Glossary: Psychology
A.
What are the following words?
1. phobia
2. delusion
3. sanity
4. obsession
5. innate
6. frustration
7. insomnia
8. conscious
9. trait
10. mature
11. neurological
Glossary: Psychology
B.
Choose the best alternative.
The term positive psychology is broad. It comprises a variety of techniques that encourage people
to be 1. conscious and further develop their own positive 2. emotions, experiences and character
3. traits. It makes use of positive 4. reinforcement and 5. intrinsic motivation in people to want to
feel better about themselves. Although initially developed as a means to promote well-being in
healthy people, positive psychology techniques are now being promoted as an alternative to more
traditional forms of 6. therapy. Its core philosophy is to prevent 7. disorders or problems with low
8. self-esteem. Even though positive psychology has been dismissed as unnecessary happy talk, it
seems to be gaining ground. However, most textbooks on psychology still contain thousands of
lines devoted to matters such as 9. anxiety disorder, neurotic 10. obsession, or depression. Not a
word about joy, hope or compassion.