Glossary M

Musical/Rhythmic Intelligence is defined as the ability to produce and appreciate music. These musically inclined learners think in sounds, rhythms and patterns. They immediately respond to music either appreciating or criticizing what they hear. Many of these learners are extremely sensitive to environmental sounds, as in the sound of crickets, bells, dripping taps and many more.

Deutsch: Muster / Español: Patrón / Português: Padrão / Français: Modèle / Italian: Modello

Muster in the psychology context refers to a recurring, structured, and often recognizable pattern of behavior, thought, or emotion. These patterns, which can be conscious or unconscious, are fundamental to understanding how individuals interact with their environment, manage stress, and develop habits. In psychology, the term "muster" is often used to analyze and describe consistent ways in which people respond to specific situations, as well as the underlying mechanisms driving these patterns.

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English: Musterbation / Deutsch: Musterbefriedigung / Español: Musturbación / Português: Masturbação / Français: Masturbation mentale / Italiano: Masturbazione

Musterbation refers to Albert Ellis’s phrase to characterize the behavior of clients who are inflexible and absolutistic in their thinking, maintaining that they must not fail or that they must have their way.

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Mutation is defined as the change in a gene during reproduction; a change in the chemical structure or arrangement of one or more genes that has the effect of producing a new phenotype. Likewise, Mutation is the sudden variation in a heritable characteristic, as by an accident that affects the composition of genes; a new gene or combination of genes

Mutism is defined as the inability or refusal to speak.

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Mutual absorption is a term used with regard to romantic love that refers to the nearly exclusive attention lovers give to one another.

Mutual Constitution is a key term from the Cultural Psychology. It describes the reciprocal way in which an individual is shaped by the surrounding culture and simultaneously shapes the culture with his or her behavior.

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Deutsch: Wechselseitige Ausschließlichkeit / Español: Exclusividad Mutua / Português: Exclusividade Mútua / Français: Exclusivité Mutuelle / Italian: Esclusività Reciproca

Mutual exclusivity in the psychology context refers to a cognitive principle, particularly observed in language acquisition, where children assume that each object has only one label or name. When learning new words, children often apply the mutual exclusivity principle by assuming that if an unfamiliar Word is presented alongside a known object, the word refers to something else. This principle helps them efficiently map new words to objects or concepts in their environment, facilitating vocabulary development.

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