Masculine Protest
A concept enunciated by Adler and which indicates desire of both males and females to overcome feminity.
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Materialism
A metaphysical position in which a single physical reality is assumed underlying all events.
Means-end readiness
As emphasized by Tolman, a stage of readiness that leads to the acquisition of certain expectancies more readily than others.
Mechanistic explanation
An explanation of phenomena in terms of known or presumed mechine like functions.
Mental chemistry
A doctrine that the simple ideas mix to form new ideas and lose their individual identity.
mental mechanics
The doctrine that explicitly states that any complex idea is no more than the sum of the simple ideas from which it is formed.
Methodological (Behaviourism)
The view that for studying behaviour strictly objective techniques are required. Also known as empirical behaviourism.
Methodological objectivism
A proposition which emphasizes upon the use ofsuch techniques which are open to verification by another observer.
Mind-body problem
A problem or puzzle created by the apparent concomitant operation of mind (or mental function) and body (or physical functions) and it also includes the question of how their relationship may best be understood and described.
Monism
A position in which only one basic reality, that is, either mind or body is said to be in existence.
Movement-produced stimuli
A concept emphasized by Guthrie and it indicates stimuli originating in the movements of organism.