MAZE LEARNING
is a learning process which involves circumnavigating a subject being presented with a variety of false routes into the core…
MEDULLA OBLONGATA
is the most inferior part of the hindbrain region. The medulla oblongata is directly involved in the control of heartbeat,…
MENTAL COMBINATION
is one small part (the final sub phase of the sensorimo stage) of Jean Piaget's larger theory of cognitive development…
METHOD OF ADJUSTMENT
is an experimental technique where a participant is able to adjust a variable stimulus to match a requested standard or…
MILD DEPRESSION
is normally minor degressive disorder or a major depressive episode with few symptoms.
MISEDUCATION
is the communication of knowledge which whilst a professional or parent maybe believe is good and the right action, the…
MODULATORY SITE
in biochemistry, a modulatory site is found on a receptor molecule which when bound with a ligand alters the primary…
MORALITY OF COOPERATION
was first proposed by Jean Piaget, and explains the morality understandings of children between the ages of 10 and 11,…
MOTOR CORTEX,
is found in the front lobe of the brain and is wholly responsible for the control of voluntary movement. There…
MULTIPLE CAUSATION
is the philosophical position which explains that a single cause is unlikely to be the result of a single cause,…
MYELINATION
is the process of forming a myelin sheath around the axon of neurons. Otherwise known as axonal myelination and medullation.
NATURALISM
was first proposed definitively by French writers Emile Zola (1840 - 1902), Alphonse Daudet (1840 - 1897), and Guy de…
NEGATIVE TRANSFERENCE
is the transference, in psychotherapy of angry and distended emotions from childhood, to the therapist from the client.
NEURAL NETWORKS
are typically structured of a variety of layers, the input layer (where properties are input), any middle processing layers (information…
NEUROTRANSMISSION
describes the process during which a signal, action potential or any other activity is transferred from one neuron to the…
NONREGULATORY DRIVE
a drive which serves acts which are not related to maintaining physiological homeostasis and hence not essential for the tangible…
NUCLEUS ACCUMBENS
one of the biggest of the septal nuclei, that is given dopaminergic innervation from the ventral tegmental region. Dopamine emitted…
OBJECTIVE TEST
an examination modeled to induce a particular response, accurate or inaccurate. A true or false examination is one instance of…