is for Altruism

Behavior that is unselfish and may even be detrimental but which benefits others

is for Behaviorism

The school of psychology founded on the premise that behavior is measurable and can be changed through the application of various behavioral principles.

is for Cerebellum

Part of the brain associated with balance, smooth movement, and posture.

is for Declarative Memory

The part of long-term memory where factual information is stored, such as mathematical formulas, vocabulary, and life events.

is for Egocentric

The thinking in the preoperational stage of cognitive development where children believe everyone sees the world from the same perspective as he or she does.

is for Fear

A rational reaction to an objectively identified external danger that may induce a person to flee or attack in self- defense.

is for Gestalt Pyschology

A school of psychology that maintains that psychological phenomena can be understood only when viewed as organized, structured wholes, not when broken down into primitive perceptual elements.

is for Hallucinations

False perceptions that occur in the absence of objective stimulation.

is for Imprinting

A primitive form of learning in which some infant animals physically follow and form an attachment to the first moving object they see and/or hear.

is for James- Lange Theory of emotion

A peripheral-feedback theory of emotion stating that an eliciting stimulus triggers a behavioral response that sends different sensory and motor feedback to the brain and creates the feeling of a specific emotion.

is for Kinesthetic Sense

Sense concerned with bodily position and movement of the body parts relative to each other.

is for Limbic System

 The region of the brain that regulates emotional behavior, basic motivational urges, and memory, as well as major physiological functions.

is for Manifest Content

 In Freudian dream analysis, the surface content of a dream, which is assumed to mask the dream's actual meaning.

is for Neuron

 A cell in the nervous system specialized to receive, process, and/or transmit information to other cells.

is for Obessive- compulsive disorder

A mental disorder characterized by obsessions-recurrent thoughts, images, or impulses that recur or persist despite efforts to suppress them-and compulsions-repetitive, purposeful acts performed according to certain rules or in a ritualized manner.

is for Panic Disorder

An anxiety disorder in which sufferers experience unexpected, severe panic attacks that begin with a feeling of intense apprehension, fear, or terror.