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- S. Alexandra BurtAmerican psychologist and behavior geneticist
- S. H. FoulkesGerman-British psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
- S100A10Protein found in humans
- Sabina SpielreinRussian physician and psychoanalyst (1885–1942)
- Sad clown paradoxLink between comedy and mental disorders
- SadfishingSeeking sympathy by exaggerating emotional problems
- Sadism and masochism in fictionThe role of sadism and masochism in fiction has attracted serious scholarly attention. Ant
- Sadistic personality disorderFormer personality disorder involving sadism
- SadnessNegative emotional state
- Saducismus TriumphatusBook by Joseph Glanvill
- Safety behaviors (anxiety)Stress-relieving activity
- Safety cultureRisk-averse attitudes
- Saima WazedBangladeshi psychologist
- Salvator CupceaRomanian psychiatrist (1908–1958)
- Sam TsemberisGreek Canadian psychologist
- Samuel MehrAmerican cognitive scientist
- Samuel MessickAmerican educational psychologist (1931–1998)
- Samuel OrtonSamuel Torrey Orton (October 15, 1879 – November 17, 1948) was an American physician who p
- Samuel RenshawAmerican educational psychologist and researcher
- San Francisco Psychoanalytic Society and InstituteThe San Francisco Center for Psychoanalysis, formerly the San Francisco Psychoanalytic Soc
- Sana IqbalIndian cross-country biker
- Sanda DomainSanda Domain (三田藩, Sanda-han) was a feudal domain under the Tokugawa shogunate of Edo peri
- Sander van der LindenSocial psychologist (born 1986)
- Sandra BemAmerican psychologist
- Sandra F. SimmonsMedical researcher
- Sandra L. CalvertAmerican psychologist
- Sandra L. MurraySandra L. Murray is Professor of Psychology at the University at Buffalo, State University
- Sandra ScarrAmerican psychologist and writer (1936–2021)
- Sandra TrehubCanadian psychologist (1938–2023)
- Sandra WaxmanAmerican cognitive psychologist
- Sandy K. WurteleAmerican psychologist
- SanismDiscrimination against people with mental conditions or impairments
- SanitySoundness, rationality and healthiness of the mind
- Santa Rosa hitchhiker murdersSeries of unsolved murders and disappearances in Northern California in the 1970s
- Saparinah SadliIndonesian psychologist (born 1927)
- Sapna CheryanAmerican social psychologist
- Sara NasserzadehSocial psychologist and author
- Sara SmilanskySara Smilansky (Hebrew: שרה סמילנסקי; January 28, 1922, Jerusalem, Israel – December 5, 20
- Sara WilfordAmerican psychologist (1932–2021)
- Sarah ByfordBritish economist
- Sarah JibrilNigerian politician and psychologist
- Sarah KofmanFrench philosopher (1934–1994)
- Sarah StraubGerman musician and psychologist
- Sarita RobinsonBritish survival scientist and broadcaster
- Satanic panicWidespread moral panic alleging abuse
- Satanic panic (South Africa)Satanic panic in South Africa
- Sathasivian CooperSocial psychologist and anti-apartheid youth leader
- Satwant PasrichaIndian academic
- SaudadeEmotional state
- Saul B. NewtonCult leader and controversial psychotherapist
- Saul RosenzweigAmerican psychologist and therapist
- Saverio TomasellaFrench psychoanalyst and researcher
- SavoringConcept in positive psychology
- Scale errorIn developmental psychology, Scale error is a serious attempt made by a young child to per
- Scale of Protective FactorsThe Scale of Protective Factors (SPF) is a measure of aspects of social relationships, pla
- Scarcity (social psychology)Concept in social psychology
- ScarewareMalware designed to elicit fear, shock, or anxiety
- Scarr–Rowe effectHypothesized effect of socioeconomic status on the heritability of IQ
- SchadenfreudePleasure from the misfortunes of others
- Schedule for Affective Disorders and SchizophreniaPsychiatric collection
- Schema (psychology)Pattern of thought or behavior
- Schema therapyForm of integrative psychotherapy
- Schizoaffective disorderMental disorder
- Schizoid avoidant behaviorRelationship in clinical psychology
- Schizophrenia International Research SocietyMental health research organization
- Schizophrenics AnonymousPeer support group
- Schizophreniform disorderSchizophrenia symptoms for fewer than six months
- SchizotypyConcept of personality states ranging from imaginative to psychotic
- School counselorEducation occupation of guidance and counseling
- School psychology challenges and benefitsBranch of psychology
- Schools Consent ProjectUK sex-education workshop provider
- Science of Identity FoundationNew religious movement based in Hawaii
- SciousnessConsciousness separate from consciousness of self
- ScopophiliaSexual pleasure derived from looking at object or person
- ScopophobiaFear of being stared at
- Scott AtranAmerican-French cultural anthropologist
- Scott LilienfeldAmerican psychologist (1960–2020)
- Scott PolandAmerican psychologist
- Scottish national identityScottish identity and common culture
- Screen for child anxiety related disordersScreening questionnaire for anxiety disorders
- Screen memoryPsychological concept
- Screening, brief intervention and referral to treatmentScreening, Brief Intervention and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) is a model that encourages
- Script theoryPsychological theory
- ScrupulosityPsychological disorder of morality
- SealioningType of trolling or harassment
- Search activity conceptSearch activity concept (SAC) is a psychophysiological concept that integrates subject's b
- Search engine manipulation effectEffect of search engines on user attitudes
- Seasonal Pattern Assessment QuestionnaireScreening test for seasonal affective disorder
- Second Chance ProgramSubstance abuse rehabilitation program tied to the Church of Scientology
- Second Firsts2013 book on grief by Christina Rasmussen
- Second-order conditioningForm of learning
- Second-wave positive psychologyPsychological approach
- Secondary maniaMedical condition
- Secondary traumaPsychological trauma from contact with traumatized people
- Secret committee (psychoanalysis)The Secret Committee of the early history of psychoanalysis was formed in 1912 in order to
- Secret Gospel of MarkPutative longer version of the Gospel of Mark
- Secular Organizations for SobrietyNon-profit network of autonomous addiction recovery groups
- Secure attachmentAttachment style within attachment theory
- Seductive detailsEducational ploy to induce attention
- Seeing and Being Seen in the Later Medieval World2005 Monograph by Dallas G. Denery
- Seeing pink elephantsEuphemism for hallucinations caused by alcohol
- SehnsuchtGerman noun for an emotion of longing
- Selective amnesiaType of memory deficit
- Selective mutismAnxiety disorder blocking speech
- Selective placementPhenomenon in adoption studies
- Selective retentionProcess where messages close to one's interests are better remembered
- Selena FoxAmerican Wiccan priestess
- SelfIndividual person as the object of its own reflective consciousness
- Self in Jungian psychologyPsychological concept
- Self psychologyModern psychoanalytic theory and clinical applications
- Self-absorption paradoxAssociation of self-awareness with distress and well-being
- Self-acceptanceSelf-acceptance is acceptance of self.
