Here is few Psychology vocabulary to get familier with new terms.
Agnosia
Inability to interpret sensations and hence to recognize things, typically as a result of brain damage.
"visual agnosia"
fr: Agnosie
Altruism
the belief in or practice of disinterested and selfless concern for the well-being of others.
"some may choose to work with vulnerable elderly people out of altruism"
fr: Altruisme
Anima
An individual's true inner self that in the analytical psychology of Carl Gustav Jung reflects archetypal ideals of conduct also : an inner feminine part of the male personality — compare animus, persona.
fr: Anima
Antipsychotic
Drug used to treat psychotic disorders.
fr: Antipsychotique
Behaviorism
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.
fr: Behaviorisme
Bias
An inclination of temperament or outlook especially : a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment : prejudice.
fr: Biais
Cognition
The mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses.
fr: Cognition
Cognitive
Of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) cognitive impairment.
fr: Cognitive(feminine)
Cognitif(masculine)
Conformity
Conformity, the process whereby people change their beliefs, attitudes, actions, or perceptions to more closely match those held by groups to which they belong or want to belong or by groups whose approval they desire. Conformity has important social implications and continues to be actively researched.
fr: Conformité
Conscious
Capable of or marked by thought, will, design, or perception : relating to, being, or being part of consciousness the conscious mind conscious and unconscious processes.
fr: Consciente(feminine)
Conscient(masculine)
Deja Vu
A feeling of having already experienced the present situation.
"a feeling of déjà vu"
fr: Déjà vu
Depression
Feelings of severe despondency and dejection.
"self-doubt creeps in and that swiftly turns to depression"
fr: Dépression
Euphoria
A feeling or state of intense excitement and happiness.
"the euphoria of success will fuel your desire to continue training"
fr: Euphorie
Hysteria
Behavior exhibiting overwhelming or unmanageable fear or emotional excess political hyster.
fr: Hystérie
Inhibition
A mental process imposing restraint upon behavior or another mental process (such as a desire).
fr: Inhibition
Mania
Mental illness marked by periods of great excitement or euphoria, delusions, and overactivity.
"many people suffering from mania do not think anything is wrong"
fr: Manie
Persona
The aspect of someone's character that is presented to or perceived by others.
fr: Personnage
Phobia
A phobia is an uncontrollable, irrational, and lasting fear of a certain object, situation, or activity. This fear can be so overwhelming that a person may go to great lengths to avoid the source of this fear. One response can be a panic attack.
fr: Phobie
Schizophrenia
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
Subconscious
Of or concerning the part of the mind of which one is not fully aware but which influences one's actions and feelings.