PSED5111 Key Terms

Philosophy

• Approach focusing on fully functioning and healthy human beings.

• A specific way of thinking about something, often through questioning.

Positive Psychology

• Approach focusing on fully functioning and healthy human beings.

• A specific way of thinking about something, often through questioning.

Perspective

• A specific viewpoint or conceptual standpoint from where we make sense of the world.

• A credible & scientifically accepted principle that helps us understand and explain various things.

Theory

• A specific viewpoint or conceptual standpoint from where we make sense of the world.

• A credible & scientifically accepted principle that helps us understand and explain various things.

Psychology

• The scientific study of the human mind (how people think, feel and act).

• A state where one is absorbed in an activity, while maintaining a sense of control but a loss of self-consciousness is experienced.

Flow

• The scientific study of the human mind (how people think, feel and act).

• A state where one is absorbed in an activity, while maintaining a sense of control but a loss of self-consciousness is experienced.

Neurological

• An instant and intense feeling in response to a specific trigger or situation (stimulus).

• Has to do with the workings of the brain and other divisions of the nervous system.

Emotion

• An instant and intense feeling in response to a specific trigger or situation (stimulus).

• Has to do with the workings of the brain and other divisions of the nervous system.

Cognition

• Learning the rules, values and acceptable attitudes to successfully integrate into society.

• Refers to one's mental processes, such as thinking, understanding and beliefs about a stimulus.

Socialisation

• Learning the rules, values and acceptable attitudes to successfully integrate into society.

• Refers to one's mental processes, such as thinking, understanding and beliefs about a stimulus.