Vocabulary for IELTS (Academic) - Psychology

the result of a mental processing or understanding

relating to the observation, examination, and treatment of patients in a medical setting

related to the process of growth, progress, or improvement over time

an intense and irrational fear toward a specific thing such as an object, situation, concept, or animal

an explanation based on limited facts and evidence that is not yet proved to be true

a medicine without any physiological effect that is given to a control group in an experiment to measure the effectiveness of a new drug or to patients who think they need medicine when in reality they do not

a chronic mental disorder in which a person's ability to think, feel or behave is affected, often associated with the distortion of reality

connected with the scientific study of the human mind and its functions

the ability of mind to keep and remember past events, people, experiences, etc.

any branch of psychology that deals with finding practical solutions for human or animal behavioral problems

(psychology) a mental state of worry caused by physical or emotional tension

(psychology) a mental condition in which a person has a false belief system that is contradicted by evidence

(psychology) the conscious act of holding a thought or feeling back

(psychology) the way a person or an animal acts in different situations or responds to stimuli

(psychology) the tendency to keep the same perception of an object despite changes in the stimuli

(psychology) a person that is preoccupied with external things and prefers social situations

(psychology) the tendency to show an identical response to similar but distinct stimuli

(psychology) any regularly repeated pattern of behavior that is shown almost automatically in response to a specific situation

a mental perception resembling an external phenomenon

(psychology) a person who is preoccupied with their own thoughts and feelings rather than the external world

(psychology) a person's social representation or the impression other's have of a certain individual which is concealing the true self

(psychology) any cognitive function that is involved in understanding and learning

(psychology) the conscious part of the mind that mediates between the unconscious and the reality which gives one a sense of self

(psychology) the part of the mind that is only partly conscious, representing social norms learned from the parents

(psychology) the part of the unconscious mind that is the source of basic instincts and drives

(psychology) the unconscious process in which an individual associates their feelings, ideas or attitudes to someone else as a defense mechanism

(psychology) the process of relieving a complex by bringing it to consciousness and directly addressing it

a state of extreme disturbance that causes a lot of worry and uncertainty