Mindfulness
Book - 2014
In the years since it was first published, this influential book based on the highly innovative findings of social psychologist Dr. Ellen J. Langer and her team of researchers at Harvard made its mark for its unique concept of mindfulness, thoroughly adapted to contemporary life in the West. Langeŕ??s theory has been applied to a wide number of fields, including health, business, aging, prejudice, and learning. There is now a new psychological assessment based on her work (called the Langer Mindfulness Scale) as well as an institute in Mexico founded to apply the concepts of mindfulness to health and wellness. In her introduction to this 25th anniversary edition, Dr. Langer outlines some of these exciting applications and suggests those s...till to come.
- Subjects
- Published
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Boston, MA :
Da Capo Press
[2014]
- Language
- English
- Main Author
- Edition
- 25th anniversary edition
- Item Description
- "A Merloyd Lawrence book."
- Physical Description
- xxvi, 246 pages ; 21 cm
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN
- 9780738217994
- Preface to the 25th Anniversary Edition
- 1. Introduction
- Part 1. Mindlessness
- 2. When the Light's On and Nobody's Home
- Trapped by Categories
- Automatic Behavior
- Acting from a Single Perspective
- 3. 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
- 4. The Costs of Mindlessness
- A Narrow Self-image
- Unintended Cruelty
- Loss of Control
- Learned Helplessness
- Stunted Potential
- Part 2. Mindfulness
- 5. 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
- 6. Mindful Aging
- Control and Survival
- Reversing Memory Loss
- Outgrowing Mindsets
- Stretching the Limits of Age
- Growth in Age
- Putting Age in Context: An Experiment
- 7. Creative Uncertainty
- Mindfulness and Intuition
- Creativity and Conditional Learning
- Distinctions and Analogies
- 8. Mindfulness on the Job
- Welcoming the Glitch
- Second Wind
- Innovation
- The Power of Uncertainty for Managers
- Burnout and Control
- 9. Decreasing Prejudice by Increasing Discrimination
- A Patient by Any Other Name
- The Painted Cast
- Mindfully Different
- Disabling Mindsets
- Discrimination Without Prejudice
- 10. 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
- Epilogue: Beyond Mindfulness
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author