| Term | Definition / Meaning / Stand for |
| AAA |
American Anthropological Association |
| AABT |
Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy |
| AACP |
American Association of Community Psychiatrists |
| AAUP |
American Association of University Philosophers |
| ABN |
Abnormal Psychology |
| ACU |
Analytic Cognitive Unit |
| AKP |
Association for Kantian Philosophy |
| APS |
Association for Psychological Science |
| ARPP |
Association for Rational and Political Psychology |
| ATE |
Aesthetic Theory of Emotion |
| AUP |
Association for Universal Psychology |
| AV |
Aesthetic Value |
| AWH |
Association for Western Hermeneutics |
| BCD |
Board Certified Diplomate (in psychology) |
| BDT |
Bayesian Decision Theory |
| BFT |
Biopsychosocial Family Therapy |
| BFTT |
Buddhist Four Truths Theory |
| BG |
Brain Gym |
| BHA |
Buddhist Hybrid Abhidharma |
| BIF |
Bayesian Inference Framework |
| BIST |
Brief Intervention Strategy Therapy |
| BIST |
Buddhist Interdependent Self Theory |
| BNCT |
Biocentric Cognitive Theory |
| BPRS |
Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale |
| BRA |
Bayesian Rational Agent |
| BTF |
Bayesian Theoretical Framework |
| BXR |
Biopsychosocial Resilience |
| BZT |
Buddhist Zen Theory |
| CAA |
Critical Aesthetics Association |
| CAM |
Consciousness and Mind |
| CAP |
Cognitive and Applied Psychology |
| CBM |
Cognitive Bias Modification |
| CBPP |
Cognitive Behavioral and Positive Psychology |
| CBT |
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy |
| CEC |
Consciousness and Existential Cognition |
| CFA |
Critical and Formal Aesthetics |
| CG |
Conceptual Grammar |
| CGB |
Consciousness and Gestalt Behavior |
| CHE |
Critical Hermeneutics |
| CIP |
Cognitive and Interdisciplinary Psychology |
| CIT |
Cognitive and Information Theory |
| CLA |
Cognitive and Logical Analysis |
| CLC |
Consciousness and Logical Cognition |
| CMA |
Comparative Metaphysical Analysis |
| CRT |
Critical Rationalist Theory |
| DEF |
Dual-Emotion Framework |
| DES |
Dissociative Experiences Scale |
| DGT |
Dual-Governance Theory |
| DIF |
Deterministic Inference Framework |
| DIS |
Dissociative Identity Structure |
| DLP |
Deep Learning Psychology |
| DM |
Decision Making |
| DMC |
Decision-Making Capacity |
| DMD |
Developmental Moral Decision |
| DMPFC |
Dorsomedial Prefrontal Cortex (related to self-referential thought) |
| DOI |
Deterministic Objective Inquiry |
| DOP |
Doctrine of Precedent |
| DR |
Decision Rationality |
| DRA |
Dynamic Rational Approach |
| DSM-5 |
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition |
| DTH |
Deterministic Theory of Happiness |
| DVC |
Developmental Virtue Cognition |
| DWT |
Dynamic Will Theory |
| EAP |
Existential and Applied Psychology |
| EBA |
Evidence-Based Assessment |
| ECA |
Ethical Cognitive Analysis |
| ECC |
Ethical and Critical Cognition |
| EDA |
Ethical Decision Analysis |
| EGM |
Experimental and General Metaphysics |
| EHA |
Epistemological Hermeneutic Analysis |