Psychology Dictionary
  • Psychology Resources
  1. Home
  2. myriachit

myriachit

myriachit

n. a culture-bound syndrome found in Siberian populations. Similar to latah, it is characterized by indiscriminate, apparently uncontrolled imitations of the actions of other people encountered by the individual. Also called ikota; irkunii; menkeiti; olan. See also imu; jumping Frenchmen of Maine syndrome.

Related Terms

Skinner box

Skinner box see operant conditioning chamber. [initially de...

redundancy

redundancy n. 1. the property of having more st...

discriminal dispersion

discriminal dispersion in an experiment involving the diffe...

quality circle

quality circle a form of participative management in which...

piperidinedione

piperidinedione n. any of a class of chemically related dru...

infra-

Sorry, "infra" is not in the Dictionary of Psychology. Please report to APA if y...

Quick Info

Category Psychology Term
Definitions 1
First Letter M

Browse by Letter


A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

© 2025 PsychologyDB.com All rights reserved.

Terms Sitemap Contact