MARRIAGE-ENRICHMENT GROUP
is typically a group exercise where married couples will meet other married couples to discuss and talk about their potential…
MARXIST FEMINISM
looks at a line of feminism which highlights the oppression of women in the context of a Marxist analysis showing…
MASCULINITY
is behaviours and characteristics which are typically associated with the male gender and manliness.
MASCULINITY-FEMININITY TEST
is a test which is used to examine the degree of masculinity or femininity a person displays. The first version…
MASKED DEPRESSION
is the deliberate and (potentially) dangerous hiding or masking of depressive mood swings in the personality of an individual. This…
MASKED HOMOSEXUALITY
is the purposeful search for heterosexual carnal relationships whilst having a subconscious desire for same-sex sexual intercourse. They may be…
MASKING LEVEL DIFFERENCE (MLD)
is the change in the threshold level for detecting an auditory stimuli. This has also been referred to as binaural…
MASKING PATTERN
is the pattern observed in the detection thresholds as a function of the frequency for a pure tone signal. The…
MASLACH BURNOUT INVENTORY (MBI)
a theoretical method for determining the emotional exhaustion, depersonalization and the level of reduced personal accomplishment. There are 22 statements…
MASLOW, ABRAHAM HAROLD
was a U.S. psychologist who earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin in 1934. Maslow was one of the…
MASLOW'S MOTIVATIONAL HIERARCHY
first proposed by Harold Maslow and suggested that as humans we have basic requirements, he then sorted these into hierarchy's…
MASLOW'S THEORY OF HUMAN MOTIVATION
follows on from Maslow's Motivational Hierarchy implying that the higher needs of self-actualization and the need for knowing are emphasized…
MASOCHISTIC FANTASIES
is an umbrella term to describe an individual who fantasise over being whipped, choked or otherwise abused.
MASOCHISTIC PERSONALITY DISORDER
is a condition where individuals consistently obtain gratification from the persistent degradation by humiliations, self-sacrifice and walling in misery .
MASS ACTION
a general name for the area of the brain, the cerebral cortex which is involved in the learning process.
MASS CONTAGION
is a situation in which behaviours or attitudes perfuse throughout a population rapidly.