Glossary M
Glossary M
- Mild cognitive impairment: - Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) : Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) is a term that implies an intermediary, and perhaps transitional, stage between normal aging and dementia.
A Milestone in the psychology context refers to significant and measurable achievements or developmental stages in an individual's life, particularly in terms of cognitive, emotional, and social growth. These milestones are important markers that help psychologists, parents, and educators assess and track a person's progress and development. They serve as indicators of a person's ability to meet age-appropriate expectations and can vary across different domains of development.
Milieu therapy refers to a treatment approach, used in an in-patient psychiatric facility, in which all facets of the milieu, or environment, are components of the treatment.
- Miller Displacement theory : Miller Displacement theory refers to Miller’s belief that there are a limited number of "slots" in short-term memory (7, plus or minus 2), and that incoming information displaces older information.
Mimicry refers to a form of social learning that involves the duplication of a behavior without any understanding of the goal of that behavior.