Psychology Glossary
Psychology Glossary
20 terms
The topic is psychology because I study psychology at the Cegep. That's glossary be hopeful for the people study psychology in English. Psychology it's a like medicine.
- agoraphobia
- A disorder involving anxiety about situations from which escape would be difficult.
- axon
- Structure attached to a nerve cell that sends out signals away from the nerve cell.
- bipolar disorders
- A mental health condition that affects someone's moods, so that they can sometimes feel very depressed and at other times very excited and energetic.
- cognitive development
- The development of thinking capacity.
- defense mechanisms
- Behaviors that protect people from anxiety.
- endorphins
- A chemical naturally, released in the brain to reduce pain, that in large amounts can make you feel relaxed or full of energy.
- frequency
- The number of times per second a sound wave cycles from the highest to the lowest point.
- frontal lobe
- One of two round parts at the front of the brain, that help control behaviour, learning, personality, and movement.
- hypothalamus
- A small part in the brain that controls things such as body temperature and the release of hormones.
- hypothalamus
- A part of the forebrain that helps to control the pituitary gland, the autonomic nervous system, and body temperature.
- ions
- An atom or small group of atoms that has an electrical charge.
- lobotomy
- A medical operation in which cuts are made in or near the front part of the brain.
- narcolepsy
- A medical condition that makes you go to sleep suddenly and when you do not expect it.
- neuron
- A cell that carries information between the brain and other parts of the body.
- neurons
- Nervous system cells that communicate.
- projection
- A defense mechanism that involves attributing one’s own unacceptable thoughts or feelings to someone else.
- stimulants
- Drugs that stimulate the central nervous system.
- subject
- An individual person or animal that a researcher studies.
- synapse
- The junction between the axon of one neuron and the cell body or dendrite of a neighboring neuron.
- thalamus
- One of the two oval-shaped parts of the brain that control feeling and all the senses except for the sense of smell.