psychology glossary
psychology glossary
20 psychology and human behavior terms
This glossary is about psychology which is the scientific study of the human mind and its functions. It also reviews some of the linked fields to psychology. The main goal of this glossary is to help someone who is not used to psychology to be more familiar with it.
- Behaviorism
- It is a theory of learning based on the idea that all behaviors are acquired through conditioning, and conditioning occurs through interaction with the environment
- en: Behaviorisme
- Biology
- Biology is a branch of science that deals with living organisms and their vital processes.
- en: Biologie
- Clinical psychology
- It is the branch of psychology concerned with the assessment and treatment of mental illness and psychological problems.
- en: Psychologie clinique
- Cognitivism
- It is a theory in psychology that focuses on how the mind receives, processes, organizes, stores, and retrieves information.
- en: Cognitivisme
- Constructivism
- It is a theory that says learners construct knowledge rather than just passively take in information.
- en: Constructivisme
- Differential psychology
- Differential psychology studies the ways in which individuals differ in their behavior and the processes that underlie it
- en: Psychologie différentielle
- Educational psychology
- Educational psychology is a study of how people learn, including teaching methods, instructional processes, and individual differences in learning
- en: Psychologie éducative
- Evolutionary psychology
- It is the study of behaviour, thought, and feeling as viewed through the lens of evolutionary biology
- en: Psychologie évolutive
- Gender psychology
- It is a fascinating subfield of psychology that examines the role of gender in shaping individuals' thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
- en: Psychologie du genre
- Geriatric psychiatry
- It focuses on the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of complex mental disorders uniquely occurring in late life.
- en: Psychiatrie gériatrique
- Humanistic psychology
- It is a perspective that emphasizes looking at the whole individual and stresses concepts such as free will, self-efficacy, and self-actualization.
- en: Psychologie humaniste
- Neuropsychology
- Neuropsychology is a branch of science that studies the physiological processes of the nervous system and relates them to behavior and cognition.
- en: Neuropsychologie
- Psychiatry
- It is a field of medicine focused specifically on the mind, aiming to study, prevent, and treat mental disorders in humans
- en: Psychiatrie
- Psychoanalysis
- It is a set of psychological theories and methods of therapy founded by Sigmund Freud.
- en: Psychanalyse
- psychodynamics
- Psychodynamics ia an approach to psychology that emphasizes systematic study of the psychological forces underlying human behavior, feelings, and emotions and how they might relate to early experience.
- en: Psychologie dynamique
- psychology
- the scientific study of the human mind and its functions, especially those affecting behavior in a given context
- en: Psychologie
- Psychology of learning
- It focuses on a range of topics related to how people learn and interact with their environments.
- Psychopathology
- It is the scientific study of mental illness or disorders.
- en: Psychopathologie
- Social psychology
- Social psychology is the study of how individual or group behavior is influenced by the presence and behavior of others.
- en: Psychologie sociale
- trepanation
- It is a surgical intervention in which a hole is drilled or scraped into the human skull
- en: Trépanation