- Self-actualizationHuman emotional need
- Self-administrationMedical intervention
- Self-advocacyCivil rights movement by and for people with developmental disabilities
- Self-affirmationSocial psychology theory
- Self-agencySense that actions are self-generated
- Self-assessmentConcept in social psychology
- Self-Assessment ManikinScale used to measure affect
- Self-categorization theoryTheory in social psychology
- Self-compassionExtending compassion to one's self in instances of suffering or failure
- Self-complexitySelf-complexity is a person's perceived knowledge of themself, based upon the number of di
- Self-concealmentPredisposition to hide embarrassing information
- Self-confrontation methodPsychological technique
- Self-conscious emotionsEmotions that require a sense of self
- Self-constancyPsychological concept
- Self-deceptionPsychology of false perceptions and their impact on human behavior
- Self-defeating personality disorderProposed personality disorder
- Self-denialAct or mindset of putting things above one's own needs
- Self-destructive behaviorBehaviours that are harmful to the individual engaging in them
- Self-determination theoryMacro theory of human motivation and personality
- Self-directednessAdaptability of one's own behavior to achieve personally chosen goals and values
- Self-discrepancy theoryPsychological theory
- Self-efficacyPsychology concept
- Self-Efficacy (book)Book
- Self-embeddingInsertion of foreign objects into soft tissues under the skin or into muscle
- Self-enhancementType of motivation
- Self-esteemHuman emotional need
- Self-esteem functionsIn psychology
- Self-evaluation maintenance theoryConcept in social psychology
- Self-evaluation motivesDrives for development, maintenance, or modification of self-views
- Self-expansion modelPsychological theory by Arthur & Elaine Aron
- Self-fulfillmentRealizing of one's deepest desires and capacities
- Self-handicappingCognitive strategy
- Self-helpSelf-guided improvement
- Self-help groups for mental healthMental health organizations
- Self-imageMental picture of self that comes from different sources
- Self-interestMotivation in human action
- Self-knowledge (psychology)Understanding of one's own basic needs and motives
- Self-licensingPsychological term related to self-image
- Self-loveConcept in philosophy and psychology
- Self-medicationUnsupervised use of drugs and other substances
- Self-monitoringPsychology concept introduced in the 1970s by Mark Snyder
- Self-other controlCapacity to distinguish oneself from others
- Self-perception theoryAccount of attitude formation developed by psychologist Daryl Bem
- Self-persuasionSelf-persuasion is used to explain one aspect of social influence. This theory postulates
- Self-pityFeeling sorry for oneself
- Self-reflectionCapacity of humans to exercise introspection
- Self-regulated learningEducational strategy
- Self-regulation theorySystem of conscious personal management
- Self-report inventoryType of psychological test
- Self-sacrificePsychological term
- Self-schemaSet of memories for a person
- Self-serving biasDistortion to enhance self-esteem, or to see oneself overly favorably
- Self-test of intelligenceA self-test of intelligence is a psychological test that someone can take to purportedly m
- Self-transcendencePsychological concept: expansion of personal boundaries
- Self-verification theorySocial psychological theory
- Sell v. United States2003 United States Supreme Court case
- Semantic amnesiaSemantic amnesia is a type of amnesia that affects semantic memory and is primarily manife
- Semantic differentialEmpirical method used in Linguistics
- Semantic feature-comparison modelThe semantic feature comparison model is used "to derive predictions about categorization
- Semantic memoryType of memory referring to general world knowledge
- Semi-structured interviewSocial science interview method
- Seminars of Jacques Lacan1952–1980 seminars in Paris
- Semmelweis reflexCognitive bias
- Sensation seekingPersonality trait
- Sense of agencySense of controlling one's own actions
- SensoriumOrganism's perception of its environment with all of its senses
- Sensory deprivationDeliberate reduction or removal of stimuli
- Sensory historyAcademic study of the senses in history
- Sensory integration therapyTherapy designed to treat sensory processing disorder
- Sensory overloadState of overwhelm caused by an excess of sensory input
- Sensory preconditioningSensory preconditioning is an extension of classical conditioning. Procedurally, sensory p
- Sensory processing disorderDysfunction in one's ability to comprehend and respond to multiple sensory stimuli
- Sensory processing sensitivityPersonality trait of highly sensitive persons
- Sensory thresholdLimit defining the weakest stimulus which can be sensed
- SentimentalityTender emotional response disproportionate to the situation at hand
- Sequel Youth and Family ServicesFor-profit operator of behavioral healthcare facilities
- Sequence learningMethod of human learning
