Category: M

Morphemes The smallest units of speech that convey meaning. All words are composed of at least one morpheme. For example, the word…

Moral Reasoning Moral reasoning is the process of determining right or wrong in a given situation. According to the American psychologist, Lawrence…

Moral Development As children age, they become more adept at distinguishing right from wrong. For example, most two-year-olds don’t know that it…

Mood-Congruent Behavior In psychological terms, Mood-Congruent Behavior means that expressed actions are consistent with how one feels. If someone has a worried…

Mood Disorders Psychological disorders involving intense and prolonged shifts in mood. A person with a mood disorder might feel very happy or…

Mood How do you know what a mood disorder is without really knowing what “mood? is? In a nutshell, the mood is…

Monocular Clues Cues of depth that can be detected by one eye instead of two. For example, size is a monocular clue.…

Monism Monism refers to the belief system that there is unity where it is not expected to be present. For instance, the…

Modularity Modularity refers to the idea that there are self-contained areas in the brain that store mental processes such as the “lower-level”…

Modelling Therapy In this type of therapy, individuals watch others behaving in an adaptive, effective manner. This is very much like the…