This 20 words glossary will help you understand different terms used by psychologist.
Autohypnosis
noun
induction of a hypnotic state in oneself; self-hypnosis
Example: **zero hits found on the website**
en: Autohypnose
behavior
noun
the way in which one acts or conducts oneself
Example: Some researches suggested that 'stress induced by increased task demands decreases interpersonal sensitivity and helping BEHAVIOR' (Podsakoff et al., 1990: 136).
en: comportement
butterfly effect
noun
the phenomenon whereby a minute localized change in a complex system can have large effects elsewhere.
Example: **zero hits found on the website**
en: effet papillon
centration
noun
the act of focusing all attention on one characteristic or dimension of a situation while disregarding all others
Example: **zero hits found on the website**
en: centrage
clinical psychologist
noun
an expert or specialist in the branch of psychology concerned with the assessment and treatment of mental illness and psychological problems.
en: psychologue clinicien
code switching
noun
the practice of alternating between two or more languages or varieties of language in conversation.
Example: Software error
en: commutation de code
conformism
noun
the fact or policy of behaving or thinking like everyone else, rather than being different
Example: Where as in a 'collectivist' society the family is paramount and non-CONFORMISM and liberalism is scarce (McElwee, Al-Riyami 2003).
en: conformisme
ethnocentrism
noun
evaluation of other cultures according to preconceptions originating in the standards and customs of one's own culture.
Example: software error
en: ethnocentrisme
flooding
noun
Flooding therapy is an intensive type of exposure therapy in which you must face your fear at a maximum level of intensity for an extended amount of time
Example: J., and Nolen-Hoeksema, S., 2000) Avery effective method of In Vivo Exposure is FLOODING. FLOODING is a process by which the patient is exposed to their feared object or situation for an extended period with no break from it.
en: inondation
halo effect
noun
the tendency for an impression created in one area to influence opinion in another area.
Example: Software error
en: effet de halo
hypermnesia
noun
unusual power or enhancement of memory, typically under abnormal conditions such as trauma, hypnosis, or narcosis.
Example: Software error
en: hypermnésie
internalazing
verb
make (attitudes or behavior) part of one's nature by learning or unconscious assimilation.
Example: Zero Hits
en: internalisation
lucid dreaming
verb
Lucid dreaming is the experience of achieving conscious awareness of dreaming while still asleep
Example: Zero Hits
en: rêve lucide
paranoia
noun
the unwarranted or delusional belief that one is being persecuted, harassed, or betrayed by others, occurring as part of a mental condition.
Example: A person's race may result in them being persecuted by the homogenous group in society and this could be a cause of PARANOIA and distress
en: paranoïa
phoneme
noun
any of the perceptually distinct units of sound in a specified language that distinguish one word from another, for example p, b, d, and t in the English words pad, pat, bad, and bat
Example: The Japanese babies will no longer perceive r and l differently after they are around six months old (Butterworth & Harris, 2002) when their PHONEME recognition ability becomes similar to an adult's: 'exposure to a particular language has altered their brains' (Gopnik et al, 2003, p.104). Gopnik et al (2003) believe this process is caused by babies listening to what we say and constructing prototypes for each PHONEME; 'grouping the sounds they hear into the right categories, the categories their particular language uses' (p.108) so English babies will develop separate r and l prototypes, but the Japanese will include both sounds in one.
en: phonème
prosopagnosia
noun
a neurological condition characterized by the inability to recognize the faces of familiar people.
Example: Software error
en: prosopagnosie
pruning
verb
Pruning in psychology refers to the removal of synaptic connections, which are the connections between neurons, or brain cells. The synaptic connections are usually removed because they are unnecessary or redundant. The process of pruning serves to help the brain run more efficiently
Example: Network PRUNING techniques can eliminate unnecessary synaptic weights in a neural network
en: taille
self-monitoring
verb
Self-monitoring is defined as a personality trait that refers to an ability to regulate behavior to accommodate social situations
Example: Software error
en: autosurveillance
stimulus
noun
a thing or event that evokes a specific functional reaction in an organ or tissue
Example: Cork balls have been substituted for ova, which the infundibulum then catches, resulting in eggs that contain cork instead of the yolk showing that the ampula does not have any recognition functions, and responds to any STIMULUS.
en: stimulus
welfare
noun
the health, happiness, and fortunes of a person or group.
Example: Consumers are more interested in special offers and the price of the mayonnaise and fail to link it to animal WELFARE issues to the product
