collusional marriage

a marriage in which one partner instigates or engages in inordinate, deficient, irregular, or illegal conduct and the other partner covertly endorses it or covers it up, while ostensibly being in the role of passive victim or martyr. See also marital skew.

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Psychology term of the day

May 10th 2024

motor program

a stored representation, resulting from motor planning and refined through practice, that is used to produce a coordinated movement. Motor programs store the accumulated experience underlying skill at a task. See also generalized motor program.