psychological

psychologique, mental

Qui concerne l’esprit, les émotions ou le comportement d’une personne.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : mental, emotional

Contraires : physical

Expressions courantes : psychological problems, psychological support, psychological effects, psychological damage

psychologique

Qui concerne l’étude scientifique de la pensée, des émotions et du comportement des personnes.

En anglais simple : 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.

Expressions courantes : psychological research, psychological theories, a psychological experiment, psychological methods

psychologique

Fondé sur les sentiments ou les croyances plutôt que sur des faits ou des raisons claires.

En anglais simple : 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.

Synonymes : subjective

Contraires : objective

Expressions courantes : a psychological barrier, a psychological threshold, a psychological ceiling