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MENTAL HEALING

is process of attempting to heal a mental disorder by using therapies such as visualization and suggestion.

MENTAL MEASUREMENT

is the use of scales in order to measure psychological processes.

MENTAL SYNTHESIS

the process of synthesizing objects of thought by placing images and ideas together.

MERE-THOUGHT POLARIZATION

was first proposed by U.S. psychologist Abraham Lesser and it implies that simply thinking about an attitude can lead to…

MESOCEPHALIC

describes a head with an average breadth.

MESTINON

a common name or trade name for a drug called pyridostigmine.

METADATE

a common name or trade name for a drug called methylphenidate.

METAPSYCHICS

is the study of mental phenomena and abnormal capabilities which mainstream psychology does not cover, such as telepathy and the…

METHOD OF AGREEMENT AND DIFFERENCE

one of the first five canons of empirical science, the third to be specific which were first proposed by British…

METHOD OF TRIADS

any experimental method in which three stimuli are presented and participants must then choose one of them based on the…

METRONOMIC PACING

is used to improved speaking performance of the participant, typically those with a stutter or motor speech disorder as the…

MICROMASTIA

describes abnormally small breasts in a female.

MICROTUBULC

is typically 20 - 26 nm in diameter, cylindrical and hollow in shape which appear in a wide variety of…

MIDRANGE VALUE

is a rough measure of central tendency which is obtained by averaging the values.

MILGRAM, STANLEY

(1933 - 1984) was a U.S. social psychologist who conducted a wide range of controversial experiments looking at influence of…

MILLER, NEAL ELGAR

(1909 - 2002) was a U.S. psychologist who received his doctorate (Ph.D.) in psychology from Yale University in 1935. Miller…

MIND-BODY PROBLEM

is the inability to accounting for a relationship between the mental and physical processes in the body. Solutions to the…

MINIMAL GROUP

first used in a practical sense by Polish-born British social psychologist Henri Tajfel (1919 - 1982) in his paradigm, the…

MINORITY INFLUENCE

is the theory that societal pressure can be exerted by a small group but positively affect the majority group despite…

MISANDRY

describes a general hatred or contempt for men.