My name is Elisabeth and I'm going to university next semester, to do my bachelor in psychology and continue with the study to be a psychologist. I'm still in college right now, but I know that a lot of books I need to read and study in the bachelor are only in English. There are a lot of words that I haven't learned the translation yet and it would be very helpful for students like me, to have a glossary of words used in the field of psychology to be more ready for the bachelor what follows. My glossary has 21 important terms, that you really need to know to be a psychologist. I found my terms on Wikipedia and an article called list of terms in psychology. I found the definitions on google or on the article of the list. I want you to use it as the same needed as me, to help you with those English books and just if you're a psychologist who needs some help with their English.
Sources: https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/288552 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychology
altruism
noun
The belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.
Example: As well as this transmutation of values, the Ubermensch will understand that there is no such thing as altruism.
fr: altruisme
amygdala
noun
A roughly almond-shaped mass of gray matter inside each cerebral hemisphere, involved with the experiencing of emotions.
Example: The hypothalamus also receives important input from the amygdala, which is involved in emotional processes.
fr: amygdale
antipsychotic
noun
Any of the powerful tranquilizers (such as the phenothiazines and butyrophenones) used especially to treat psychosis and believed to act by blocking dopamine nervous receptors.
Example: He is prescribed an atypical antipsychotic medication to help alleviate his condition and is visited on a regular basis by a Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) with less frequent appointments with a consultant psychiatrist.
fr: antipsychotique
anxiety
noun
A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
Example: Similarly, many clinical staffs are reluctant to deal with emotional issues such as, anxiety and depression because they feel they lack the skills to deal with them competently.
fr: anxiété
behaviorism
noun
The theory that human and animal behavior can be explained in terms of conditioning, without appeal to thoughts or feelings, and that psychological disorders are best treated by altering behavior patterns.
Example: However, in the limited space provided, this essay examines how cognitivism, behaviorism and constructivism view the role of L1, input and output in SLA and analyzes how these key issues explain certain features of my learning of Persian such as the course-book design, grammar and vocabulary.
fr: behaviorisme
behaviour
noun
The way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially toward others.
Example: How serious is it when a child does not receive the correct parental attachment, is it possible that a lack of attachment can explain later adult behaviour such as delinquency?
fr: comportement
catharsis
noun
Purging of emotional tensions.
Example: It has catharsis, anagorisis and evokes fear amongst the audience.
fr: catharsis
cognition
noun
The psychological result of perception and reasoning.
Example: The parents also noted that the child plays well with his sister when at home so although he may be struggling with appropriate levels of cognition for his developmental age, his social skills are developing well which should help enormously with his ability to learn.
fr: cognition
delusion
An idiosyncratic belief or impression that is firmly maintained despite being contradicted by what is generally accepted as reality or rational argument, typically a symptom of mental disorder.
Example: Samsara refers to all earthly human affairs, a condition held to be highly unstable and effectively a delusion of subjective consciousness.
fr: illusion
double-blind
adjective
Denoting a test or trial, especially of a drug, in which any information which may influence the behavior of the tester or the subject is withheld until after the test.
Example: Double-blind controlled trial of prednisolone therapy in patients with severe acute alcoholic hepatitis and spontaneous encephalopathy.
fr: en double aveugle
habit
noun
A settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up.
Example: However, computers will not bring happiness to the lives of people for a very long time, due to its annoying habit of letting people down.
fr: habitude
hypothesis
noun
A supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
Example: Based on the training set, the pre-processed image is then recognized to generate an initial hypothesis.
fr: hypothèse
introspection
noun
A reflective looking inward : an examination of one's own thoughts and feelings.
Example: James also used the technique of introspection. Introspection is subjective and often written off as a scientific method of observation.
fr: introspection
introvert
noun
A shy, reticent person
Example: Belbin outlined that organizational culture encouraged either introvert or extrovert personalities.
fr: introverti
memory
noun
The faculty by which the mind stores and remembers information.
Example: She clutched the plane tickets tightly to her chest, banishing the memory of that morning from her mind.
fr: mémoire
neuropsychology
noun
The study of the relationship between behavior, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
Example: In practice, neuropsychologists tend to work in research settings (universities, laboratories or research institutions), clinical settings (medical hospitals or rehabilitation settings, often involved in assessing or treating patients with neuropsychological problems), or forensic settings or industry (often as clinical-trial consultants where CNS function is a concern).
fr: neuropsychologie
persuasion
noun
Communication intended to induce belief or action.
Example: The method most frequently used for persuasion is direct action.
fr: persuasion
phobia
noun
An extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.
Example: Until then had never been seen by a Doctor, due to a phobia of healthcare professionals, following a traumatising event during her childhood at the time of her mother's illness and death.
fr: phobie
psychological disorder
noun
A psychological disorder is a condition characterized by abnormal thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
Example: However, this argument depends on an environment in which pedophilia is not viewed as a sickening and highly immoral psychological disorder, as many currently do see it.
fr: trouble psychologique
schizophrenia
noun
A long-term mental disorder of a type involving a breakdown in the relation between thought, emotion, and behavior, leading to faulty perception, inappropriate actions and feelings, withdrawal from reality and personal relationships into fantasy and delusion, and a sense of mental fragmentation.
fr: schizophrénie
self-esteem
noun
Confidence in one's own worth or abilities; self-respect
Example: Given the proven psychological link between male domestic violence abusers and insecurity and low self-esteem, there is obvious reason for the concern that consumers attracted to the MOB industry are those that fall into the category of potential abusers.
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