Biopsychosocial Approach Glossary

Biopsychosocial Approach Glossary

This glossary contains the words people can use while talking about the biopsychosocial approach in psychology. It also contains parts of speech, definitions in sentence case from Google Search, text-to-speech pronunciation models, images from Wikimedia commons, automatic translations to French, and authentic example sentences from the Lextutor Concordancer. I found my definitions on Google and in my Actively Engaged Online book.

attitude
noun
An enduring, learned predisposition to behave in a consistent way toward a given class of objects, events, or people.
Example: If an employee is unconfident about the task that I have set them, for example running the drier during harvest, I use a friendly and approachable ATTITUDE towards them.
en: attitude
avoidance
noun
The practice or an instance of keeping away from particular situations, environments, individuals, or things because of either (a) the anticipated negative consequence of such an encounter or (b) anxious or painful feelings associated with them.
Example: Psychology brings several theoretical perspectives to the study of AVOIDANCE: its use as a means of coping; its use as a response to fear or shame; its existence as a personality style or predisposition; and its existence as a component in anxiety disorders.
en: évitement
behavior
noun
The way in which one acts or conducts oneself, especially toward others.
Example: In the ritual, the gods curse Set for his chaotic BEHAVIOR.
en: comportement
cognition
noun
All forms of knowing and awareness, such as perceiving, conceiving, remembering, reasoning, judging, imagining, and problem solving.
Example: This has led to the suggestion that SLI is not in fact a specific disorder of language but a more general disorder affecting COGNITION also (Hill, 2001: 167).
en: cognition
emotion
noun
A complex reaction pattern, involving experiential, behavioral, and physiological elements, by which an individual attempts to deal with a personally significant matter or event.
Example: A nurse who might show grief in the form of a sigh on seeing an injured child might not have to 'act', the EMOTION comes in naturally.
en: émotion
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etiology
noun
The cause, set of causes, or manner of causation of a disease or condition.
Example: If hysteria was a disease, and not the imposition of self-pitying women striving to avoid their traditional roles and responsibilities - as was frequently charged - it must be a disease with a specific ETIOLOGY and a predictable course.
en: étiologie
habit
noun
A well-learned behavior or automatic sequence of behaviors that is relatively situation specific and over time has become motorically reflexive and independent of motivational or cognitive influence—that is, it is performed with little or no conscious intent.
Example: For example a person might only be able to remember a telephone number by actually dialling the number, a type of HABIT formation consistent with behaviourist theory.
en: habitude
heredity
noun
The passing on of physical or mental characteristics genetically from one generation to another.
Example: The New York Rockefeller Foundation, for example, funded the research of Agnes Bluhm, an early German racial hygienist looking into the link between alcoholism and HEREDITY.
en: hérédité
interpersonal relationships
noun
The connections and interactions, especially ones that are socially and emotionally significant, between two or more people.
Example: This could also be seen as evidence that the child is confident in initiating new INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIPS and would therefore provide further support for the idea that his early attachment experiences were secure ones.
en: relations interpersonnelles
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irrational belief
noun
An illogical, erroneous, or distorted idea, firmly held despite objective contradictory evidence.
Example: Feeling the need to be perfect all the time is an IRRATIONAL BELIEF.
en: croyance irrationnelle
life events
noun
Important occasions throughout the lifespan that are either age-related and thus expected (e.g., marriage, retirement) or unrelated to age and unexpected (e.g., accidents, relocation).
Example: Contextual theories of personality often assume that personality is shaped by reactions to stress produced by critical LIFE EVENTS.
en: expériences de vie
Marriage is an example of a life event.
personality
noun
The enduring configuration of characteristics and behavior that comprises an individual’s unique adjustment to life, including major traits, interests, drives, values, self-concept, abilities, and emotional patterns.
Example: If PERSONALITY is defined as a relatively stable set of characteristics, then it may be predicted.
en: personnalité
protective factor
noun
A clearly defined behavior or constitutional (e.g., genetic), psychological, environmental, or other characteristic that is associated with a decreased probability that a particular disease or disorder will develop in an individual, that reduces the severity of an existing pathological condition, or that mitigates the effects of stress generally.
Example: Whilst there has by no means been as much research into this area as there has been into the area of avoidance coping, Karwacki and Bradley (1996) report that social support seeking may act as a possible PROTECTIVE FACTOR against harmful levels of alcohol consumption or drinking-related problems.
en: facteur de protection
Examples of suicide risk and protective factors.
psychosocial development
noun
The development of the personality, and the acquisition of social attitudes and skills, from infancy through maturity.
Example: The lack of PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT is a sign of autism.
en: développement psychosocial
reinforcement
noun
Anything that increases the likelihood that a response will occur.
Example: Products that deliver positive REINFORCEMENT are more likely to be repurchased.
en: renforcement
resilience
noun
An individual's tendency to cope with stress and anxiety.
Example: Their RESILIENCE to hardship is a key feature of this section of the text and it is then followed by an emphasis on the rewards they received for their piety to God.
en: résilience
risk factor
noun
A clearly defined behavior or constitutional (e.g., genetic), psychological, environmental, or other characteristic that is associated with an increased possibility or likelihood that a disease or disorder will subsequently develop in an individual.
Example: Social isolation is a RISK FACTOR for relapse and a good social life, an area of his life that is lacking; his thoughts about the service users he has met at groups organised by the trust are: "not my type of people".
en: facteur de risque
temperament
noun
The basic foundation of personality, usually assumed to be biologically determined and present early in life, including such characteristics as energy level, emotional responsiveness, demeanor, mood, response tempo, behavioral inhibition, and willingness to explore.
Example: Studies of animals ranging from fish to nonhuman primates have documented differences in TEMPERAMENT, particularly along the shy–bold continuum.
en: tempérament
trigger
noun
An event or circumstance that is the cause of a particular action, process, or situation.
Example: His divorce triggered his depression.
en: facteur déclencheur
vulnerability
noun
Susceptibility to developing a condition, disorder, or disease when exposed to specific agents or conditions.
Example: The Stress VULNERABILITY model (Zubin and Spring, 1977) suggests that stress is a variable which influences the manifestation of psychological and physical symptoms (Brennan 2000).
en: vulnérabilité

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