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100 1 _aLanger, Ellen J.,
_d1947-
245 1 0 _aMindfulness /
_cEllen J. Langer.
260 _a[Boston, Mass.] :
_bMerloyd Lawrence, Perseus,
_c1989.
300 _axiv, 234 p. ;
_c21 cm.
504 _aIncluye referencias bibliográficas.
505 0 _ahen 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.
520 _aEllen 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,
521 _aGeneral (US: Trade) Undergraduate Professional & Scholarly.
650 4 _aPraimera Jornada de Catalogacion.
650 4 _aAtención.
650 4 _aConciencia.
650 0 _aAttention.
650 0 _aConsciousness.
650 0 _aThought and thinking.
650 0 _aMental efficiency.
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