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N., Sam M.S.

Sam holds a masters in Child Psychology and is an avid supporter of Psychology academics.
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MORTALITY

defines the death rate in a set population.

MORTALITY SALIENCE

is the cognitive accessibility and process through which an individual considers the inevitability of their own death. This inevitability has

MORTIDO

is the counterpart energy force (in psychoanalytic theory) in the body to the libido, hence the energy of death.

MORULA

is one of the early stages of embryological development from the first cleavage of the zygote until the blastula forms.

MOSAIC TEST

is test of ones creativity typically set for children which involves placing 400 different mosaic tile in sequences to make

MOSAICISM

is the name for a condition where an individual is made up from two or more different cell lines which

MOSSY FIBER

extend from the dentate gyrus to the hippocampus in the brain.

MOST COMFORTABLE LOUDNESS (MCL)

defines the sound level which is most comfortable for an individual listening to the sound.

MOTHER ARCHETYPE

was apart of Carl Jung's primordial image of a generative and sustaining mother figure. The idea of a mother archetype,

MOTHER FIGURE

in the context of psychoanalytic theory, a mother figure is a person which an individual transfers their feelings onto as

MOTHER LOVE

is defined as a protective and possessive affection which a mother will typically display towards their child throughout their life.

MOTHER SUBSTITUTE

see mother figure, or mother surrogate.

MOTHER SUBSTITUTE, MOTHERING

is the process of caring for a child in the motherly fashion, nurturing and protecting a child in the place

MOTHER SURROGATE

is a figure who takes on the role of the mother in a relationship with an individual despite the fact

MOTHERESE

which is typically fairly simple and phonologically clear, often in a high-pitch spoken by parents or older individuals when communicating

MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVING (MADD)

otherwise known as Mothers Against Drunk Drivers until 1984, MADD's only mission is to stop drink driving and support those

MOTHER-SON INCEST

describes the carnal relationship or sexual intercourse between a mother and son.

MOTILITY

is the ability to move from one place to another, whether this is voluntary movement or involuntary movement (as in

MOTILITY DISORDER

with specific reference to the digestive tract, it is defined as an abnormality which restricts the motion or movement of

MOTILITY PSYCHOSIS

an historic name for bipolar disorder which is no longer used.