Health psychology
Specialist vocabulary classified under Psychology.
Areas within Health psychology
Cognitive psychology
Attention, memory, language, perception and thinking.
689 wordsSocial psychology
How people think, feel and behave in social settings.
8 wordsDevelopmental psychology
Psychological change across the lifespan.
67 wordsClinical psychology
Assessment and treatment of psychological difficulties.
116 wordsBehavioural psychology
Learning, conditioning, reinforcement and observable behaviour.
28 wordsNeuroscience
The nervous system and the biological basis of behaviour and cognition.
1 wordsPersonality psychology
Enduring patterns of thought, emotion and behaviour.
22 wordsPsychometrics
The design and evaluation of psychological measurement.
0 wordsAbnormal psychology
Specialist vocabulary classified under Psychology.
85 wordsEmotion motivation
Specialist vocabulary classified under Psychology.
4 wordsHealth psychology
Specialist vocabulary classified under Psychology.
7 wordsLearning memory
Specialist vocabulary classified under Psychology.
17 wordsOrganisational psychology
Specialist vocabulary classified under Psychology.
2 wordsPerception
Specialist vocabulary classified under Psychology.
114 wordsPsychological neuroscience
Specialist vocabulary classified under Psychology.
14 wordsPsychology research methods
Specialist vocabulary classified under Psychology.
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any effect that seems to be a consequence of administering a placebo; the change is usually beneficial and is assumed result from the person's f…
Quality of lifenounyour personal satisfaction (or dissatisfaction) with the cultural or intellectual conditions under which you live (as distinct from material com…
Stressnoun(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
Tensenessnoun(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
Tensionnoun(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
Breaking pointnoun(psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial
Yipsnounnervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts); "to avoid the yips, he changed his style of putt…