My name is Anne Sophie Abel, I have been in Social Science for a year, I want to pursue my studies in Psychology at any University in Montreal. This glossary is a resume about few terms of Psychology. It has 20 terms, I found most definition on Wikipedia, Google Chrome, on Dictionary Cambridge, and Dictionary.com. I want you to pay attention to every term about the Psychology field, it will help you get a bigger picture about what a psychologist deal with every now and then.
Anxiety
Noun
A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
Example: He felt a surge of anxiety.
en: 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: Treatment using the practical application of the theory of behaviorism.
en: Behaviorisme
Behaviour
noun
The way in which an animal or person acts in response to a particular situation or stimulus.
Example: My friend had an insulting behaviour towards his teacher.
en: Comportement
Bipolar Disorder
noun
Bipolar disorder, previously known as manic depression, is a mood disorder characterized by periods of depression and periods of abnormally elevated happiness that last from days to weeks each.
Example: One of my good friends had been diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder.
en: Trouble bipolaire
Child Development
noun
Child development involves the biological, psychological and emotional changes that occur in human beings between birth and the conclusion of adolescence.
Example: A psychologist can help a child development.
en: Développement de l'enfant
Consultation
Noun
A meeting with an expert or professional, such as a medical doctor, in order to seek advice.
Example: A consultation with a homeopathic doctor.
en: Consultation
Discrimination
noun
The unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people or things, especially on the grounds of race, age, or sex.
Example: Victims of racial discrimination
en: Discrimination
Dissociative disorder
Noun
Dissociative disorders are mental disorders that involve experiencing a disconnection and lack of continuity between thoughts, memories, surroundings, actions and identity
Example: A man was diagnosed with dissociative disorder because he had a lack of integrating his identity, memory, or consciousness
en: Trouble dissociatif
Egocentrism
Noun
Egocentrism is the inability to differentiate between self and other.
Example: My friend is a very egocentrism person.
en: Égocentrisme
Emotion
Noun
A natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others.
Example: She was attempting to control her emotions.
en: Émotion
Empathy
Noun
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Example: I was crying this morning, and my friend had empathy for me.
en: Empathie
Frustration
Noun
The feeling of being upset or annoyed, especially because of inability to change or achieve something.
Example: She was attempting to control her emotions.
en: Frustration
Illness
Noun
A disease or period of sickness affecting the body or mind.
Example: He died after a long illness.
en: Maladie
Mental
Noun
Relating to disorders of the mind.
Example: Mental health.
en: Mentale
Mental distress
Noun
Mental distress encompasses the symptoms and experiences of a person's internal life that are commonly held to be troubling, confusing or out of the ordinary. Mental distress can potentially lead to a change of behavior, affect a person's emotions in a negative way, and affect their relationships with the people around them
Example: My friend had a mental distress earlier today.
en: Détresse mentale
Narcissism
Noun
Selfishness, involving a sense of entitlement, a lack of empathy, and a need for admiration, as characterizing a personality type.
Example: It is these severe psychological disorders which cannot be treated by a strictly behavioural approach - although behaviour modification can help with some effects, there is no effective therapy for NARCISSISM itself.
en: Narcissisme
Neurosis
Noun
A functional disorder in which feelings of anxiety, obsessional thoughts, compulsive acts, and physical complaints without objective evidence of disease, in various degrees and patterns, dominate the personality.
Example: Freud's two-stage account of neurosis.
en: Névrose
Paranoia
Noun
Paranoia is an instinct or thought process that is believed to be heavily influenced by anxiety or fear, often to the point of delusion and irrationality.
Example: It is never clear to what extent those circumstances are genuinely imposed on the characters by outside forces and to what extent they are projections of PARANOIA and vulnerability.
en: Paranoïa
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.
Example: Gibraltar's schizophrenia continues to be fed by colonial pride.
en: La schizophrénie
Therapy
Noun
The treatment of mental or psychological disorders by psychological means.
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