Mečislovo Reinio laisvai versto Psichologijos vadovėlio psichologijos terminų reikšmė ir kilmė
Meaning and origin of terms of psychology in Mečislovas Reinys' freely translated Psichologijos vadovėlis

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with terminology in the textbook of psychology by one of the first Lithuanian psychologists Mečislovas Reinys. At the beginning of the 20th century there was still no textbook of psychology in Lithuanian. Reinys made a free translation of Georgij Chelpanov’s textbook Учебник психологии (для гимназий и самообразования) (Psychology textbook (for gymnasiums and self-education)). Quite a lot of text was Reinys’ own. 505 terms from Psichologijos vadovėlis (Psychology textbook) published in 1921 were analyzed in respect of origin and meaning.The terms analyzed allow the conclusion that Reinys mainly used Lithuanian terms. Purely Lithuanian one-word and complex terms make up more than half of the terms analyzed. International terms make up only ten percent of all the terms researched. Almost all international one-word terms came from Latin and Greek.The majority of terms name emotions and feelings, psychical and physiological processes, processes of cognition. There are several terms naming mental disorders, character types, branches, laws and theories of psychology.The majority of complex terms are two-word terms. Three-word and longer terms are very rare.The comparison of terminology used by Reinys and the present terminology of psychology shows that quite a lot of terms fell out of use, their classification changed and new terms emerged.

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