I am a Social Science student, and I study in Pyschology. Here are some words used in this field.
anxiety
noun
Anxiety is the vague, uneasy feeling you get when you're dreading something. Anxiety can also be a permanent state of nervousness that some people with mental illnesses experience, a milder version of panic.
Example: I decided to focus on time management and prioritization as tools to overcome my anxiety.
fr: anxiété
attachment disorder
noun
A psychological disorder of infancy and early childhood that is characterized by disturbed or developmentally inappropriate patterns of social interaction and is typically associated with inadequate parental care (such as neglect of the basic emotional and physical needs of the child).
Example: In the absence of available and responsive caregivers it appears that some children are particularly vulnerable to developing attachment disorders.
fr: trouble de l'attachement
behaviorial psychology
noun
An approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior.
Example: Behavioral psychology has been applied to diverse fields, including education, marketing, and public health.
fr: psychologie béhavioriste
bipolar disorder
noun
Bipolar disorder is a mental disorder marked by significant mood swings, including manic highs and depressive lows. It affects a person's behavior and ability to function in daily life.
Example: He has been diagnosed as bipolar.
fr: trouble bipolaire
cognitive psychology
noun
An approach to psychology that emphasizes internal mental processes.
Example: Cognitive psychology investigates how the brain processes information, from sensory input to long-term memory storage.
fr: psychologie cognitive
defense mechanisms
noun
Defense mechanisms are psychological strategies brought into play by individuals, groups, and even nations to cope with reality and to maintain a self-image. They often operate unconsciously and can include denial, repression, and rationalization.
Example: She is projecting her anger on you as a defense mechanism.
fr: méchanisme de défense
dissociative identity disorder
noun
Dissociative identity disorder is a severe form of dissociation, a mental process which produces a lack of connection in a person's thoughts, memory, and sense of identity. Formerly known as multiple personality disorder, this condition is often a complex psychological response to trauma experienced during early childhood.
Example: In the study, individuals diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder exhibited significant memory gaps, suggesting a potential link between trauma and dissociation.
fr: trouble dissociatif de l'identité
dopamine
noun
Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that plays a major role in reward-motivated behavior. Most types of rewards increase the level of dopamine in the brain, and many addictive drugs increase dopamine neuronal activity.
Example: The reward system releases dopamine when we experience something pleasurable, such as eating chocolate or completing a challenging task.
fr: dopamine
gender dysphoria
noun
A feeling of distress that occurs when a person's gender identity, or their internal senses of being male, female, or another gender, differs from their sex assigned at birth.
Example: About one-third of those have received puberty blockers or hormones to treat gender dysphoria, the doctor said.
fr: dysphorie du genre
heredity
noun
Heredity is the biological process responsible for passing on physical traits from one generation to another. If your mom and dad both have dreamy blue eyes and so do you, then you've got hereditary to thank for your movie-star gaze.
Example: Researchers are exploring the extent to which heredity influences personality traits like introversion and extraversion.
fr: hérédité
hysteria
noun
Hysteria is a medical condition or general state of extreme fear and panic. When hysteria sets in, people are out of control.
Example: Treatment for hysteria was often similar to that of other mental illnesses: electric shock, blistering, multiple operations and amputations.
fr: hystérie
introjection
noun
Defense mechanism that makes an individual unconsciously internalize of aspects of the world (especially aspects of a person) within the self in such a way that the internalized representation takes over the psychological functions of the external objects.
Example: She introjected her mother's belief that she was incapable of handling responsibility, which led her to constantly procrastinate and avoid any tasks that required decision-making.
fr: introjection
neuropsychology
noun
The branch of psychology that is concerned with the physiological bases of psychological processes.
Example: According to a clinical neuropsychology study, there's a strong connection between certain brain areas and language comprehension.
fr: neuropsychologie
schizophrenia
noun
Someone with a mental illness that's caused them to lose touch with reality and to withdraw from society may end up being diagnosed with schizophrenia, a serious disorder that can usually be treated with medication.
Example: Sometimes in schizophrenia, low visual stimulation can lead to a drop in audio hallucinations.
fr: schizophrénie
stimulus
noun
A stimulus causes an action or response, like the ringing of your alarm clock if you didn't sleep through it.
Example: This shows that previous experience has a strong impact on the way we perceive things, which is only noticed when we present someone with a type of stimulus they have never encountered before.
