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N., Sam M.S.

Sam holds a masters in Child Psychology and is an avid supporter of Psychology academics.
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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

is a young person who is not considered a legal adult.

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

MINTY

one of the seven classes of odorants.

MIOSIS (MYOSIS)

is the contraction of the pupil found in the eye.

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