MANUAL METHOD, MANUALIZED THERAPY
is a method used during experiments which maintains rigid conditions and settings in the study to ensure consistency across the…
MASTERY TESTS
is a test which aims to evaluate the process of learning in a specific field of expertise.
MEMORY DISTORTION
is the inaccurate and usually wrong recall of incorrect facts in relation with a specific stimulus.
MENTAL DISORDER
is an umbrella a term used to describe any psychological symptoms, abnormal behaviours, impaired functioning or any combination of the…
MERE-EXPOSURE EFFECT
was first proposed by the U.S. social psychologist in 1968. The Mere-Exposure Effect implies that participants will show a preference…
METHOD OF EQUAL-APPEARING INTERVALS
is a scaling technique whereby the values which are obtained using the scale assume that the intervals on the scale…
MILITARY PSYCHOLOGY
is the application of psychology in the context of the military environments. The application of psychology in the evaluation, selection,…
MITIGATING FACTOR
is a factor or fact, in the context or a crime or convicted defendant which supports an argument for a…
MOLAR APPROACH
implies the importance of comprehensive concepts and the presence of overall frameworks or structures in methodology.
MORITA THERAPY
was a therapy for Siiinkeishitsu which was initially introduced in Japan in the 20th century by Shoma Morita. There are…
MOTOR EQUIVALENCE
the ability to complete certain tasks by utilizing parts of the body under different conditions, for example- writing a letter…
MULTIPLE CUTOFF MODEL OF SELECTION
is the polar opposite of multiple hurdle model whereby an applicant for a job must pass through the minimum of…
NECROPHILIA
defines a sexual interest or the physical sexual contact with dead bodies, irrespective of the sex. In some cases, necrophiliacs…
NEOBEHAVIORISM
is one branch of psychology which was based primarily on logical positivism which supported the development of comprehensive theories and…
NEURAL PATHWAY
describes any route which is followed by a nerve impulse which travels through either the central or peripheral nerve fibres…
NEUTRALIZATION
in the context of psychoanalytic theory, it is the use the sexual and aggressive energy in problem solving, creative imagination,…
NONSTATE THEORIES OF HYPNOSIS
breakdowns of the hypnotic condition basically as variants of the psychological, physiological, and behavioral facets of waking awareness, instead of…
NULL HYPOTHESIS
the statement postulating an experiment will find no variations between the control and experimental states, which is, no union between…