MINIMUM SEPARABLE
in the context of visual stimuli is the minimum distance which can be detected by a participant between two adjacent…
MINIMUM VISIBLE
is the narrowest a visual stimuli can be before it becomes impossible to see.
MINNESOTA MULTIPHASIC PERSONALITY INVENTORY (MMPI)
is a personality inventory which was first devised in 1940 and is now one of the most popular self-reporting tools…
MINNESOTA SATISFACTION QUESTIONNAIRE (MSQ)
is a questionnaire which examines the level of job satisfaction a work has, first developed for the University of Minnesota…
MINOR DEPRESSIVE DISORDER
is a mental disorder which focusses on the mood of the patient not necessarily their characteristics or other behaviours. Symptoms…
MINORITY GROUP
is a group which typically belongs to a larger group but with usually more conservative or liberal views that the…
MINORITY INFLUENCE
is the theory that societal pressure can be exerted by a small group but positively affect the majority group despite…
MIRANDA WARNING
is a (usually verbal) warning given to suspects by police officers before their arrest.
MIRROR CELL
is a type of cell in the brains of primarily primates which results in limb or action being exactly copied…
MIRROR DRAWING
is the ability to draw an image whilst using a mirror image as the guide instead of looking at the…
MIRROR IMAGING
is the use of a mirror to duplicate the image placed in front of the mirror, otherwise known as a…
MIRROR IMAGING
first proposed by 21st century Russian-born Italian neurologist Giacomo Rizzolati.
MIRROR PHASE
is a set of development in young children usually between the ages of 6 and 18 months where the infant…
MIRROR READING
was first proposed by U.S. psychologist Starke Rosecrans Hathaway (1903 - 1984) and U.S. psychiatrist John Charnley McKinley (1891 -…
MIRROR SIGN
was first theorised by Paul Abely in 1927 as a potential symptom of Schizophrenia where an individual will look at…
MIRROR TECHNIQUE
otherwise known as mirroring, in psychological experiments, one participant is asked to complete an exercise whilst a confederate (fake participant)…
MIRROR TRANSFERENCE
is used in the treatment of narcissistic personality disorders where a patients grandiose self is reactivated in line with an…