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20 Important terms of psychology. terms

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anxiety
noun
Anxiety is an emotion characterized by feelings of tension, worried thoughts and physical changes like increased blood pressure. People with anxiety disorders usually have recurring intrusive thoughts or concerns. They may avoid certain situations out of worry.
Example: Similarly, many clinical staff are reluctant to deal with emotional issues such as, anxiety and depression because they feel they lack the skills to deal with them competently Source: https://www.google.com/search?q=define+anxiety
en: anxiété
dementia
noun
Dementia is not a specific disease but is rather a general term for the impaired ability to remember, think, or make decisions that interferes with doing everyday activities. Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia. Though dementia mostly affects older adults, it is not a part of normal aging.
Example: Intellectual function is greatly impaired and the patient suffers from psychiatric disturbances, dementia, unclear speech and involuntary movements. Source: https://www.google.com/search?q=define+dementia
en: démence
depression
noun
Feelings of severe despondency and dejection.
Example: He describes this as a very dark time and suffered from depression for which he did not receive medication. Source: https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk01UY2dhSmaWh857S83eTnqLZ3teDg%3A1613926406899&ei=BpAyYKm4NqnI5gKv8Z_oDg&q=definition+of+depression&oq=define+depression&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYATIHCAAQsAMQQzIHCAAQsAMQQzIHCAAQsAMQQzIHCAAQsAMQQzIJCAAQsAMQChBDMgcIABCwAxBDMgcIABCwAxBDMgcIABCwAxAeMgcIABCwAxAeMgcIABCwAxAeUABYAGDPTWgBcAB4AIABmAGIAZgBkgEDMC4xmAEAqgEHZ3dzLXdpesgBCsABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz
en: dépression
emotion
noun
A natural instinctive state of mind deriving from one's circumstances, mood, or relationships with others.
Example: source : https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk00EaJWFwN7_QiNc_9WDUKIpK6JDqg%3A1613927299937&ei=g5MyYMTdOIKo5gL25aOYAw&q=definition+emotion+english&oq=define+emotion+en&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYADIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeMgYIABAWEB4yBggAEBYQHjIGCAAQFhAeOgcIABCwAxBDOgkIABCwAxAKEEM6BAgAEBM6CAgAEBYQChAeULEwWMU8YJxFaAFwAngAgAGaAYgBxgOSAQMyLjKYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6yAEKwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz
en: émotion
hallucination
noun
Hallucinations are sensory experiences that appear real but are created by your mind. They can affect all five of your senses. For example, you might hear a voice that no one else in the room can hear or see an image that isn't real
Example: source : https://www.google.com/search?q=define+hallucination
en: hallucination
hypnosis
noun
The induction of a state of consciousness in which a person apparently loses the power of voluntary action and is highly responsive to suggestion or direction. Its use in therapy, typically to recover suppressed memories or to allow modification of behavior by suggestion, has been revived but is still controversial.
Example: source : https://www.google.com/search?q=define+hypnosis
en: hypnose
hysteria
noun
A psychological disorder (not now regarded as a single definite condition) whose symptoms include conversion of psychological stress into physical symptoms (somatization), selective amnesia, shallow volatile emotions, and overdramatic or attention-seeking behavior. The term has a controversial history as it was formerly regarded as a disease specific to women.
Example: source : https://www.google.com/search?q=define+hysteria
en: hystérie
illusion
noun
A deceptive appearance or impression.
Example: Source : https://www.google.com/search?q=define+illusion
en: illusion
mental image
phrase
Mental imagery (varieties of which are sometimes colloquially referred to as “visualizing,” “seeing in the mind's eye,” “hearing in the head,” “imagining the feel of,” etc.) is quasi-perceptual experience; it resembles perceptual experience, but occurs in the absence of the appropriate external stimuli.
Example: source : https://www.google.com/search?q=define+mental%20image
en: image mentale
motivation
noun
The reason or reasons one has for acting or behaving in a particular way.
Example: source: https://www.google.com/search?q=define+motivation
en: motivation
narcissism
noun
Selfishness, involving a sense of entitlement, a lack of empathy, and a need for admiration, as characterizing a personality type.
Example: source : https://www.google.com/search?q=define+narcissism
en: narcissisme
neuropsychology
noun
The study of the relationship between behavior, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
Example: source : https://www.google.com/search?q=define+neuropsychology
en: neuropsychologie
neurosis
noun
A relatively mild mental illness that is not caused by organic disease, involving symptoms of stress (depression, anxiety, obsessive behaviour, hypochondria) but not a radical loss of touch with reality.
Example: source: https://www.google.com/search?q=define+neurosis
en: névrose
phobia
noun
An extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.
Example: source: https://www.google.com/search?q=define+phobia
en: phobie
psychiatrist
noun
A medical practitioner specializing in the diagnosis and treatment of mental illness.
Example: source: https://www.google.com/search?q=define+psychiatrist
en: psychiatre
psychologist
noun
An expert or specialist in psychology.
Example: source: https://www.google.com/search?q=define+psychologist
en: psychologue
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: source : https://www.google.com/search?q=define+schizophrenia
en: schizophrénie
self-esteem
noun
Confidence in one's own worth or abilities; self-respect.
Example: source : https://www.google.com/search?q=define+self-esteem
en: estime de soi
theory of mind
phrase
Theory of mind is a popular term from the field of psychology as an assessment of an individual human's degree of capacity for empathy and understanding of others. Theory of mind is one of the patterns of behavior that is typically exhibited by the minds of both neurological and atypical (source: [1]) people, that being the ability to attribute—to another or oneself—mental states such as beliefs, intents, desires, emotions, and knowledge. Theory of mind as a personal capability is the understanding that others have beliefs, desires, intentions, and perspectives that are different from one's own. Possessing a functional theory of mind is considered crucial for success in everyday human social interactions and is used when analyzing, judging, and inferring others' behaviors. Deficits can occur in people with autism spectrum disorders, genetic-based eating disorders, schizophrenia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder,[1] cocaine addiction,[2] and brain damage suffered from alcohol's neurotoxicity;[3] deficits associated with opiate addiction reverse after prolonged abstinence.[4].
Example: source : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_mind
en: Théorie de l'esprit
topical
noun
By. the delivery of a drug by applying it to the exterior of the skin or other tissue exterior, like a mucous membrane. The drug is absorbed via the exterior and generates its impacts on underlying tissues.
Example: source : https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk00LF8Vi-hHMXrqbw7rFOAVFgX6LAA%3A1613929478492&ei=BpwyYM3GHc2r5NoPuLKCuA4&q=define+topical+psychology&oq=define+topical+psy&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAEYADIICCEQFhAdEB46BwgAELADEEM6AggAOgYIABAWEB46CAgAEBYQChAeOgUIABCGA1DnfljojAFg6pUBaAFwAngAgAFhiAHHA5IBATWYAQCgAQGqAQdnd3Mtd2l6yAEKwAEB&sclient=gws-wiz
en: topique