerican psychoanalyst
- Robin Wilson (psychologist)Robin J. Wilson is a Canadian psychologist, specializing in work on sex offenders.
- RobopsychologyStudy of personalities and behavior of intelligent machines
- Robyn FivushAmerican psychologist, educator
- Rochdale child sex abuse ring21st-century criminal gang in Greater Manchester, England
- Rochelle NewmanAmerican psychologist
- Rod A. MartinCanadian psychologist
- Rod and frame testThe rod and frame test is a psychophysical method of testing perception. It relies on the
- Roger BarkerRoger Garlock Barker (1903 – 1990) was a social scientist, a founder of environmental psyc
- Roger Brown (psychologist)American social psychologist (1925–1997)
- Roger MillsapAmerican psychologist (1954–2014)
- Roger SchankAmerican scientist (1946–2023)
- Roger Wolcott SperryAmerican neuropsychologist, neurobiologist and Nobel laureate
- Rogers v. OkinAmerican legal case
- Roland Clark DavisAmerican psychologist
- Roland W. ScholzRoland Werner Scholz (* 15. April 1950 in Halle (Saale)) is a German mathematician, psycho
- Roland William FlemingAnglo-German psychologist
- Role congruity theoryTheory about social roles and acceptance
- Role reversalPsychotherapeutic technique
- Role suctionPsychotherapy term
- Role-playingChanging of one's behaviour to assume a role
- Rolf MuussGerman-American psychologist (1924–2020)
- Rollo MayAmerican psychologist (1909–1994)
- Rom HarréNew Zealand-British philosopher and psychologist (1927–2019)
- Roman saluteArm and hand gesture
- RomanianizationAdoption of Romanian culture and language by non-Romanian people
- Romanization of AnatoliaCultural adaptation in Roman Anatolia
- Romantic love (mental state)Mental state of being in love
- Romantic psychologyRomantic psychology was an intellectual movement that emerged in the late 18th and early 1
- Romeo and Juliet effectIncreased romantic feelings due to parental opposition
- Rona Moss-MorrisAcademic researcher from South Africa
- Ronald C. KesslerAmerican sociologist and professor of health care policy
- Ronald HargreavesGeorge Ronald Hargreaves OBE, FRCP, MRCS (14 July 1908 – 18 December 1962) was a civilian
- Ronald K. HoeflinAmerican philosopher
- Ronald P. RohnerAmerican psychologist (b. 1935)
- Roos VonkRoosje (Roos) Vonk (Leiden, 4 November 1960) is a Dutch professor (Dutch title: "hoogleraa
- Rorschach Performance Assessment SystemThe Rorschach Performance Assessment System (R-PAS) is a scoring and interpretive method t
- Rorschach testProjective psychological test created in 1921
- Rosa Leal de PérezGuatemalan psychologist and public official (1953–2025)
- Rosalind BarnettAmerican psychologist
- Rosalind CartwrightAmerican neuroscientist and sleep researcher (1922–2021)
- Rosalind RidleyBritish psychologist and researcher (born 1949)
- Rosalind WulzenAmerican physiologist
- Rose EdgcumbeBritish psychoanalyst
- Rosemarie TüpkerGerman music therapist and musicologist
- Rosemary E. PhelpsAmerican counseling psychologist
- Rosenberg self-esteem scaleSelf-report questionnaire
- Rosenhan experimentExperiment to determine the validity of psychiatric diagnosis
- Rosjke HasseldineDutch-New Zealand-American author
- Ross DayAustralian experimental psychologist
- Rosy retrospectionDisproportionate favor towards the past
- Rotarod performance testPerformance test
- Rote learningMemorization technique based on repetition
- Rough-and-tumble playForm of play fighting
- Roxane Cohen SilverHealth psychologist
- Roy PeaRoy D. Pea is David Jacks Professor of Learning Sciences and Education at the Stanford Gra
- Roy SchaferAmerican psychologist and psychoanalysis
- Roy ShuttleworthEnglish psychologist
- Roy W. MenningerAmerican medical doctor and psychiatrist (1926–2024)
- Royal Commission on Animal Magnetism1784 French scientific bodies' investigations involving systematic controlled trials
- Rubber duck debuggingCode debugging method
- RubedoFinal stage in the alchemical process
- RubricWord or section of text that is traditionally written or printed in red ink for emphasis
- Ruby TakanishiAmerican developmental psychologist (1946–2020)
- Ruchama MartonIsraeli psychiatrist
- Rudolf DreikursRudolf Dreikurs (February 8, 1897, Vienna – May 25, 1972, Chicago) was an Austrian psychia
- Rudolph Loewenstein (psychoanalyst)Rudolph Maurice Loewenstein (January 17, 1898 – April 14, 1976) was an American psychoanal
- RudolstadtRudolstadt is a town in the German federal state Thuringia, within the Thuringian Forest,
- Rufus MayBritish clinical psychologist (born 1968)
- Rule of threes (survival)Rules of thumb for survival in the wild
- Ruma FalkIsraeli psychologist and philosopher of mathematics (1932–2020)
- Rumelhart PrizeCognitive science prize
- Rumination (psychology)Focused attention on one's mental distress
- Rumor spread in social networkThe spread of rumors is an important form of communication in society. There are two appro
- Rumors of equine mutilation in France in 2020Controversy of equine mutilation
- Rural doctor quotaIn Germany, the rural doctor quota (German: Landarztquote) is an instrument introduced by
- Russell BarkleyAmerican psychologist and author (born 1949)
- Russell HurlburtAmerican Psychologist
- Russian disinformationRussian state-sponsored disinformation campaigns
- Russian information war against UkraineThe Russian information war against Ukraine refers to Russia weaponising information and c
- Russian Psychological SocietyThe Russian Psychological Society (RPS; Russian: Российское Психологическое Общество) is t
- Ruth C. SullivanRuth Christ Sullivan (April 20, 1924 – September 16, 2021) was an American organizer and a
- Ruth CohnGerman psychotherapist, educator, and poet
- Ruth DykAmerican psychologist, suffragist, and author
- Ruth F. NamieAmerican psychologist
- Ruth G. KingAmerican educational psychologist (1933–2025)
- Ruth Hubbard CousinsAmerican psychologist
- Ruth K. ChaoAmerican university teacher and psychologist
- Ruth M. J. ByrneIrish cognitive scientist and psychologist
- Ruth Morris BakwinAmerican pediatrician
- Ruth O'HaraIrish psychiatrist and academic administrator
- Ruth PerednikIsraeli psychologist (born 1959)
- Ruth Sherman TolmanAmerican psychologist and professor (1893–1957)
- Ruth Striegel WeissmanGerman-American psychologist
- Ruth Winifred HowardAmerican psychologist
- Ruthellen JosselsonAmerican academic
- Ryan's LawSouth Carolina law requiring insurance companies to cover autism treatments