Glossary M

Deutsch: Monolog / Español: Monólogo / Português: Monólogo / Français: Monologue / Italiano: Monologo

Monologue in the psychology context refers to a prolonged verbal expression by an individual, often delivered without interaction or response from others. It can manifest as internal self-talk or externalised speech and is studied in various psychological contexts, including communication, cognition, and mental health.

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Monopolar neurons refer to unipolar neurons; neurons with a single axon.

Monotonic function is defined as a function that increases throughout its range or decreases throughout its range.

Monotonic relationship refers to consistently one-directional relationship between two (2) variables. As one variable increases, the other variable also tends to increase or tends to decrease. The relationship can be either linear or curvilinear.

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Monotropy refers to the notion that infants have an innate tendency to form strong bonds with their mother as proposed by Bowlby.

Monozygotic that which pertains to or derived from one (1) zygote.

Monozygotic (MZ) twins are twins who share 100 percent of their genes, because they developed from a single fertilized egg. Please see also Monozygotic (identical) twins; MZ Twins

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Monozygotic twins refer to twins of the same sex and genetic constitution.

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