This glossary contains the words people can use in the Social Work field.
accommodation
noun
The process of adapting or adjusting to someone or something.
Example: Although ACCOMMODATION between the two cultural traditions is often achieved, the conflicts provoked have also been intense.
en: accommodation
adequacy
noun
The concordance between the temperament of a child and characteristics or environmental constraints.
Example: Very often the question can be decided by the relative ADEQUACY of definitions.
en: adéquation
analyze
verb
Examine methodically and in detail the constitution or structure of (something, especially information), typically for purposes of explanation and interpretation.
Example: This forms a "block of countryside" under examination, creating the opportunity to ANALYZE the "inter-relationship between the human and animal populations, settlements, fields and the environment and how that relationship changes through time" (Astill and Grant 1988:36).
en: analyser
asssimilation
noun
Process integration pf external elements to a given structure.
Example: Joint implementation of work with the interest groups concerned should foster the emergence and ASSIMILATION of a forward-looking vision of their activity.
en: assimilation
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: Another theory focusing on the environment's role is BEHAVIORISM and within it Contrastive Analysis which tries to explain the relationship between L1 and L2.
en: behaviorisme
causality
noun
Causality, or causation, is the relation between an event and a second event, where the second event is understood as a consequence of the first.
Example: Despite the researchers' conclusion that integrated care correlates to improved outcomes, they recognise that CAUSALITY of outcomes remains ambiguous.
en: causalité
cognition
adjective
The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
Example: Thus human COGNITION (and the COGNITION of other relevant mammals) should be attune to look for cheaters in social exchanges.
en: cognition
community
noun
A group of people living in the same place or having a particular characteristic in common.
Example: For instance, the Hanger where the timber production is insignificant in business terms, the sustainability of the woodland is highly dependent upon the ways it is managed, such as through involving the local COMMUNITY for recreational or educational means.
en: communauté
consolability
adjective
The degree of relief or alleviation of grief, sadness, anger, pain, afforded by touch.
Example: The patient need the consolability of their therapist.
en: consolation
counseling
noun
The provision of assistance and guidance in resolving personal, social, or psychological problems and difficulties, especially by a professional.
Example: To prevent this bad feeling affecting motivation, Human Resources might have to provide COUNSELING services.
en: services en conseils
dependance
noun
The real need of the organism, or something that individuals can not provide for themselves.
Example: Their DEPENDANCE on family support and social services makes them particularly vulnerable to prolonged recessions and reduction in national budgets and social spending.
en: dépendance
depression
noun
A mental condition characterized by feelings of severe despondency and dejection, typically also with feelings of inadequacy and guilt, often accompanied by lack of energy and disturbance of appetite and sleep.
Example: She was referred by a psychiatrist treating her for depression.
en: dépression
empathy
noun
The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
Example: As the characters are never fully understood it is difficult for the audience to develop EMPATHY for them.
en: empathie
internalizing
verb
Make (attitudes or behavior) part of one's nature by learning or unconscious assimilation.
Example: His private emotions and idiosyncracies, and difficulties he experiences in INTERNALIZING the social norms of his community are his business.
en: intérioriser
intervention
noun
Any measure whose purpose is to improve health or alter the course of disease.
Example: As a functionalist, one of Durkheim's main aims was to apply sociological knowledge to social INTERVENTION by the state in order to create social harmony.
en: intervention
mental disability
noun
A mental anomaly that causes either suffering or an impaired ability to function in ordinary life, and which is not developmentally or socially normative.
Example: People with a physical or MENTAL DISABILITY experience conditions within the individual that are barriers to participation in occupations, because an external agent is doing the depriving.
en: maladie mentale
neurotic
adjective
Suffering from, caused by, or relating to neurosis.
Example: NEUROTIC disorders are defined as a chronic disorder which features irritability of the nervous system and is characterized by anxiety and or extreme behaviour dedicated to avoid anxiety situations e.g. hypochondria (Medterms, 2007).
en: névrosé
poverty
noun
The state of being extremely poor.
Example: Adoption of IT in developing countries will have a significant effect on not only the individual enterprise and household level but also at the national level, potentially reducing POVERTY and famine.
en: pauvreté
social constructs
noun
Conceptions of things based on common perceptions by members of a society, not objective reality.
Example: Second, while the word "time" and "space" usually evoke the impression of the abstract, absolute dimensions of the physical world, here, apparently, they are discussed as SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS, referring to our conceptions and experiences of them.
en: structure sociale
welfare
noun
The health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group.
Example: The health and WELFARE of mothers suffered additionally because of the maldistribution of resources within the family.