- SerbianisationSpread of Serbian culture, people, or politics
- Serena ChenAmerican social psychologist
- Serge MoscoviciRomanian-born French social psychologist (1925–2014)
- Serge NicolasFrench professor of psychology and author
- Serial reaction timeSerial reaction time (SRT) is a commonly used parameter in the measurement of unconscious
- Serial-position effectPsychological concept
- Serious mental illnessMental health condition that seriously impairs life activities
- Service recovery paradoxParadox in economics
- Services for mental disordersSupport services for mental health conditions
- Set (psychology)Group of expectations in psychology
- Set and settingMindset and location of a drug experience
- Settled insanityCondition caused by long-term substance abuse
- Sex Addicts AnonymousTwelve-step program
- Sex and Love Addicts AnonymousTwelve-step program
- Sex lifeSector of a person's life
- Sex, Sin, and BlasphemyBook by Marjorie Heins
- Sexaholics AnonymousTwelve-step program
- Sexological testingAspect of the study of sexuality
- Sexual abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall RiverThe sexual abuse scandal in Fall River diocese is a significant episode in the series of C
- Sexual addictionProposed compulsive sexual disorder
- Sexual and gender-based violence against Palestinians during the Gaza warDuring the ongoing Gaza war, Israeli male and female soldiers, guards and medical staff ha
- Sexual and gender-based violence in the October 7 attacksSexual and gender-based violence committed by Hamas
- Sexual anhedoniaCondition in which an individual cannot feel pleasure from an orgasm
- Sexual anorexiaInformal term for sexual aversion
- Sexual bullyingBullying associated with sexual activity or orientation
- Sexual Compulsives AnonymousTwelve-step program
- Sexual conflict in humansPsychological concept
- Sexual desire and intimate relationshipsHuman sexuality
- Sexual frustrationFrustration resulting from lack of desired sexual activity
- Sexual guiltRegrets on intercourse due to cultural expectations
- Sexual obsessionsPersistent thoughts about sexual activity
- Sexual orientation and gender identity in the United States militaryLGBT in the US military
- Sexual sadism disorderParaphilia in which a subject derives gratification from inflicting pain
- Sexual selection in humansEvolutionary effects of sexual selection on humans
- Sexual taboo in the Middle EastRegional social stigmas around sexuality
- Sexual trauma therapyInterventions provided to survivors of sexual violence
- Sexual violence in FinlandSexual violence means that someone forces or manipulates someone else into unwanted sexual
- Sexuality and marital status of JesusChristian churches and theologians traditionally hold that Jesus never married and remaine
- Sexuality in AfricaAttitudes towards sexuality diverges between Sub-Saharan Africa and North Africa, with the
- SexualizationTo make something sexual in character
- Sexualization in child beauty pageantsSexualization in child beauty pageants has been the topic of controversy and debate. Since
- Shadow (psychology)Concept in Jungian psychology
- Shadow personPerception of a patch of shadow as a living, humanoid figure
- Shahnaz BukhariPakistani women's rights activist
- Shai DavidaiIsraeli activist
- Shais TaubAmerican Hasidic rabbi and author
- ShameUnpleasant self-conscious emotion
- Shamrock FarmShamrock Farm was the United Kingdom's only non-human primate importation and quarantine c
- Shane J. LopezAmerican psychologist
- Shanley AllenLinguist
- Shaping (psychology)Psychological paradigm for behavior analysis
- Shaping Psychology2020 book by Tomasz Witkowski
- Shared information biasShared information bias (also known as the collective information sampling bias, or common
- Sharon BrehmAmerican psychologist (1945–2018)
- Sharon Horne (psychologist)LGBTQ researcher and scientist
- Sharon LambAmerican education psychologist
- Sharon Thompson-SchillAmerican cognitive psychologist
- Shattered assumptions theoryTheory in social psychology
- Shekhar SaxenaIndian psychiatrist
- Sheldon GlueckPolish-American criminologist
- Sheldon SolomonSheldon Solomon is an American social psychologist. He is a professor of psychology at Ski
- Shell shockTerm for post-traumatic stress disorder
- Shelley E. TaylorAmerican psychologist
- Shelley HymelCanadian psychologist and academic
- Shelly GrabeSocial psychologist
- ShenkuiMedical condition
- Shepherd Ivory FranzAmerican psychologist
- Sheree TothAmerican psychology professor
- Sherry PagotoPsychologist
- Sherry StewartCanadian clinical psychologist
- Sherry TurkleAmerican social scientist and psychologist (born 1948)
- Sherry WuChinese psychologist
- Shift-and-persist modelThe shift-and-persist model has emerged in order to account for unintuitive, positive heal
- Shirin DarashaIndian educator, playwright, feminist
- Shirley FeldmanAmerican developmental psychologist
- Shirley HodgsonShirley Victoria Penrose Hodgson (born 22 February 1945) is a British geneticist.
