Glossary M

Mindguard refers to a group member who shields the group from negative or controversial information by gatekeeping and suppressing dissent.

Mindless conformity means obeying internalized social norms without deliberating about one's actions

Mindmaps refer to diagrams or outlines of the session that are made during or after the session and used for the Therapist to focus on organizing the goals and solutions to the problems.

Mindset refers to a person's habitual way of thinking or perceiving, similar to worldview.

Read more …

Mineralocorticoids are steroid hormones released from the adrenal cortex that are responsible for Na+and K+regulation, example is Aldosterone

Minimal attachment strategy refers to a principle used in parsing. Minimal attachment strategy states that humans prefer attaching new items into the phrase marker being constructed using the fewest syntactic nodes consistent with the rules of the language.

- Minimal brain dysfunction (MBD) : Minimal brain dysfunction (MBD) is defined as an Attention -deficit Disorder that may produce such asocial behavior as impulsivity, hyperactivity, and aggressiveness.

Minimal group paradigm is defined as a procedure for testing Social identity theory, in which group membership is arbitrary and participants never have any contact with one another.