The Future of Psychology

Unit 1: Psychology At a Glance

1.      Behavior: Way of behaving; act

2.      Attention: careful thought; concern; interest; consideration; notice; emphasis; tent

3.      Mankind: The human race

4.      Remains: left, stay, abide, still; permanent; persistent; equable; unchanged;

5.      Define: Mean; interpret;

6.      Manifestation: Realization; demonstration, disclosure, display, explanation, exposure

7.      Investigate: Examine; matted

8.      Continuity: ongoing; further

9.      Cognitive: Theory

Unit 2: Sigmund Freud

1.      Explored: Roamed; cruise

2.      Developed: Evolve; Foster

3.      Neurosis: Mental illness; nerve pain; aberration; abnormality; breakdown

4.      Disturbances: Annoyances; interruptions

5.      Fascinated: amazed; admired

6.      Diseases: Illness; ache, endemic

7.      Fellowship: Scholarship; comradeship; alliance; amity; companionship

8.      Guidance: Instruction, direction, advice

9.      Insight: Perception; understanding

10.  Unconscious: Unaware; not deliberate; without realizing

11.  Id: Unconscious

12.  Ego: Subconscious

13.  Superego: Conscious

14.  Instinctive: Natural behavior

15.  Pleasure: Happiness; contentment; convenience;

16.  Infancy: Early stage of development;  period of being a child

17.  Acquire: Obtain; get

18.  Uncover: Open; disclose; clear; expose; answer; reveal; express

Unit 4: On Being Shy

1.      Inferior: Low quality; lowly; second

2.      Discover: Find; locate; come across; detect; devise; trace

3.      Rid of: Remove, eliminate; discard; throw away

4.      Eliminate: Set aside; reject; ignore; separate out; wipe out

5.      Overnight: whole night; all night long

6.      Gradually: Step by step, installment; little by little

7.      Painful: Injurious; irritating

8.      Comparisons: Ratio

9.      Compliment: Greet; commendation; approbation

10.  Coworkers: Fellow workers; workmates; colleague

11.  Small talk: Chit-chat, whisper

12.  Self-confidence: Self-esteem; aplomb

Unit 5: Childhood Depression

1.      Complaint: Grievant; lamenting; plaint; remonstrate

2.      Addressed: Be given; be showed; be represented;

3.      Accuse: Incriminate; judge;

4.      Stealing: Scrounge; thieve; purloin, despoil, cheat, abduct

5.      Vowed: Cursed; oath

6.      Harmless: Peril; jeopardy; danger

7.      “blues”: Low spirit; melancholy; depression

8.      Disorder: Confusion

9.      Features: Prominent; eminent

10.  Ailments: Diseases; illnesses

11.  Overwhelmingly: Abundant; plenteous; plentiful; superfluously; exuberate

12.  Suffer: Languished; endure; sustain

13.  Anxiety: restlessness; discomfort; unrest; nerves; disquiet; insecurity; disquietude; perturbation; fidgetiness

14.  Suicide: self-destruction; self-immolation; self-slaughter; put of death

15.  Appetite:  crave; demand; hunger.

16.  Irritability: Petulant; short-tempered; hot-headed; irascible

17.  Evidence: Information; explanation; proof

18.  Predisposition: Tendency; propensity; trend; inclination; lean; bent; proclivity

19.  Triggered: Activator; prime mover

20.  Vice versa: opposite; another way; on the contrary; otherwise; whereas