Glossary M

Glossary M

Mail Drop is defined as a method used to leave information for other investigators

Mail survey refers to a survey administered by sending it through the mail.

Moses Maimonides (1135 - 1204) was the Jewish physician, theologian and philosopher who attempted to reconcile Aristotelian philosophy and Judaism.

Main effect is defined as a statistical effect that occurs when a single independent variable affects a dependent variable ; the condition in which the effect of one independent variable is the same at all levels of another independent variable In a factorial design, main effect is the relationship between the levels of one independent variable and a dependent variable averaged across the levels of other independent variables.

Mainstreaming refers to a governmental policy to integrate fully into society those people with cognitive and physical disabilities as in placing disabled children in classrooms with non-disabled children.

Maintaining stimuli is a term which according to Guthrie refers to the internal or external stimuli that keep an organism active until a goal is reached.

Deutsch: Aufrechterhaltung / Español: Mantenimiento / Português: Manutenção / Français: Maintenance / Italiano: Manutenzione /

Maintenance in the assessment, Diagnosis and treatment of abnormal behaviors refers to the efforts to increase Adherence to treatment over time in Order to prevent a relapse or recurrence of a problem.

Maintenance rehearsal means silently repeating or mentally reviewing information to hold it in short-term memory.