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Sentence

Deutsch: Satz (Psychologie) / Español: oración (psicología) / Português: frase (psicologia) / Français: phrase (psychologie) / Italiano: frase (psicologia)

A sentence in psychology refers to a structured linguistic unit that plays a critical role in cognitive processes such as language comprehension, production, and memory. It serves as a fundamental element in psycholinguistics, where researchers examine how humans process, store, and retrieve syntactic and semantic information.

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Sentence-completion test

Sentence-completion test refers to a form of projective test that asks the person to finish sentences; the response is used to better understand personality.

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Sentiment

Deutsch: Sentiment / Español: sentimiento / Português: sentimento / Français: sentiment / Italiano: sentimento

In the psychology context, sentiment refers to an emotional response, attitude, or feeling toward a particular person, object, situation, or idea. Sentiments are enduring emotional dispositions that influence how individuals perceive, evaluate, and react to their environment. They are more complex and enduring than fleeting emotions, often shaped by personal experiences, beliefs, and cultural context.

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Sentiments

To Cattell, environmental-mold source traits that motivate behavior.

Separation

Deutsch: Trennung / Español: Separación / Português: Separação / Français: Séparation / Italiano: Separazione

Separation in psychology refers to the process or state of being apart from others, which can encompass physical, emotional, or psychological distancing. It is a significant event that can affect an individual's mental health and emotional well-being.

The separation is a process that occurs when children gradually distinguish themselves from their mother and others in their world.

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Separation Anxiety Disorder

Separation anxiety disorder or SAD refers to a mental health disorder that begins in childhood and is characterized by worrying that is out of proportion to the situation of temporarily leaving home or otherwise separating from loved ones;

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Separation anxiety disorder (SAD)

- Separation anxiety disorder (SAD) : separation anxiety disorder (SAD ) is a form of anxiety disorder in which the subject displays age-inappropriate, excessive, and disabling anxiety about being apart from his or her parents or away from home.

Septum

Deutsch: Septum / Español: septo / Português: septo / Français: septum / Italiano: setto

In the psychology and neuroscience context, the septum refers to a structure in the brain, specifically located in the limbic system, which plays a role in regulating emotions, behavior, and certain autonomic Functions. It is closely connected to areas involved in emotion and memory processing, such as the hippocampus, amygdala, and hypothalamus.

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