is for Altruism

The selfless desire to help others.

is for Behaviorism

Sees behaviors as results of conditioning, without appeal to thoughts or feelings.

is for Central Nervous System

The brain and spiral cord

is for Developmental Psychology

The school of psychology that focuses on how humans grow, change, and adapt throughout their lives.

is for Egocentrism

The inability to think or observe outside of ones self.

is for Functionalism

Sees all mental activity and behavior as serving a purpose towards adaptation to the person's environment.

is for Generalization

The grouping of alike stimuli together in ones mind.

is for Homeostasis

The maintained resting arousal point of the body.

is for Introspection

The examination of ones own inner thoughts and feelings.

is for Just Noticable Difference

The level of threshold at which a stimulus is discriminated against and will not fire/ is not detected.

is for Kohlberg

American psychologist best known for his theory of stages of moral development.

is for Limbic System

The emotion/motivation center of the brain that consists of many neural networks.

is for Maturation

The naturally occurring development someone experiences throughout their life.

is for Naturalistic Observation

A research method in which a subject is observed in its natural habitat or state without any interaction from the researcher.

is for Occipital Lobe

The portion of the brain that is responsible for processing signals from your eyes and producing your vision.

is for Parietal Lobe

The portion of the brain that receives and processes sensory information of touch and location of the body parts.