psychological

psicológico, mental

Relacionado con la mente, los sentimientos o el comportamiento de alguien.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with someone’s mind, feelings, or behaviour.

• She needs psychological support.
• The accident had lasting psychological effects.
• Stress can cause both physical and psychological problems.

Sinónimos: mental, emotional

Antónimos: physical

Expresiones frecuentes: psychological problems, psychological support, psychological effects, psychological damage

psicológico

Relacionado con el estudio científico de cómo piensan, sienten y actúan las personas.

En inglés sencillo: Connected with the scientific study of how people think, feel, and behave.

• He conducts psychological research.
• The course covers several psychological theories.
• Their psychological experiments explored how children learn.

Expresiones frecuentes: psychological research, psychological theories, a psychological experiment, psychological methods

psicológico

Basado en sentimientos o creencias de las personas más que en hechos o razones claras.

En inglés sencillo: Based on people’s feelings or beliefs rather than facts or clear reasons.

• The price reached a psychological barrier.
• One hundred dollars is an important psychological threshold for buyers.
• Breaking the psychological ceiling helped restore investor confidence.

Sinónimos: subjective

Antónimos: objective

Expresiones frecuentes: a psychological barrier, a psychological threshold, a psychological ceiling