Psychology Glossary

20 Psychology terms

This glossary contains words related to psychology

anxiety: noun; An intense emotional response caused by the precocious recognition that a repressed conflict is about to emerge into consciousness; Example: I suffer from social anxiety; en: anxiété
bipolar disorder: noun; A mental illness that brings severe high and low moods and charges in sleep, energy, thinking, and behavior; en: trouble bipolaire
butterfly effect: noun; Notion that an effect or trivial thing can have serious consequences if it cause an imbalance and causes other change that create a big upheaval; en: effet papillon
cognition: noun; The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses; en: cognition
concentration: noun; The tendency to focus on only one aspect of a situation, problem or object; Example: Concentration is important when driving; en: concentration
consultation: noun; A meeting of physicians to evaluate a patient's case and treatment; en: consultation
emotion: An effective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate is experienced; en: émotion
frustration: The feeling of being upset or annoyed because of an inability to change or achieve something; Example: I'm frustrated with always losing my keys; en: frustration
habituation: noun; A decrease in response to a stimulus after repeated presentations; en: accoutumance
interpersonal relationships: noun; Relations between persons; en: relations interpersonnelles
intuition: noun; The ability to understand something immediately, without the need for conscious reasoning; en: intuition
memory: The process in which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved; en: mémoire
mental: noun; Involving the mind or an intellectual process; en: mentale
phobia: noun; An extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something; Example: I have spider phobia; en: phobie
psychologist: noun; A specialist in psychology; en: psychologue
psychology: noun; The scientific study of all forms of human and animal behaviour, sometimes concerned with the methods through which behavior can be modified; en: psychologie
self-esteem: noun; Confidence in one's own worth or abilities; self-respect; en: estime de soi
stimulus: Any phenomenon that causes a reaction or response in an organism; en: stimulus
stress: noun; A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances; Example: I stress before my exam; en: stress
therapy: noun; The treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitative, or curative process; en: thérapie