MAIN EFFECT
is the consistent effect of a single factor over other factors in the same experiment.
MALADJUSTMENT
Is the common term used to describe an inability to maintain a stable relationship or adjust to changing environments.
MALICE AFORETHOUGHT
Can describe the process of calculation and premeditation before a crime, required before a conviction of first-degree murder in the…
MANAGED CARE
is a system of providing healthcare to an individual whilst taking into account the expenses of the delivery of that…
MANIFEST VARIABLE
is a variable which is directly observed and the data associated with the variable recorded.
MANUAL METHOD, MANUALIZED THERAPY
is a method used during experiments which maintains rigid conditions and settings in the study to ensure consistency across the…
MARKET RESEARCH
Is research undertaken by focus groups or market intelligence corporations to obtain vital information about how the public perceived and…
MASS PSYCHOLOGY
Is the collective term used to describe the range of psychological and emotional processes which occur throughout a population of…
MASTURBATION EQUIVALENTS
are processes and activities which have been reported to replace masturbation as an psychological substitute by stimulating the same parts…
MATERNAL DEPRIVATION
is the lack of appropriate levels of nurturing for the young or child due to the lack of a maternal…
MAY, ROLLO
was a U.S. psychologist, psychoanalyst and existentialist who earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1949 in clinical psychology. May…
MEAN LENGTH OF UTTERANCE (MLU)
is a measure of the development of language in young children which is based primarily on the mean length of…
MECHANICAL-APTITUDC TEST
are tests which are designed to examine an individuals abilities which are related to mechanical work such as perceptual skills,…
MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX
is a region of the prefrontal cortex of the brain which plays a major role in the control of an…
MEDIATIONAL DEFICIENCY
the lack of a process or strategy in children which leads to decreased task performance.
MEDICATION-INDUCCD MOVEMENT DISORDER
is any disorder involving the limbs which results after having taken a specific medicine, this does not have to be…
MEISSNER'S CORPUSCLE
are found in abundance in the fingers as they are the main sensory neuron with nerve endings that are sensitive…