03282cam a2200373Ia 4500 104017 20230410133025.0 040910s1989 mau b 001 0 eng d 88033293 IEUOL IEUOL QJB IHI 0201523418 (pbk.) 9780201523416 (pbk.) BF 321 L276 1989 153 GRAL Langer, Ellen J., 1947- Mindfulness / Ellen J. Langer. [Boston, Mass.] : Merloyd Lawrence, Perseus, 1989. xiv, 234 p. ; 21 cm. Incluye referencias bibliográficas. hen 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. Ellen J. Langer, Harvard professor of psychology, determines that the mindless following of routine and other automatic behaviors lead to much error, pain and a predetermined course of life. In this thought-provoking book, her research has been "translated" for the lay listener. With anecdotes and metaphors, Langer explains how the mindless--as opposed to the mindful--develop mindsets of categories, associations, General (US: Trade) Undergraduate Professional & Scholarly. Praimera Jornada de Catalogacion. Atención. Conciencia. Attention. Consciousness. Thought and thinking. Mental efficiency. lcc bk C0 DRFGD JPR 91966 91966 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 1 0 BF 321 L276 1989 00000092914 2018-11-17 00:00:00 1 2018-11-17 bk