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📋 Summary

Mindfulness Approaches 🧘🧠

PSY409 - Positive Psychology

1. Langer's Mindfulness (Cognitive Approach) 🧠

  • 5 Features:
  • 1️⃣ Creating new categories 📦
  • 2️⃣ Openness to new information 📥
  • 3️⃣ Awareness of multiple perspectives 👁️👁️
  • 4️⃣ Focus on process (not outcome) 🔄
  • 5️⃣ Producing novelty 🆕
  • No meditation required! Different from Eastern approach 🧘❌

2. Bishop's Two-Component Model ⚙️⚙️

  • 1. Self-regulation of attention - Focus on present 🎯👁️
  • 2. Orientation to experience - Curiosity & acceptance 🤔💗

3. Mindlessness (Opposite) 🤖

  • Operating on autopilot 🚗💤
  • Stuck in rigid categories 📦🔒
  • Single perspective only 👁️

4. Benefits of Mindfulness ✨

  • ⬇️ Reduced stress and anxiety
  • 📈 Improved well-being
  • 🧠 Better cognitive function
  • 😊 Enhanced emotional regulation