VocabTest4Psychology10


 * claustrophobic, adj: suffering from a fear of small places

compulsive, adj: uncontrollable; characterized by an urge to do something irrational

ego, n: the conscious part of a person; self- esteem

hysteria, n: emotional excess; nervous outburst; excitement

id, n: the primitive, pleasure- loving, aggressive part of person

obsession, n: an idea that excessively occupies the mind; a fascination

subliminal, adj: understandable by the subconscious

superego, n: the moralistic part of a person

suppress, v: 1. to consciously inhibit an impulse or action; to repress 2. to abolish; to conquer 3. to withhold from publication; to censor

voyeurism, n: the act of watching others, especially secretively and usually related to sexual object or acts**