Defining Mindfulness Flashcards
Who defined mindfulness in 1994 and again in 2003?
John Kabat-Zinn
How did Kabat-Zinn most recentky define mindfulness?
The awareness that arises from paying attention on purpose, in the present moment, non judgementely.
How could Kabat-Zinns definitions be divined into 3 parts?
Ability (attention),
Process (on purpose, present moment, non-judgementally)
Result (awareness)
Who posed the idea of attention as focalisation later described as a spotlight of attention? Is it accurate?
William James. Not enterly as there is some attention outside the spotlight.
What is the difference in focus and fixation in mindfulness?
Focus is the steady flow of attention, like a river.
Fixation is the static and murky nature of attention, like an opaque ice cube.
What is the term for becoming oblivious to things outside of fixation?
Attenional blink or blindness
What is the term for our minds capacity to be captivated by things that present itself?
Attentional capture
What are the steps in attention when we are not mindful?
Attentional capture, fixation, attentional blindness
What best describes the goal of mindfulness?
Learning to focus attention without fixating, sustaining attention without distration.
What are three parts to the mindfulness process?
On purpose
In the presnet moment
Non-judgementally
How does mindfulness differ from cbt?
Mindfulness explicitly observes thoughts without judgement.
CBT looks to restructure our thoughts by judging wether they are good or bad
What is the problem with changing negative thoughts to positive ones? Who famously described the issue?
It requires a lot of cognitive effort.
Albert Einstein: you cant stop a fire…
What is the difference between non discursive and discursive thought?
Non-discursive is spontaneous, and requires far less energy
How is cbt similar and different to mindfulness in treatment of depression.
Both look at dissociating or decentralising our thoughts, however mindfulness does this explicitly.