- Shirley PearceBritish academic and psychologist
- Shit life syndromeExistential crisis caused by relative poverty
- Shlomo BenartziAmerican behavioral economist
- Shlomo BentinIsraeli neuropsychologist (1946–2012)
- Shlomo HareliIsraeli psychologist
- Shoba RajaShoba Raja is an Indian psychologist and known for her work in developmental issues of vul
- Shock valuePotential to provoke a sharp negative reaction
- Shooting and cryingExpression associated with media portrayals of the Israeli military
- Short-term memoryMemory used for information that only needs to be stored for a short time
- Shoulder angelPlot device used for an effect in fictional works
- Shubnikov–de Haas effectAn oscillation in the conductivity of a material that occurs at low temperatures in the pr
- ShuhariConcept describing the stages of learning
- ShynessFeeling of apprehension, discomfort or awkwardness in the presence of other people
- Side hugDisplay of affection involving embracing from the side
- Sidney Clarence GarrisonAmerican educator and psychologist (1885–1945)
- Sidney GottliebAmerican chemist and spymaster
- Sidney L. PresseyAmerican psychologist (1888–1979)
- Sidney W. BijouAmerican developmental psychologist
- Siege mentalityShared feeling of victimization and defensiveness experienced by a group of people
- Sigmund Freud ArchivesCollection of documents related to the Austrian psychotherapist
- Sigmund Freud InstitutePsychoanalysis research institute in Frankfurt, Germany
- Sigmund Freud Museum (Vienna)Museum in Vienna, Austria
- Sigmund Freud's views on religionFreud's views of religion
- Sigmund TobiasAmerican psychologist and educator
- Signorelli parapraxisConcept in classical psychoanalysis
- Silent Talker Lie DetectorCamera added to a polygraph
- SillinessFunny or ludicrous behaviour
- Silvia Sara CanettoPsychology professor
- Silvio FantiSwiss psychiatrist
- SimaltoSIMALTO – SImultaneous Multi-Attribute Trade Off – is a survey based statistical technique
- Similarity (psychology)Psychological proximity of two mental representations
- Similarity heuristicThe similarity heuristic is a psychological heuristic pertaining to how people make judgme
- Simine VazireFrench psychologist
- Simmelian tieA simmelian tie (can be capitalized as a Simmelian tie) is a type of an interpersonal tie,
- Simon Baron-CohenBritish psychologist and author (born 1958)
- Simon effectConcept regarding reaction time to stimulus
- Simon FestingSimon Festing is Head of Governance and Risk at the Dogs Trust.
- Simon WesselyBritish psychiatrist (born 1956)
- Simona GhettiProfessor of Psychology
- Simons Foundation Autism Research InitiativeResearch program
- Simple-type schizophreniaMedical condition
- Simulation theory of empathyPsychological theory
- Single personPerson not in a marital, romantic or sexual relationship
- SinthomePsychoanlaytic concept
- Situated cognitionHypothesis that knowing is inseparable from doing
- Situated learningTheory of learning
- Situation awarenessPerception of one's environment
- Situational judgement testPsychological test
- Situational strengthSituational strength is defined as cues provided by environmental forces regarding the des
- Situationism (psychology)Theory
- Six-factor model of psychological well-beingPsychological theory
- Size–weight illusionPerceptional illusion
- Skeet (Newfoundland)Pejorative epithet in Newfoundland English
- Skeptic's ToolboxAnnual four-day workshop devoted to scientific skepticism
- Skylab 4Third crewed mission to Skylab
- Slates Hot SpringsSlates Hot Springs (also known as Big Sur Hot Springs, Slate's Hot Springs, Slate's Spring
- Sleep and emotionsEmotions play a key role in overall mental health, and sleep plays a crucial role in maint
- Sleep and memoryThe relationship between sleep and memory has been studied since at least the early 19th c
- Sleep deprivation in higher educationHealth issue in students
- Sleep hygieneSet of practices around healthy sleeping
- Sleep in bipolar disorderSleep is known to play an important role in the etiology and maintenance of bipolar disord
- Sleep sexMedical condition
- Sleep state misperceptionMedical condition
- Sleep trackingProcess of quantitatively measuring a person's sleep
- SleepBotAlarm clock and sleep tracking application
- Sleeper effectPsychological phenomenon
- Sleeping disorders following traumatic brain injurySleep disorders as common repercussions of traumatic brain injury
- Sluggish schizophreniaControversial psychiatric diagnosis
- SMART criteriaMnemonic, giving criteria to guide in the setting of objectives
- SMART RecoverySecular organization for recovery from addiction
- Smile mask syndromePsychological disorder proposed by professor Makoto Natsume
- Smoke (donkey)Mascot and therapy animal for the United States Marine Corps
- Smoking fetishismFetishism
- Snakes in Suits2006 book by Paul Babiak and Robert D. Hare
- Snapchat dysmorphiaPsychological phenomenon
- SneerFacial expression of scorn or disgust
- SnobPerson who treats others with disdain
- SobrietyCondition of being unaffected by alcohol
- Sobriety coinToken used in addiction programs
- Social and behavior change communicationInteractive process to develop communication strategies
- Social and Behavioral Sciences TeamThe Social and Behavioral Sciences Team (SBST) was established in the US by Executive Orde
- Social Axioms SurveyFor the last several decades research in cross-cultural psychology has focused on the cult
- Social behaviorBehavior among two or more organisms within the same species
- Social botSoftware agent that communicates on social media
- Social bufferingPsychological phenomenon
- Social characterBasic concept of analytic social psychology
- Social cognitionStudy of cognitive processes involved in social interactions
- Social cognitive neuroscienceUse of neuroscience in study of social cognition
