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                                            English Language Glossary Relate to Psychology

I am a student at the Cegep Ahuntsic. My field of study relate to psychology. It is a very broad program which is divided into several specific professions. All these terms are linked to psychology in general and even in the forensic psychology and that is the branch of study I want to be specialized.

20 glossary terms:

- Analyse: to study something in specific aspect and be able to understand or justify it.
- Assess: Evaluate or estimate the nature, ability, or quality of.
- Attitude: A way of behaving that is caused by different aspects. 

- Behavior: The way in which one acts or conducts oneself, esp. toward others.
- Cohort: Group of people born a few years apart and exposed to the same historical and social conditions.
- Concentration: The tendency to focus on only one aspect of a situation, problem or object.
- Consultation: A meeting of physicians to evaluate a patient's case and treatment

- Empathy: The ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
- Frustration: The feeling of being upset or annoyed because of an inability to change or achieve something.
- Interpersonal relationships: Relations between persons.
- Memory: The process in which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved.

- Mental: involving the mind or an intellectual process.
- Operant conditioning: A type of learning where behavior is controlled by consequences.
- Personality: The sum total of all the behavioural and mental characteristics by means of which an individual is recognized as being unique.
- Psychology: Science that understand behavior and mental process.

- Self-esteem: confidence in one's own worth or abilities; self-respect.

- Socialdrama: A dramatic play in which several individuals act out assigned roles for the purpose of studying and remedying problems in group or collective relationships. 

- Social interaction: a social relation or social interaction is any relationship between two or more individuals.

- Stimulus: Any phenomenon that causes a reaction or response in an organism.

- Stress: A state of mental or emotional strain or tension resulting from adverse or very demanding circumstances. 

Sources: 

-Book Activity Engaged Online, pages 313 to 321

-http://fieldrelated.com/psychology.php?sel=2

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                                                       Typical Day in Life for a Forensic Psychologist

I'm a student from Lebanon but live in Montreal. I'm studying psychology legal witch is related to legal principles and criminal responsibility. It is a program that interests me because I'm going to be working with the offenders in particular those who are in prison. As a psychologist, I will be responsible for intervening with people with emotional problems, social or intellectual. I will also have to find solutions and help the people. For this, I must diagnose and evaluate their psychological and mental state. But also, I must use various psychological tests to evaluate the intellectual capacity or skills or to know some aspects of the personality of the person or a group of person. All these test will help me to know the necessary information about the person (troubles, mood, behaviour, ability).



The forensic psychologist can work in several settings such as the police, prisons, schools, and government agencies. This type of psychologists can work directly with the accused, lawyers, criminals, students, families and victims. They may also work in organizations of colleges. Their goal is to try to identify and explain the origin of criminal behaviour. Psychologists work with many people. There is no typical day to show what these workers are doing in this area because every day they have a new situation to manage. It's hard to define their everyday life because they have many responsibilities. We can see the principal aspects of what a real psychologist must do for each given situation in this position:

- They must complete documents to evaluate the risks of each individual. These risks can be positif because the psychologist can evaluate if you are free from prison but they also can be negatif because some of the people will be able to commit a suicide;
- Show the results of each offender to the boss;
- Always ensure control of groups so that people respect the instructions;
- Being able to join the group meetings.





























Link: http://www.onlinepsychologydegree.info/faq/what-does-a-typical-day-look-like-for-a-forensic-psychologist/

Walkthrough Screencast: How To Find a Psychologist

                                                               

                                                 Walkthrough Screencast: How To Find a Psychologist

My field of study is psychology. I chose a website that describes it because in the future I would like to become a psychologist. Being a psychologist is something that fascinates me because I like to help others in any kind of problems and I also like it because every day I have a new situation to manage. I found a website of a company named American Psychological Association (APA). The mission of this organization is to apply all the concepts of psychology to help poeple in their lives. This association is for people who often have psychological problems and need help from professional people.

This is my video: How to find a psychologist.

https://youtu.be/P-_TebypVc0