Memory cueing hypothesis

Medulla

Median

Mean

Maturity

Maternal deprivation hypothesis

Matching bias model

Machiavellian intelligence

M-cell

Mastery play

Looking-glass self

Longitudinal study

in personality assessment, a study of adult development drawn from research data compiled from the same group of adults at different points in their lives, which are based on material form Q- and R-data.

The theory that most of our ideas about ourselves are drawn from how other people react to us, and that, therefore, the self-concept is a kind of 'mirror', reflecting other people's views. See also reflected appraisals

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play which is all about learning skills or physical co-ordination.

a type of retinal ganglion cell which typically predominates in the central region of the retina, with a large receptive field and a transient response.

in the theory of evolution, the development of an intelligent response to social complexity, where animals living in competitive social groups learn to manipulate, deceive and to cooperate according to the dictates of circumstance.

in analysis of poor performance in the selection task, a proposal that claims that subjects choose cards in the task in two ways, either by correct logical reasoning, or by looking at items in an abstract fashion.

a term defined by the English psychiatrist John Bowlby to describe the critical period of around 6 months to 3 years during which the child needs continuous love and care from one person, the mother or a permanent mother-substitute.

the stage in human development when the adult is seen as having achieved certain socially-acceptable levels of sexual, intellectual and emotional fullness. As defined by Erik Erikson, the adult at this stage develops the need to concern him/herself with the development of the next generation, either through parenthood or through the passing on of skills and knowledge to others.

a measure of central tendency calculated by adding up all the scores in a set and dividing them by the number of scores in that set. Also known as the arithmetic average.

a measure of central tendency, which is calculated by ranking all the scores in a set in order, from lowest to highest, and choosing the middlemost one.

an area of the brain situated below the pons that contains nuclei that help control body functions like heart beat, respiration and digestion.

an explanation for the effects of content in the selection task, which suggests that familiar concrete content can remind a person of a similar problem that they have encountered in the past.

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