- Social cognitive theory of moralityThe social cognitive theory of morality attempts to explain how moral thinking, in interac
- Social comparison biasCognitive bias
- Social competenceSkills needed for successful social adaptation
- Social connectionTerm in psychology referring to the experience of feeling close and connected to others
- Social credit systemChinese state-run system for evaluating risk
- Social cueVerbal or non-verbal actions used to guide social interactions
- Social deprivationLack of culturally normal interaction
- Social disorderA social disorder is a type of psychiatric condition that includes social deficits and aff
- Social dominance orientationPersonality trait favoring social hierarchies
- Social dominance theoryTheory of intergroup relations
- Social emotional developmentSpecific domain of child development
- Social emotionsEmotions that depend upon other people
- Social facilitationEffect of social factors on behavior
- Social Foundations of Thought and Action1986 book by Albert Bandura
- Social heuristicsDecision-making processes in social environments
- Social identity approachTwo intertwined, but distinct, social psychological theories
- Social identity model of deindividuation effectsCommunication theory
- Social identity threatTheory in social psychology
- Social impact theory1981 social theory
- Social influenceAlteration of attitudes and behaviors based on outside influences
- Social influence biasHerd behaviours in online social media
- Social information processingSocial information processing is "an activity through which collective human actions organ
- Social inhibitionDeliberate avoidance of social interaction
- Social intelligenceCapacity to know oneself and to know others
- Social Interaction Anxiety ScaleSelf-report scale that measures distress when meeting and talking with others
- Social judgment theorySelf-persuasion theory
- Social loafingPsychological effect which occurs in groups
- Social penetration theoryInterpersonal communication theory
- Social perceptionPerception of other people and of social situations
- Social predictors of depressionRisk factors in developing an illness
- Social projectionPsychological tendency of people to expect others to act or think similarly to themselves
- Social psychologyStudy of social effects on people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors
- Social rank theoryPsychological theory
- Social representationSystem of ideas establishing social order
- Social salienceIn social psychology, social salience is the extent to which a particular target draws the
- Social sharing of emotionsPsychological phenomenon
- Social StoriesMethod of teaching social skills
- Social stressType of psychological stress
- Social supportSupport systems for individuals
- Social Support QuestionnaireThe Social Support Questionnaire (SSQ) is a quantitative, psychometrically sound survey qu
- Social underminingType of anti-social behavior
- Social visionSubtopic of social psychology
- Societal psychologyAspect of social psychology
- Société Française de PsychanalyseFrench psychoanalytic professional body
- Society for Computation in PsychologyScholarly organization
- Society for Experimental Psychology and Cognitive ScienceThe Society for Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science (SEPCS) (also known as Ameri
- Society for Industrial and Organizational PsychologyProfessional psychology organization
- Society for Occupational Health PsychologyAmerican occupational health psychology organization
- Society for Philosophy and PsychologyThe Society for Philosophy and Psychology (SPP) is a professional organization in North Am
- Society for Psychotherapy ResearchInternational learned society
- Society for Research in Child DevelopmentThe Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) is a professional society for the fie
- Society for the Psychological Study of Social IssuesFounded in 1936, the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues (SPSSI) is a gro
- Society for the Scientific Study of PsychopathyThe Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy (abbreviated SSSP) is an international
- Society for the Scientific Study of SexualityThe Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality (SSSS, or "quad-S") is a 501(c)(3) non-p
- Society of Analytical PsychologyUK based Jungian psychological training organisation founded in 1945
- Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent PsychologyThe Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (SCCAP) is an academic and profess
- Society of Experimental Social PsychologyAcademic organization
- Society of Multivariate Experimental PsychologyThe Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP) is a small academic organizatio
- Sociocultural perspectiveTheory in psychology and education
- Socioeconomic status and memoryRelationship between memory and SES
- Socioemotional selectivity theoryTheory of motivation
- SociogenomicsAcademic discipline focused on effects of social factors on genome activity
- SociogramA sociogram is a graphic representation of social links that a person has. It is a graph d
- Sociometric statusConcept in sociology
- SocionicsPseudoscientific personality theory
- Sociosexual Orientation InventorySelf-report questionnaire
- SociosexualityWillingness for extra-relationship sexual activity
- Sod's lawBritish culture axiom
- Solomon AschPolish-American psychologist (1907–1996)
- Solomon's paradoxLogically self-contradictory statement
- Solution-focused brief therapyGoal-directed approach to psychotherapy
- Somatic anxietyPhysical manifestation of anxiety
- Somatic experiencingAlternative therapy for treating trauma
- Somatic marker hypothesisHypothesis that emotional processes guide or bias decision-making
- Somatic psychologyForm of psychotherapy
