Inglés para Psicólogos

Stealing, theft and burglary are ways to say: stabbing. robbery. harassment.

Some ill people can lose touch ... reality. with. to. of.

A period when the symptoms of a disorder appear. episode. illusion. syndrome.

Sensational headlines in the newspapers ... sales. takes advantage of. increase. exploits.

... is the process of storing information. retention. accumulation. acquisition.

Structure comprised of specialized cells. neural structure. tissue. neurons.

... is the part of the brain responsible for recycling information before it is converted into long-term memory. thalamus. cortex. hippocampus.

"Mad" means: insane in UK English but angry in US English. mentally unbalanced both in UK and US English. retarded in UK English and sick in US English.

There is a major difference between Vygotsky and Piaget, whose focus was more on the ability of the child to create a mental ... through experimentation and without ... schema / scaffolding. context / support. structure / focus.

Choose the correct pronunciation: 'develop. deve'lop. de'velop.

Vygotsky's ... of cognitive development suggests that language is a ... for passing the traditions of a culture from one generation to the next. paradigm / tool. model / domain. paradigm / context.

A synonym for "dissociation" can be: detachment. predisposition. derangement.

Recovery of information: information rehearsal. information retrieval. information recuperation.

Long-term memory is a system for ... information we need to retrieve over extended periods of time. having retained. retain. retaining.

Choose the correct spelling: aggresive. aggressive. agressive.

The mind ... the new information within existing ... accumulates / schemes. accomodates / schemata. constructs / paradigms.

Choose the correct pronunciation: 'rehearsal. re'hearsal. rehe'arsal.

... is the process of blocking the memory of a traumatic experience. Repressing. Repression. Depression.

Deliberately setting fire to a building: stabbing. arson. assault.

Memory ... occurs when recall is altered by our expectation and emotions. distortion. interpretation. recovery.

Choose the sentence that matches with this one:"Cultural information is necessary for the development of linguistic skills". Children acquire knowledge by interacting with their environment. Language is acquired in the context of a community. The human brain accommodates new information.

A mood disorder that makes a person feel very sad and unable to live an active life: depression. psychosis. illusion.

State of uncontrolled mental excitation: delusion. frenzy. mood.

Deliberately setting fire to a building: arson. assault. stabbing.

Information is converted into a form the brain can store through a process called: decoding. encoding. displacement.

Affected by a mental disorder which inhibits social interaction, communication and emotional development: autistic. psychotic. retarded.

... be processed by the brain, information must first be registered by the sensory organs. In order to. In order that. In spite of.

... are the means by which the body receives information. Sensory organs. Neural network. Nervous system.

... who claimed that hypnosis was an effective method for accessing repressed memories. Freud is. It was Freud. Freud.

Recovery of information: information retrieval. information recuperation. information rehearsal.

Choose the correct pronunciation: cogni'tive. 'cognitive. cog'nitive.

The memory is formed by a series of nerve connections known as a ... neurons net. neural transmitters. neural network.

Choose a synonym for "construct" in this context: "According to Piaget, we construct new mental structures when our current ideas are challenged by unexpected information". process. acquire. formulate.

A synonym for "dissociation" can be: detachment. derangement. predisposition.

A false belief or opinion about yourself or your situation. disparity. illusion. delusion.

Forgetting is sometimes the result of old information being ... by new information. displaced. repressed. rehearsed.

The derived noun from "manifest" is: manifest. manifesting. manifestation.

Choose a synonym for "scaffolding": schema. context. support.

Apprentices have mentors who are more experienced, taking them into the ... zone of proximal development. zone of proximal developing. zone of proxime development.

A psycho can be: a colloquial word for a person who is mentally ill. a student of psychology. a psychologist.