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In the context of psychology, Maslow most commonly refers to Abraham Maslow, an influential American Psychologist best known for creating Maslow's hierarchy of needs, a theory in psychology proposing that certain needs dominate human motivation and behavior as they are met.
Abraham Maslow was a Humanistic psychologist who emphasized the innate human tendency toward self-actualization.
Masochism is defined as pleasure from one's own pain; seeking of pleasure from being subjected to pain. It focuses on receiving pain and humiliation as the preferred or exclusive method of sexual arousal and orgasm. Masochism is considered a sexual disorder, or paraphilia. Masochism is named after the 19th-century Austrian writer Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (Masoch-ism)
Mass action is the theory that the cortex works as a whole, and the more cortex the better. Mass action also refers to the extent to which behavioral impairments are directly proportional to the mass of the removed brain tissue. Mass action is Lashley's observation that if cortical tissue is destroyed following the learning of a complex task, deterioration of performance on the task is determined more by the amount of tissue destroyed than by its location.
Mass delusion refers to the spontaneous outbreak of atypical thoughts, feelings, or actions in a group or aggregation, including psychogenic illness, common hallucinations, and bizarre actions.