- Somatic theoryTheory of human social behavior
- SomaticsField of bodywork emphasizing internal sensation
- SomatizationMedical symptoms caused by psychological stress
- Somatosensory amplificationMedical symptom
- Somebody else's problemDismissive figure of speech
- SomnophiliaSexual arousal from an unconscious person
- Son-RiseHome-based program for autistic children
- Sonia PatelIndian-American psychiatrist and author
- Sonia RocoFilipina educator and civic leader
- Sonic deceptionDeceptive use of sound in battle
- Sonya FriedmanAmerican psychologist (born 1936)
- Sophie FreudAustrian American psychologist (1924–2022)
- Soteria (psychiatric treatment)Alternative inpatient treatment of people in psychotic crises
- Space psychologyPsychology applied to spaceflight
- Space syntaxTheories in architecture and urban planning
- Spaced repetitionLearning technique performed with flashcards
- Spacing effectPsychological effect that people learn more by spreading studying out in time
- Spatial anxietySpatial anxiety (sometimes also referred to as spatial orientation discomfort) is a sense
- Spatial intelligence (psychology)Area in the theory of multiple intelligences
- Spatial memoryMemory about one's environment and spatial orientation
- SPEAK campaignSPEAK (formerly known as SPEAK campaign) is a British animal rights group working to end a
- Speaking of ResearchSpeaking of Research (SR) is an international group which "aims to provide accurate inform
- Spearman MedalThe Spearman Medal was an early-career award of the British Psychological Society's Resear
- Special education in the United KingdomEducation of children with disabilities
- Specialist in PsychologyAcademic degree
- Specific social phobiaExperiencing anxiety only in specific social situations
- Spectrum 10KUK autism genetic cohort study launched in 2021
- Spectrum disorderMental disorder that encompasses a range of similar conditions
- Speech acquisitionDevelopment of language in a child
- Speech perceptionProcess of hearing and understanding language
- Speech segmentationSpeech segmentation is the process of identifying the boundaries between words, syllables,
- Spillover-crossover modelThe Spillover-Crossover model is used in psychological research to examine to impact of th
- Spiritism (book)1885 book by Eduard von Hartmann
- Spiritual crisisIdentity crisis involving drastic changes to one's meaning system
- Spiritual Discourses (book)Book about Islamic self-improvement
- Spiritual intelligencePhilosophical term
- Spiritual materialismTerm coined by Chögyam Trungpa
- Spiritual self-schema therapyAddiction therapy
- Split attention effectLearning effect inherent within some poorly designed instructional materials
- Splitting (psychology)Failure to think in nuances
- Spontaneous recoveryRe-emergence of a previously extinguished conditioned response
- Spontaneous trait inferenceSpontaneous trait inference is the term utilised in social psychology to describe the mech
- Spoon theoryMetaphor for managing limited energy
- Sport psychologyBranch of psychology
- Spreading activationHow brains and associative networks search for information
- SpreadthinkSpreadthink is a kind of conceptual pathology of groups unable to reach any "genuine conse
- Spring Grove ExperimentAmerican psychoactive drug study, 1963–1976
- SquintLooking at something with partly closed eyes
- Staffing theorySocial psychology theory
- Stage-crisis viewTheory of adult development
- Staircase modelPsychology of terrorism
- Stan TatkinRelationships and neuroscience author
- Standard-setting studyStandard-setting study is an official research study conducted by an organization that spo
- Standardized testTest administered and scored in a predetermined, standard manner
- Standards for Educational and Psychological TestingEducational testing standards
- Stanford marshmallow experiment1970 study on delayed gratification
- Stanford Sleepiness ScaleMedical diagnostic method
- Stanford–Binet Intelligence ScalesIntelligence test
- Stanley GreenspanAmerican child psychiatrist
- Stanley KelemanStanley Keleman (November 1931 – August 11, 2018) was an American writer and therapist, wh
- Stanley MilgramAmerican social psychologist (1933-1984)
- Stanley SueAmerican clinical psychologist (1944–2024)
- Stanton MarlanStanton Marlan (born 1943) is an American clinical psychologist, Jungian psychoanalyst, au
- Star Roles ModelThe Star Roles Model is used by organisations to describe the positions managers and mento
- Star Vega (psychologist)American psychologist
- Stargate Project (U.S. Army unit)U.S. Army investigations of psychic phenomena
- Starke R. HathawayAmerican psychologist
- State preemptionIn United States law, state preemption is the invalidation of some action by, or the wrest
- State-Trait Anxiety InventoryPsychological inventory
- Statistical language acquisitionBranch of developmental psycholinguistics
- Statistical learning in language acquisitionGeneralized learning mechanism
- Statue of Sigmund Freud, HampsteadStatue in London by Oscar Nemon
- Status dynamic psychotherapyStatus Dynamic Psychotherapy (SDT) is an approach to psychotherapy that focuses on changin
- Status quo biasCognitive bias
- Steal Like an Artist2012 book by Austin Kleon
- Stella ChurchillBritish psychologist (1883–1954)
- Stella O'MalleyIrish psychotherapist and author
- Stephan CharmanAmerican forensic and legal psychologist
- Stephan LewandowskyAustralian psychologist (born 1958)
- Stephanie FrybergAmerican Indian psychologist
- Stephanie J. RowleyAmerican developmental psychologist
- Stephanie KuehnAmerican author of young adult fiction
- Stephanie M. CarlsonAmerican developmental psychologist
- Stephanie M. JonesAmerican developmental psychologist
- Stephen Connor (psychologist)American clinical health psychologist
- Stephen FaraoneAmerican psychologist
- Stephen FleckAmerican psychiatrist and academic (1912–2002)
