Hi, my name is Andrew Oung. I live in Mirabel. I have been studying Social Sciences for 3 years at Ahuntsic College. My field of study is Psychology. The glossary that I have made could be useful for the students already studying in Social Sciences and also for the new students in this field of study. Each word in this glossary is related to the basic notions of Social Sciences and each of them is part of the vocabulary used in psychology. Indeed, these words have been specially chosen because it will improve your understanding of different terms.
anxiety
noun
A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
Example: He felt a surge of anxiety.
fr: anxiété
attitude
noun
A feeling or opinion about something or someone, or a way of behaving that is caused by this.
Example: I asked the waiter for a clean fork, and all I got was attitude.
fr: attitude
behavior
noun
The way in which one acts or conducts oneself toward others.
Example: I'm surprised by her bad behavior toward her friends.
fr: comportement
child development
noun
Child development refers to the biological, psychological and emotional changes that occur in human beings between birth and the end of adolescence, as the individual progresses from dependency to increasing autonomy.
Example: Studying child development is a must, if you wish to understand kids.
fr: développement de l'enfant
clinical psychologist
noun
An expert or specialist in the branch of psychology concerned with the assessment and treatment of mental illness and psychological problems.
Example: Today, I went to consult a clinical psychologist.
fr: psychologue clinicien
consultation
noun
A meeting of physicians to evaluate a patient's case and treatment.
Example: After consulting with his colleague, they decided that I should take lithium.
fr: consultation
coping
noun
Expending conscious effort to solve personal and interpersonal problems, and seeking to master, minimize or tolerate stress or conflict.
Example: It was her way of coping.
fr: faire face
dependance
noun
The real need of the organism, or something that individuals can not provide for themselves.
Example: One of my closest friends has an unhealthy dependence on alcohol.
fr: dépendance
discrimination
noun
Treating people less fairly because they belong to a different group.
Example: Some immigrants were victims of discrimination.
fr: discrimination
emotion
noun
An affective state of consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate is experienced.
Example: He showed no emotion when he killed his parents
fr: émotion
frustration
noun
The feeling of being upset or annoyed because of an inability to change or achieve something.
Example: I sometimes feel like screaming with frustration.
fr: frustration
illness
noun
A disease or period of sickness affecting the body or mind.
Example: Many people suffer from some form of illness during their lives.
fr: maladie
intervention
noun
Any measure whose purpose is to improve health or alter the course of disease.
Example: Two patients were referred for surgical intervention.
fr: intervention
memory
noun
The process in which information is encoded, stored, and retreved.
Example: Alzheimer's is destroying my memory.
fr: mémoire
mental
noun
Involving the mind or an intellectual process.
Example: The family has a history of mental disorder.
fr: mentale
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: The Government should take immediate steps to end discrimination against people with mental disabilities.
fr: maladie mentale
mental health
noun
Psychological well-being and satisfactory adjustment to society and to ordinary demands of life.
Example: He feared for her mental health.
fr: santé mentale
mental illness
noun
Any of various disorders in which a person's thoughts, emotions, or behaviour are so abnormal as to cause suffering to himself, herself, or other people.
Example: This sort of lifestyle can damage your mental health.
fr: maladie mentale
mental process
noun
Mental processes encompass all the things that the human mind can do naturally. Common mental processes include memory, emotion, perception, imagination, thinking and reasoning.
Example: More important, the mental processes being studied are still only crudely defined.
fr: processus mentale
mind
noun
The human consciousness that originates in the brain and is manifested especially in thought, perception, emotion, will, memory, and imagination.
Example: As the thoughts ran through his mind, he came to a conclusion.
fr: esprit
psychologist
noun
A specialist in psychology.
Example: I enjoy visiting my psychologist.
fr: psychologue
psychology
noun
The scientific study of all forms of human and animal behaviour, sometimes concerned with the methods through which behaviour can be modified.
Example: Psychology is an interest course that I had to take at school.
fr: Psychologie
stress
noun
A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstance.
Example: He uses meditation as a way of reducing stress.
fr: stress
therapy
noun
The treatment of disease or disorders, as by some remedial, rehabilitative, or curative process.
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