he process of releasing, and thereby providing relief from, strong or repressed emotions.
"music is a means of catharsis for them".
Example: music is a means of catharsis for them.
fr: catharsis
clinical psychology
noun
Clinical psychology is the study and treatment of mental and behavioral disorders, such as depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia.
Example: I am studying clinical psychology.
cognition
noun
the mental action or process of acquiring knowledge and understanding through thought, experience, and the senses:
Example: these infections can adversely affect cognition and educational achievement" · "a scientific study of human cognition
fr: cognitive
cognitive psychology
noun
Cognition is a term referring to the mental processes involved in gaining knowledge and comprehension.
Example: She is studying cognitive psychology.
fr: psychologie cognitive.
conflict
noun
a serious disagreement or argument, typically a protracted one.
Example: There was a conflict between my collegue and his partner.
fr: conflit
deception
noun
the action of deceiving someone.
Example: I was disappointed by my grade.
fr: Deception
developemental psychology
noun
Developmental psychology is the scientific study of how and why humans grow, change, and adapt across the course of their lives.
Example: there has been a developement in his psyche.
fr: la psychologie du développement
frustration
noun
he feeling of being upset or annoyed, especially because of inability to change or achieve something.
Example: I am frustrated because of this assignment.
fr: frustration
hypothesis
noun
a supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
Example: The doctor gave us his hypothesis on her illness.
fr: hypothèse
lobotomy
noun
a surgical operation involving incision into the prefrontal lobe of the brain, formerly used to treat mental illness
Example: The surgeon did a lobotomy in the patient's brain.
fr: lobotomie
normal distribution
noun
Normal distribution, also known as the Gaussian distribution, is a probability distribution that is symmetric about the mean, showing that data near the mean are more frequent in occurrence than data far from the mean.
Example: We learned about the normal distribution today.
fr: distribution normale
persuasion
noun
the action or fact of persuading someone or of being persuaded to do or believe something.
Example: she persuaded her to buy this bag.
fr: persuasion
phobia
noun
an extreme or irrational fear of or aversion to something.
Example: She has a dog phobia.
fr: phobie
placebo
noun
a harmless pill, medicine, or procedure prescribed more for the psychological benefit to the patient than for any physiological effect.
Example: The gave her a placebo.
fr: placebo
theory
noun
a supposition or a system of ideas intended to explain something, especially one based on general principles independent of the thing to be explained.