- Stephen H. BehnkeAmerican psychologist, ethicist, and author
- Stephen LindsayD. Stephen Lindsay is a cognitive psychologist in the field of memory, and a professor of
- StereotypeGeneralized belief about people
- Stereotype threatSituational predicament
- Stereotypes of AfricaGeneralizations about Africa and its inhabitants
- Stereotypes of African AmericansStereotypes of African Americans are beliefs about the culture of people with partial or t
- Stereotypes of AmericansGeneralized representations of US people
- Stereotypes of British peoplePortrayal of the people of Britain in other cultures
- Stereotypes of East Asians in the United StatesStereotypes of East Asians in the United States are ethnic stereotypes found in American s
- Stereotypes of GermansReal or imagined characteristics of the German people
- Stereotypes of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United StatesStereotypes of Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States are general representati
- Stereotypes of Japanese peoplePortrayal of Japanese people in other cultures
- Stereotypes of white AmericansStereotypes of White Americans in the United States are generalizations about the characte
- Stereotypic movement disorderMotor disorder
- Steve BiddulphAustralian activist and psychologist
- Steve BlinkhornBritish psychologist
- Steve EichelAmerican psychologist
- Steve Peters (psychiatrist)English psychiatrist (born 1953)
- Steven C. HayesAmerican psychologist
- Steven Gray (professor)American environmental social scientist
- Steven HassanAmerican mental health professional, writer
- Steven NeubergAmerican psychologist
- Steven Paul RudolphSteven Paul Rudolph is an American educator, author and public speaker based in India. He
- Steven PinkerCanadian-American psycholinguist (born 1954)
- Stiff upper lipTerm; displaying fortitude in the face of adversity
- Stigma managementStrategies to reduce potential discrimination
- Stilted speechUnusually formal speech
- StimmingRepetitive self-stimulatory behaviour common in neurodevelopmental disorders
- Stimulant psychosisMental disorder caused by excess use of stimulant drugs
- Stimulus (psychology)Object or event that elicits a response
- Stimulus controlKey tenet of behavioral analysis
- Stimulus–response modelConceptual framework in psychology
- Stochastic programmingIn the field of mathematical optimization, stochastic programming is a framework for model
- Stockholm syndromeContested psychological condition
- StorgeAncient Greek word for affection
- Storybook DadsCharity helping prisoners maintain connections with their children through storytelling
- Storyline methodEducation strategy
- Strange Gods: The Great American Cult ScareNonfiction book about cults
- Strange situationConcept in psychology related to attachment
- Stranger anxietyForm of distress that children feel when exposed to strangers
- Strategic alignmentStrategic alignment is a process that ensures an organization's structure, use of resource
- Stream of consciousness (psychology)Thoughts flowing through the conscious mind
- Strengths and Difficulties QuestionnaireMedical diagnostic method
- Stress hormoneType of hormone
- Stress in early childhoodPsychological phenomenon
- Stress in the aviation industryPilot's wellbeing whilst working
- Stress managementTechniques and therapies to manage stress
- StressorSomething that causes stress to an organism
- Strong Interest InventoryQuestionnaire to help people choose a career path
- Strong reciprocityStrong reciprocity is an area of research in behavioral economics, evolutionary psychology
- Stroop effectEffect of psychological interference on reaction time
- Strozzi InstituteStrozzi Institute is an organization located in Oakland, California that offers coaching s
- Structural Analysis of Cultural SystemsNGO, indigenous peoples
- Structural family therapyMethod of psychotherapy
- Structural information theoryStructural information theory (SIT) is a theory about human perception and in particular a
- Structural violenceForm of violence
- Structure of Temperament QuestionnaireTest to measure behavioural traits
- Structure of the disciplinesThe Structure of the disciplines is a concept in the study of curricula.
- Structured Inventory of Malingered SymptomatologyPsychometric test to measure symptom exaggeration
- Struggle against political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet UnionIn the Soviet Union, systematic political abuse of psychiatry took place and was based on
- Stuart SutherlandBritish psychologist (1927–1998)
- Stuart W. CookAmerican social psychologist
- Study of Mathematically Precocious YouthLongitudinal survey study of persons with stellar SAT scores
- StupidityLack of intelligence
- Stuttering therapyMedical treatment
- Style of lifeTerm describing the dynamics of personality
- Subfields of psychologyPsychology subdisciplines
- Subgoal labelingCognitive process
- SubitizingPerception of object number without counting
- Subjective well-beingSelf-reported measure of well-being
- Sublimation (psychology)Psychological defense mechanism
- SubmechanophobiaFear of submerged man-made objects
- SubpersonalityPersonality mode allowing a person to cope with psychosocial situations
- Substance-induced psychosisMental condition attributed to substance intoxication
- Substitutes for Leadership TheorySubstitutes for leadership theory is a leadership theory first developed by Steven Kerr an
- Subvocal recognitionConverting subvocalization to a digital output
- Sudden wealth syndromeMedical condition
- Sudhir KakarIndian psychologist and writer (1938–2024)
- Sue Allen WarrenAmerican clinical psychologist (1917–1997)
- Sue GerhardtBritish psychoanalytic psychotherapist
- Sue JohnsonBritish clinical psychologist (1947–2024)
- Sue RoffeyBritish & Australian psychologist and academic
