mindfullness meditation Flashcards
what is mindfulness meditation
paying attention in a particular way on purpose, in the present moment and non judgementally
what are some attitudinal factors for mindfulness?
- non-judging
- patience
- a beginner’s mind
- trust
- non-striving
- acceptance
- letting go
non-judging
meditation is neither shutting things out nor off. it is seeing things clearly, and deliberately positioning yourself differently in relationship to them
acceptance
- forgiveness
- love
- compassion
people measure their esteem of each other by what each has and not by what each is. nothing can bring you peace but yourself
what is mindfulness
- a meditative practice
- a state of mind
- a trait personality
- the opposite of mindlessness
what are some examples of mindfulness questionnaires (state)
- mindful attention awareness scale
- Freiburg mindfulness inventory
- cognitive and affective mindfulness scale
- Southampton mindfulness questionnaire
what are some examples of mindfulness questionnaires (trait)
- Kentucky inventory of mindfulness skills
- Five Factors Mindfulness questionnaire
- Philadephia mindfulness scale
self-report bias
what is social desirability bias
answering in a way you believe is expected of you
self-report bias
what is cognitive Dissonance bias
discomfort felt when one holds two or more contradicting beliefs, values or ideas.
what is flow
flow is a mental state of operation in which the person is fully immersed in what he or she is doing, characterized by a feeling of energized focus, full involvement and success in the process of the activity
what was the difference between happy participants and unhappy ones
people who learn to control their inner experience will be able to determine the quality of their own lives
what is consciousness?
the ordering and reflection of the body’s senses
intentionally ordered information
limits of consciousness
if consciousness was limitless we would be god-like
there are physical and mental limits to the information we can process at once
