My Psychology Glossary
Hi, my name is Farhat Haidari. I live in Laval and I've been studying Social Sciences for 2 years now at Montmorency College. My current field of study is psychology. Therefore, this glossary that I am making is all about psychology. All words described in this glossary are related to my field of study. It is going to go over all the special terms and their meanings. Not only is it going to help those studying in the same field but at the same time teach the ones who would like to know more about psychology.
- active listening
- action
- Active listening is the ability to focus completely on a speaker, understand their message, comprehend the information and respond thoughtfully. Unlike passive listening, which is the act of hearing a speaker without retaining their message, this highly valued interpersonal communication skill ensures you’re able to engage and later recall specific details without needing information repeated.
- fr: écoute active
- altruism
- The quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others.
- fr: altruisme
- anxiety
- noun
- A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome.
- fr: anxiété
- behaviorism
- An approach to psychology that emphasizes observable measurable behavior.
- fr: behaviorisme
- cognition
- The psychological result of perception and reasoning.
- fr: cognition
- the ego
- According to the theory of Freud, rational structure of the personality which aims to respond in a way more adapted to the impulses of the individual and to the demands of reality.
- fr: le moi
- empathy
- noun
- The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
- fr: empathie
- hypothalamus
- A basal part of the diencephalon governing autonomic nervous system.
- fr: hypothalamus
- phatic signals
- Said of the function of language when it is not used to communicate a message, but to maintain contact between the speaker and the recipient.
- fr: signaux phatiques
- placebo
- An innocuous or inert medication.
- fr: placebo
- psychiatrist
- noun
- Physician specializing in psychiatry, the branch of medicine that studies and treats psychological disorders.
- Example: Kylie wants to become a psychiatrist.
- fr: psychiatre
- psychotherapy
- noun
- Psychological treatment for a mental disorder or for any other disorder causing psychological suffering or distress.
- Example: I went to my first psychotherapy last Friday.
- fr: psychothérapie
- reinforcement
- A stimulus that strengthens the behavior that produced it.
- fr: renforcement
- resilience
- Ability to overcome traumatic shocks.
- fr: résilience
- schizophrenia
- A psychotic disorder characterized by distortions of reality.
- fr: schizophrénie
- social phobia
- nouns
- It is a persistent fear of a social or performance-related situations. The person fears negative judgment from others or of being humiliated or embarrassed.
- fr: phobie sociale
- stress
- A state of mental or emotional strain or suspense.
- fr: stress
- sympathy
- noun
- Feelings of pity and sorrow for someone else's misfortune.
- fr: sympathie
- the id
- According to Freud's theory, an unconscious structure of the personality which aims at the immediate satisfaction of the drives, the needs, the more primitive instincts of the individual.
- fr: le Ça
- the superego
- According to Freud's theory, a personality structure which aims to respond perfectly to the moral requirements arising from the cultural environment and the family education of the individual.
- fr: le surmoi