Can you miss a place you barely remember? Growing up between countries can make the idea of home surprisingly complicated. Sometimes the places that shaped us most are the ones we remember the least, living on through family stories, old photographs, familiar smells and fragments of childhood. This is a reflection on memory, migration and the strange feeling of belonging to places we can no longer fully remember.

When you first start learning psychology, it’s easy to get confused with all the words. Especially the long ones. Some sound like they belong in a science lab, not in everyday life. But once you know what they mean, these terms can help you understand yourself and others better. Here are 9 psychology words you might not know, explained simply: