MULTIPLE MATING
is where a female mammal might mate with most males in its group, thus giving each male a po
MULTIPLE-SPIKE RECORDING
Is the analysis of potentials which fire rapidly from the end of neurons through using microelectrodes.
MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE (MANOVA)
is an extension of the ANOVA model which aims to identify any simultaneous effects which the independent variable has on…
MUSCLE RELAXANTS
are a group of drugs which are used in the management of spasms in skeletal muscle which typically result from…
MYSTICAL PARTICIPATION
first proposed by Lucien Bruhl (1857 - 1939) who was a French philosopher and ethnologist, the mystical participation is a…
MAINSTREAMING
the theory that by placing children with either (sometimes both) physical and cognitive conditions which impair their ability to learn…
MALAPROPISM
Is an error in the linguistic sense whereby a word is substituted for a word which sounds remarkably similar to…
MALINGERING
The process of purposefully feigning a mental illness in order to avoid a harsh punishment during a trial for example…
MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT
is the improvement of those in executive or managerial positions within companies or groups evaluating their performance and then improving…
MANIPULANDUM
An object or item which has been specifically designed to be manipulated during an experiment.
MARGINAL INDIVIDUALS
People who belong to the marginal group disagreeing with basic principles of the majority larger groups.
MARKOV CHAIN
is a sequence of steps which has an equal probability which governs the transition period between stages.
MASKING PATTERN
is the pattern observed in the detection thresholds as a function of the frequency for a pure tone signal. The…