Common Terms and Word Elements for Psychological Terms

Question 1

PSYCH/O
(sī‐kō)

Answer 1

Mind, Soul

Question 2

PHREN/O
(frĕ‐nō)

Answer 2

Mind, diaphragm, phrenic nerve

Question 3

MENT/O
(men‐tō)

Answer 3

Mind

Question 4

NO/O
(nō‐ō)

Answer 4

Mind, Thought

Question 5

THYM/O
(thī‐mō)

Answer 5

Emotion, state of mind

Question 6

PATH/O
(pă‐thō)

‐PATHY
(pă′‐thē)

Answer 6

Feeling, disease

Question 7

PHOR/O
(fo‐rō)

‐PHORIA
(for‐ē‐ă)

Answer 7

Bearing (*in psychology, a mental state in respect to emotional well‐being), carrying, bringing

Question 8

HEDON/O
(hē‐dō‐nō)

Answer 8

Pleasure

Question 9

MANI/O
(mā‐nē‐ō)

‐MANIA
(mā‐nē‐ă)

Answer 9

Frenzy, madness

Question 10

HALLUCIN/O
(hă‐loo‐sĭ‐nō)

Answer 10

A false sensory perception

Question 11

PHANT/O
(fan‐tō)

PHANTASM/O
(fan‐taz‐mō)

Answer 11

Illusion, hallucination

Question 12

PHANER/O
(făn‐ĕr‐ō)

Answer 12

Evident, visible

Question 13

PHOB/O
(fō‐bō)

‐PHOBIA
(fō‐bē‐ă)

Answer 13

Fear, avoidance

Question 14

PANIC
(pan‐ik)

Answer 14

Panic

Question 15

NARCISS/O
(nar‐sĭ‐sō)

Answer 15

Self-love

Question 16

PHIL/O
(fĭ‐lō)

‐PHILIA
(fil‐ē‐ă)

Answer 16

Attraction, love (*in psychology, the suffix PHILIA means sexual arousal)

Question 17

‐LAGNIA

Answer 17

Lust, sexual arousal

Question 18

ORECT/O
(ŏ‐rek‐tō)

OREX/O
(or‐ek‐ sō)

Answer 18

Appetite