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Deutsch: Rückmeldung / Español: Retroalimentación / Português: Feedback / Français: Retour d'information / Italiano: Feedback /
Feedback is defined as information returned to a person about the effects a response has had. It is a communication pattern in which information about the consequences of an event is reintroduced into the system; a valuative information about one’s behavior. In Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Feedback means roviding employees with specific information about how well they are performing a task or series of tasks. Feedback is a non-judgmental conversation that points out both positive and negative aspects of performance or positive and negative reactions to a person’s behavior for the Purpose of the individual’s growth and understanding, in contrast with Criticism Feedback is also known as "knowledge of results".
Feedback loop is defined as the section of a control system that allows for feedback and self -correction and that adjusts its operation according to differences between the actual output and the desired output. Moreover, Feedback loop refers to a system in which glands regulate each other's functioning through a series of hormonal messages.
Feeding disorder of infancy or early childhood refers to a disorder involving the persistent failure to eat, leading to a loss of weight or failure to gain weight. Moreover, Feeding disorder of infancy or early childhood is a disorder characterized by a sudden or marked deceleration of weight gain in an infant or a young child (under age 6) and a slowing or disruption of emotional and social development.
Deutsch: Gefühl / Español: Sentimiento / Português: Sentimento / Français: Sentiment / Italiano: Sentimento /
Feeling refers to a function of personality in which individuals attend to subjective experiences of pleasure, pain, anger, or other feelings. Its polar opposite is thinking.
There is a distinction that does not get discussed nearly enough in conversations about mental health care — the difference between symptomatic relief and genuine psychological recovery. The two can feel identical in the short term. A person who starts sleeping better, stops crying every morning, or manages to get through a workday without a panic attack might reasonably conclude that they are getting better. Sometimes they are. But often, what they are experiencing is the temporary stabilization of symptoms while the underlying psychological structures that generated those symptoms remain entirely untouched.
This distinction matters enormously — not as an academic point, but as a practical guide to what kind of care is actually worth seeking, and why.
Deutsch: Sich gut fühlen / Español: Sentirse bien / Português: Sentir-se bem / Français: Se sentir bien / Italiano: Stare bene
The concept of feeling good is a central topic in psychology, encompassing subjective well-being, emotional regulation, and the cognitive appraisal of one's own state. It extends beyond mere absence of distress, integrating positive affect, life satisfaction, and a sense of purpose. While often colloquially used, its psychological dimensions are rigorously studied through frameworks such as hedonic and eudaimonic well-being (Ryan & Deci, 2001).