Psychology and emotional health

What is logorrhea? The word logorrhea (from the Greek logos and rheo flow) or also calledverbiageor verbal incontinence, is anexcessive alteration of the flow of language. This condition is considered amental illnessdue to incoherent talkativeness, because it occursas a communication disorder, although currently there is no information onthe degree of verbal productionthat must be reached to be …

What is the psychodynamic model? The psychodynamic model is born from the psychoanalytic approach, which takes as a reference the knowledge of psychologists such asCarl Jung (1), Jacques Lacan (2), Sigmund Freud (3) orMelanie Klein (4). It refers to the application of several principles or modelsfrom different perspectives, but having psychoanalysis as its main axis, on the basis that all behavior does not occur randomly, …

What is neuropsychology? Neuropsychology is abranch and clinical specialty within psychology, in which two scientific specialties converge:Neurology(1) andPsychologyas such. This discipline focuses on the knowledge of thephysical structure of the brain and the understanding of cognitive processes, mind and the relationship between them in healthy subjects. In this sense, the object of study of neuropsychology are injuries, damage or incorrect …

What is consciousness? The word consciousness comes from the Latinconscientia (shared knowledge), and thisscientĭa (with knowledge), is defined, in general terms, as the knowledge that a being has of himself and his environment. For psychology, consciousness is a special psychic quality of knowledge that supposes a higher level of perception in terms of mental organization of human beings. …

What is paranoia? Paranoia is a typeof disorder or delirium of the primary type, which is stable and persistent and can leave much of the patient’spersonalityintact, allowing aconsiderable degree of social adaptation. (1) In this sense, the subject who suffers from this type of disorder, usually has continuous distrust towards the environment that surroundshim and that makes …

What is intuitive thinking? Intuitive thinking is a process thatis not subject to a previous analysis or logical deductionand allows an immediate understanding of a situation, through evident sensory perception that originatesan immediate responseto external stimuli. In this sense, intuitive thinking what it does isorder all the knowledge obtained from the lived experiences, to show …

What is a pragmatic person? The term pragmatic or pragmatic comes from the Latin wordpragmatÄcus, and this from the Greekpragmatists, whose meaning is “to be practical or practical”. Note: Pragmatismis amethod that emerged from philosophy, a movement that took place during the nineteenth century and thatexpanded the way of thinking of many other disciplines. (1) Thus, a pragmatic personis …

What is Maslow’s pyramid? Maslow’s pyramid is an illustrative model that represents the hierarchy of the types of needs of the human beingin the “Theory of Human Motivation” based on the psychology of needs, proposed by the American humanist psychologist Abraham Maslow. The pyramid shows in an ascending way, five levels wherethey are shown in order of hierarchy, from the most …

What is pragmatism? The term pragmatism means, according to the dictionary of theRoyal Spanish Academy (RAE), in its second meaning “movement initiated in the United States …”, “… at the end of the nineteenth century, which seeks the practical consequences of thought and puts the criterion of truth in its efficacy and value for life”. In itself, pragmatism …

What is the preconscious? The preconscious is asubjective concept of psychoanalysis, used to designate a system or level of the psychic apparatus, according to the “First Topic of Freud”(1), and this defines it as thatlevel that is immediately below theconscious. Its function is to permanently storeall that information that cannot be stored in the conscious, but due to …