FM

Aliases

• FM
• animal movement
• nonhuman movement

Definition

FM is used when the response implies ordinary animal movement. It covers movement that fits the expected action pattern of the animal or nonhuman creature.

Input Code Rule

FM is the family label used in Structural Summary totals. For an individual response, enter FMa, FMp, or FMa-p according to its active/passive quality. Bare FM is not a complete response code. Use only one animal-movement code in a response. If separate animal objects show active and passive movement, enter FMa-p once rather than entering FMa and FMp in separate slots. One object showing both is not automatically FMa-p; review which movement governs the coding.

Conditions

• The perceived action is movement.
• The action belongs to an animal or nonhuman creature acting in a species-appropriate way.
• The response does not show clearly human or anthropomorphic movement.

Cautions

• If the action is genuinely human or anthropomorphic, use scoring-input/determinants/M.
• If the movement belongs to an inanimate object, use scoring-input/determinants/m.
• Animal content alone is not enough. There has to be perceived movement.

Cross References

• [Coding/Determinants] M
• [Coding/Determinants] m
• [Interpretation/Core] FM