Words for Academic IELTS - Lesson 23
Here you will learn some English words about psychology, such as "clinical", "schizophrenia", "constancy", etc. that are needed for the IELTS exam.
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phobia
[noun]
an intense and irrational fear toward a specific thing such as an object,situation, concept, or animal
hypothesis
[noun]
an explanation based on limited facts and evidence that is not yet proved to be true
placebo
[noun]
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
schizophrenia
[noun]
a chronic mental disorder in which a person's ability to think, feel or behave is affected, often associated with the distortion of reality
psychological
[adjective]
connected with the scientific study of the human mind and its functions
memory
[noun]
the ability of mind to keep and remember past events, people, experiences, etc.
applied psychology
[noun]
any branch of psychology that deals with finding practical solutions for human or animal behavioral problems
stress
[noun]
(psychology) a mental state of worry caused by physical or emotional tension
delusion
[noun]
(psychology) a mental condition in which a person has a false belief system that is contradicted by evidence
behavior
[noun]
(psychology) the way a person or an animal acts in different situations or responds to stimuli
constancy
[noun]
(psychology) the tendency to keep the same perception of an object despite changes in the stimuli
extrovert
[noun]
(psychology) a person that is preoccupied with external things and prefers social situations
generalization
[noun]
(psychology) the tendency to show an identical response to similar but distinct stimuli
habit
[noun]
(psychology) any regularly repeated pattern of behavior that is shown almost automatically in response to a specific situation
introvert
[noun]
(psychology) a person who is preoccupied with their own thoughts and feelings rather than the external world
persona
[noun]
(psychology) a person's social representation or the impression other's have of a certain individual which is concealing the true self
process
[noun]
(psychology) any cognitive function that is involved in understanding and learning
ego
[noun]
(psychology) the conscious part of the mind that mediates between the unconscious and the reality which gives one a sense of self
superego
[noun]
(psychology) the part of the mind that is only partly conscious, representing social norms learned from the parents
id
[noun]
(psychology) the part of the unconscious mind that is the source of basic instincts and drives
projection
[noun]
(psychology) the unconscious process in which an individual associates their feelings, ideas or attitudes to someone else as a defense mechanism
catharsis
[noun]
(psychology) the process of relieving a complex by bringing it to consciousness and directly addressing it
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