Pyschology Glossary
Psychology Glossary
This glossary contains words related to Psychology. You will find their definition, how to spell them and pictures to define them.
- behavior
- noun
- The aggregate of responses to internal and external stimuli.
- Example: One intriguing finding from these studies suggests that only certain childhood temperaments influence teenage personality and behavior.
- cognitive
- adjective
- Of or relating to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning, as contrasted with emotional and volitional processes.
- Example: Previous studies found that running also stimulates fat cells and muscle to benefit the brain’s regenerative and cognitive functions.
- emotion
- noun
- An emotion is a spontaneous mental reaction, such as joy, sorrow, hate, and love. Emotions always involve mental activity and sometimes have physical effects on the body,
- Example: The stories that tend to go viral on Facebook are those that stoke emotion and divisiveness, critics argue.
- neurology
- noun
- The science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- Example: A neurologist is a physician specializing in neurology and trained to investigate, or diagnose and treat neurological disorders.
- psychiatry
- noun
- The practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- Example: She is an expert in nutrition and psychiatry at Deakin University in Victoria, Australia.
- therapeutic
- adjective
- Of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- Example: Manufacturers are now required to report disruptions in the manufacturing of an active pharmaceutical ingredient—the part of the medicine that produces the intended therapeutic benefit.