- SufferingPain, mental, or emotional unhappiness
- SuggestionPsychological process of guiding a person
- Suggestion theorySuggestion theory is a theory used in the early part of the 20th century to describe how p
- Suggestion und Hypnotismus in der VölkerpsychologieBook by Otto Stoll
- Suggestive questionLinguistic expression
- Suicidal empathyTheory of pathological and excessive empathy
- Suicidal ideation in South Korean LGBTQ youthSuicidal ideation and suicidal thoughts are often the precursors of suicide, which is the
- Suicide among Native Americans in the United StatesAspect of Native American society
- Suicide and Crisis LifelineEmergency suicide prevention and crisis hotline telephone number
- Suicide and traumaIncreased risk of suicide promoted by psychological trauma
- Suicide awarenessEffort to raise awareness of suicidal behaviors
- Suicide Behaviors Questionnaire-RevisedTool to measure suicide risk in teens
- Suicide epidemic in MicronesiaRise in suicides in Micronesia from 1960 to 1987
- Suicide in colleges in the United StatesIn colleges and universities in the United States, suicide is one of the most common cause
- Suicide in GreeceGreece is not considered a major suicidal country. Greece was the country with the lowest
- Suicide legislationLaws concerning suicide around the world
- Suicide of Nicola Ann RaphaelSuicide of a bullied Scottish schoolgirl
- SuicidologyScientific study of suicide and self-destructive behaviors
- Sulla's proscriptionPolitical murders by Sulla in 82–81 BC
- Sultana Zaman (psychologist)Bangladeshi psychologist (1932–2020)
- SumpongSumpong, in Filipino psychology, refers to a range of short-term or temporary temperaments
- SumudPalestinian cultural value akin to stoicism
- Suniya S. LutharAmerican academic, educator, psychologist (1958-2023)
- Suparna RajaramIndian psychologist
- Super-chicken modelTeam recruitment strategy
- Superficial charmFlattery, telling people what they want to hear
- SuperficialityConcept in social psychology
- Superiority complexPsychological defense mechanism articulated by Alfred Adler
- Supernormal stimulusConcept in biology and psychology
- Superordinate goalsIn social psychology, superordinate goals are goals that are worth completing but require
- SupertasterSupertasters are individuals whose sense of taste for certain flavors and foods, such as c
- Supportive psychotherapyPsychotherapeutic approach
- Surface dyslexiaType of reading disorder
- SurgencyPersonality trait of cheerfulness, spontaneity and sociability
- SurpriseEmotional state experienced as the result of an unexpected event
- Surprisingly popularAlgorithm for extracting wisdom from the crowd
- Surrogate partnerTherapeutic practitioner trained in addressing issues of physical intimacy
- SurrogationPsychological phenomenon; replacement of a construct with its measurement
- Surrounded by Idiots2012 self-help book by Thomas Erikson
- Survivor guiltMental condition
- Susan A. NolanAmerican psychologist
- Susan Anderson (psychotherapist)American writer
- Susan BaileyBritish psychiatrist and academic
- Susan BradyAmerican psychologist
- Susan C. VaughanPsychologist, psychoanalyst and author
- Susan ClancyAmerican psychologist
- Susan CoatesAmerican psychologist (born 1940)
- Susan DavidSouth African psychologist (born 1970)
- Susan FolkmanAmerican psychologist
- Susan GeertshuisEnglish-New Zealand academic
- Susan GelmanAmerican psychologist (born 1957)
- Susan Goldin-MeadowAmerican psychologist
- Susan HeitlerAmerican psychologist
- Susan IversenBritish experimental psychologist (1940–2025)
- Susan J. ElliottAmerican psychologist
- Susan J. KelleySusan J. Kelley is the former Dean of the College of Health and Human Sciences at Georgia
- Susan Kaiser GreenlandAmerican author and teacher
- Susan Krauss WhitbourneAmerican psychologist
- Susan Nolen-HoeksemaAmerican psychologist (1959–2013)
- Susan OyamaAmerican philosopher
- Susan PickMexican psychologist
- Susan PinkerCanadian psychologist and social scientist (born 1957)
- Susan SchenkNew Zealand academic psychologist
- Susan SmalleyAmerican geneticist
- Susan Sutherland IsaacsBritish educational psychologist and psychoanalyst
- Susana BlochGerman Chilean research psychologist
- Susanna RubinsteinAustrian psychologist (1847–1914)
- Susie OrbachBritish psychotherapist and author
- SuspenseState of mental uncertainty
- Suzanne KesslerAmerican social psychologist (born 1946)
- Suzanne PurdyNew Zealand researcher
- Suzanne RomaineSuzanne Romaine (born 1951) is an American linguist known for work on historical linguisti
- Svein HaugsgjerdNorwegian psychiatrist and psychoanalyst
- Svetlana UvarovaPsychoanalyst
- Swanson, Nolan and Pelham Teacher and Parent Rating ScaleMedical diagnostic method
- Sweetness and lightEnglish Idiom
- Sybil (Schreiber book)1973 book by Flora Rheta Schreiber
- SycophancyInsincere flattery, once meant a false accuser
- Symbolic self-completion theoryPsychological theory
- Symbols of leadershipLeadership cadres use symbols to reinforce their position power and provide a level of dif
- Symphony No. 2 (Nielsen)Symphony No. 2 De fire Temperamenter ("The Four Temperaments"), Op. 16, FS 29, is the seco
- Symptom Checklists "O" and "S"Medical diagnostic method
- Syndrome of subjective doublesDelusion of having a doppelgänger
- Synesthesia in classical composersChromesthesia is a form of synesthesia that has been documented among musicians throughout
- Synesthesia in literatureFictional works that have main characters with synesthesia and non-fiction books to non-sp
- System justification theoryTheory explaining defense of status quo systems
- Systematic desensitizationType of behavior therapy
- Systems psychologyBranch of both theoretical and applied psychology
- Systems-centered therapyType of group therapy
- Szondi test1935 discredited psychological test