LONELINESS
a sometimes long lasting feeling of having no alternative to turn to in times of distress and depression. Generally classed…
MAIN EFFECT
is the consistent effect of a single factor over other factors in the same experiment.
MARGINAL INTELLIGENCE
An intelligence level which typically sits between normal and mentally deficient.
MEANS-ENDS ANALYSIS
is a method used in artificial intelligence which involves setting up smaller sub-goals which complement the end aim or goal…
MEMORY HARDENING
is the process of concreting certain memories even when they are incorrect, to ensure the individual believes them as accurate…
MERITOCRACY
a political system whereby rewards and remuneration is granted based on achievement.
METHOD OF LOCI
is a technique used to remember words which are converted into mental images and then associated with specific positions or…
MILLON CLINICAL MULTIAXIAL INVENTORY (MCMI)
is a questionnaire which requires either a true or false answer to 175 different items which is used to assess…
MIXED-STANDARD SCALE
is a test of behaviour evaluation. Participants are presented with a selection of behaviours and asked to evaluate them based…
MOLECULAR APPROACH
otherwise known as atomism, this approach stresses the importance of using elemental units in the analysis of any data.
MOTOR MEMORY
is the ability to remember specific motor movements, such as dance moves and then replicate them.
MULTIPLE REGRESSION
Is a statistical method where the linear relationship between two variables is examined.
NAIVE PERSONALITY THEORIES
are ideas about a person or object which are normally held implicitly rather than explicitly. They are a collection of…
NEPIOPHILIA
describes a strong desire or feeling of sexual arousal by infants, a strand of paedophilia.
NEUROANATOMY
is the academic and scholastic study of physiological structures relating to the nervous system.