Ch. 10 Nervous System Psychological Terms Flashcards
psych/o
mind, soul
phren/o
mind, diaphragm, phrenic nerve
ment/o
mind
no/o
mind, thought
thym/o
emotion, state of mind
path/o
feeling, disease
-phoria
bearing (mental state in respect to emotional well-being in psychology), carrying, bringing
hedon/o
pleasure
mani/o
frenzy, madness
-mania
frenzy, madness
phob/o
fear, avoidance
-phobia
fear, avoidance
panic
panic
narciss/o
self love
phil/o
attraction, love
-philia
attraction, love (in psychology suffix -philia means sexual arousal)
-lagnia
lust, sexual arousal
orex/o
appetite
noetic
pertaining to thinking
hypernoia
excessive thinking
apathy
a lack of display of emotion
anhedonia
lack of pleasure
euphoria
over elated
delusion
false thoughts
delirium
temporary confusion
agoraphobia
fear of crowds
hypochondriasis
literally means “condition below cartilage” (where black bile forms); anxiety they are sick when evidence shows they are not
acrophobia
fear of heights
ataxophobia
fear of disorder
scopophilia
aroused by observing (peeping tom)
autophilia
sexual attraction to the self
algolagnia
sexual arousal from inflicting or experiencing pain
capnolagnia
aroused by smoke
psychosis
condition of the mind, detached from reality
neurosis
condition of nerves, not detached from reality
ex. schizophrenia
neurosis
condition of nerves, not detached from reality
ex. OCD
