Clase 17-09-2021

Exercise A. Read the text. The red words are probably familiar to you in general English.
But can you think of a different meaning for each word in the field of psychology? Change
the form if necessary (e.g. change a noun into a verb).

It takes both vision and analysis to construct a new building. In such

project, the architects will stress the way the structure stimulates the
imagination, while the contractor will be more conscious of daily working
conditions.

 Psychoanalysis
 Subconscious
 Stress
 Visions
 Conditioning
 Personal Contruct Theory
 Stimulus
 Project

Exercise B. Read these sentences from psychology texts. Complete each sentence with one
of the red words form Exercise 1. Change the form if necessary.

1. Freud’s experiments in __psychoanalysis ___ gave rise to his “dream theory”.

2. In Plavov’s experimenets with ddogs, the contiditioned ___stimulus___was a light.
3. Hallucinations, or ____visions____, are a common symptom of mental disorder.
4. Overstimulation of the organism can lead to emotional tension or ___stress____.
5. Kelly was an early proponent of Personal __Construct____ Theory.
6. Skinner’s experiments in operant ____conditioning______ were based on
behaviorism.
7. Attributing your feelings to another person is known as ____projection____.
8. The _____conscious____ mind is the most accessible level of mental activity.

Exercise C. Which is the based word for the words in the box?

Prefix Suffix
Bio-Chemistry disorder-ed

Extra-Sensory emotion- al

Over-stimulate ident-y

Para-psychology inhibit-ion

Psycho-analysis narciss-ism

Re-cycle neur-osis

Sub-conscious psychiatr-ist

Trans-action regress-ive

Un-feeling rein-forcement

Treat-able

Exercise D. You are a student in the Psychology Faculty at Hadford University. The title of
the first lecture is What is Psychology?

1. Write a definition of psychology.

Psychology is a science that deals with the study and analysis of the behavior and
mental processes of individuals. Through its various approaches, psychology explores
concepts such as perception, attention, motivation, emotion, brain function,
intelligence, thought, personality, personal relationships, consciousness, and
unconsciousness.

Exercise E. Listen to part 1 of the talk. What does the lecturer say about psychology? Tick
the best choice.

a. It is about the mind. ____x_____

b. It is about behaviour. __________
c. It is about philosophy. __________
d. It is impossible to define. __________

Exercise F. In part 2 of the talk, the lecturer mentions the words extinction and sympathetic.

1. What do these words mean in general English?

Extintion: It refers to that an animal is in danger of extinction, that there are very
few alive and they may all disappear forever
 Sympathetic: used to describe someone who shows, especially by what they say,
that they understand and care about someone else's suffering.
2. What do they mean in psychology?
Extintion: It refers to the process of conditioning, a response has disappeared
because the stimulus has been removed.
Sympathetic: sympathetic nervous system, the part of the nervous system that
prepares the organism to face danger.

3. Listen and check your ideas.

Exercise G. In part 3 of the talk, the lecturer introduces different branches of psychology.

1. How many branches can you think of?

Many branches, ten or eleven branches.
2. What is the main focus of each branch?
Social psychology: studies the way people behave in groups
Neuropsychology: wich concentrates on the physiological process that affect
human behaviour
Developmental psychology: studies how people minds develop throughout their
lives.
Personality psychology:the branch that focuses on different types of individual.
Clinical psychology: specializes in diagnosing and treating mental disorders.

3. Listen and check your ideas

4. What will the lecturer talk about next?
Possibly about definition of psychology, and some examples.

Exercise H. In the final part of the talk, the lecturer gives a definition of psychology, and
some examples. Listen and mark each word in the box D if it is part of the definition and
E if it si part of an example.

Analysis __D__ behaviour __D__ establish ____E___ experiments ___E__

forensic ____E___ human ___E____ mind ___D___ scientific _D___

Exercise I. Change the definition of psychology given in exercise D using the words in the
box of exercise H.

Psychology is the scientific study of mind and the behaviour.

Exercise J. Use the following prefixes and suffixes to forma words used in psychology.

Example: -ology = psychology, phyology, biology.

1 neur–psychology 2 psych–ology 3 hypn–osis

4 sub–conscious 6 dis–ordered 8 trans–action

5 para–psychology 7 claustro–phobia 9 psycho–theraphy

Exercise K. How can you organize information in a lecture? Match the beginnings and
endings.

1 question and a contrast

2 problem and b definition
3 classification and c disadvantages
4 advantages and d effect
5 comparison and e events
6 cause and f supporting information
7 sequence of g process
8 stages of a h solution
9 theories or opinions then I answer