M

Aliases

• M
• human movement
• anthropomorphic movement

Definition

M is used when the response implies human or anthropomorphic activity. It also applies to animals or fictional figures if they are acting in a genuinely human way.

Input Code Rule

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

Conditions

• The perceived action must be human or clearly anthropomorphic.
• Active and passive actions both qualify, such as fighting, thinking, sleeping, looking, or leaning.
• If an animal performs an action improper to its species and the activity is human, code M.
• Base the decision on what the person describes, not on added examiner interpretation.

Cautions

• Ordinary animal movement is scoring-input/determinants/FM, not M.
• Movement of inanimate objects is scoring-input/determinants/m, not M.
• Human content alone is not enough. There has to be perceived activity.
• If the response also includes cooperative or aggressive interaction, it may also receive scoring-input/special-score/COP or scoring-input/special-score/AG.

Cross References

• [Coding/Determinants] Determinants
• [Coding/Determinants] FM
• [Coding/Determinants] m
• [Coding/Special Scores] COP
• [Coding/Special Scores] AG
• [Interpretation/Ideation] M-