MULTIGENERATIONAL TRANSMISSION PROCESS
when applied to psychological problems is the theory that some conditions such as anxiety are passed on through the generations.…
MULTIPLE CLASSIFICATION
is the ability to classify and categorize multiple characteristics at any one time, for example a traffic light could be…
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS (MS)
is a condition where the myelin sheaths coating neurons within the nervous system are systematically removed leading to neurons enflaming…
MULTISKILLED (MULTISKILL)
Is the name given to those with a speciality or mastery in more than one skillset such as a carpenter…
MUSCULAR RIGIDITY
is a condition of rigidity in the muscles which then resists movement, whilst some have wrongly assumed this as weakness,…
MYELINATION
is the process of forming a myelin sheath around the axon of neurons. Otherwise known as axonal myelination and medullation.
MACROBIOTIC DIETS
first proposed by Japanese educator George Ohsawa, the macrobiotic diets contain mainly fibre based foods with vegetables, fruit and fish.…
MACULOPATHY
is an umbrella term for any damage to the macula lutea tissue in the eye, which results in a deterioration…
MAGNITUDE PRODUCTION
Primarily developed by U.S. psychologist Milton G. Lodge (1936 - ) the Magnitude Production is a scale which requires participants…
MAJORITY INFLUENCE
A type of societal pressure which is exerted by the majority of a social group on the minority which are…
MALE-MALE COMPETITION
in evolutionary biology, explains that there are typically more males in a population than females and therefore males will compete…
MAMMALINGUS
was first proposed by British psychoanalyst Krnest Jones (1879 - 1958) in which one party of the pair will suckle…
MANIC EPISODE
Is a period of psychosis or psychotic symptoms which typically last longer than one week with symptoms including (but not…
MARBE'S LAW
states that the speed of an assertion during a word-association test is defined as proportional to the number of people…
MARITAL CONFLICT
the process of conflict arising between the two parties in a marriage, which can indicate sexual disagreement, child minding differences,…
MARXIST FEMINISM
looks at a line of feminism which highlights the oppression of women in the context of a Marxist analysis showing…