Mindfulness, Ellen J. Langer

Resource Information

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Label

Mindfulness, Ellen J. Langer

Link

• https://archive.org/details/mindfulness00lang
• https://openlibrary.org/books/OL2055030M

Statement of responsibility

Ellen J. Langer

Instantiates

• Mindfulness

Publication

• Reading, Mass., Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1989

Note

• "A Merloyd Lawrence book."
• Includes index

Bibliography note

Bibliography: p. 205-224

Contents

• When the light's on and nobody's home -- The roots of mindlessness -- The costs of mindlessness -- The nature of mindfulness -- Mindful aging -- Creative uncertainty -- Mindfulness on the job -- Decreasing prejudice by increasing discrimination -- Minding matters : mindfulness and health
• Mindlessness. When the light's on and nobody's home. Trapped by categories ; Automatic behavior ; Acting from a single perspective -- The roots of mindlessness. The "mindless" expert ; The sacrilegious poodle ; Mindlessness and the unconscious ; Belief in limited resources ; Entropy and linear time as limiting mindsets ; Education for outcome ; The power of context -- The costs of mindlessness. A narrow self-image ; Unintended cruelty ; Loss of control ; Learned helplessness ; Stunted potential
• Mindfulness. The nature of mindfulness. Creating new categories ; Welcoming new information ; More than one view ; Control over context : the birdman of Alcatraz ; Process before outcome ; Mindfulness East and West -- Mindful aging. Control and survival ; Reversing memory loss ; Outgrowing mindsets ; Scratching the limits of age ; Growth in age ; Putting age in context : an experiment -- Creative uncertainty. Mindfulness and intuition ; Creativity and conditional learning ; Distinctions and analogies -- Mindfulness on the job. Welcoming the glitch ; Second wind ; Innovation ; The power of uncertainty for managers ; Burnout and control -- Decreasing prejudice by increasing discrimination. A patient by any other name ; The painted cast ; Mindfully different ; Disabling mindsets ; Discrimination without prejudice -- Minding matters : mindfulness and health. Dualism : a dangerous mindset ; The body in context ; Addiction in context ; The traditional placebo : fooling the mind ; The active placebo : enlisting the mind

Extent

1 online resource (xiv, 234 pages)

Form of item

online

Record ID

mindfulness00lang

Specific material designation

remote

System control number

(OCoLC)1036585782