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Mindfulness midterm

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what is mindful break?
A few seconds break regularly or random set during the day during which you breath with awareness.
What are the benefits of mindful breaks
- Focus: helps you to renew your focus over and over again
- Energy: helps you sustain your energy throughout the day
- Health: it gives the brain a perceptual break
attention
ability to focus on specific thoughts, feelings, and sensations that enter our mind. The part of the brain activated is the pre-frontal cortex
selective attention
the process of focusing on a particular object in the environment for a certain period of time.
open awareness
the concept of open awareness activities is that they are about opening your mind to the entirety of the environment
learned helplessness
it occurs when an animal is repeatedly subjected to an aversive stimulus that it cannot escape. Eventually the animal will stop trying to avoid the stimulus and behave as it is helpless to change the situation.
Shamata
develops the faculties of Awareness and Introspection to enhance stability and vividness of attention. Focusing attention on a chosen object and sustaining that attention.
Samadhi
focused, concentrated, single-pointed attention
list the relevant points of a correct body-posture for meditation
-sit straight up
- rest hands on lap
- relax shoulders
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explain how one can counteract the tightness, dullness, or excitation
tightness: relaxation
dullness: refresh, refocus, retain
excitiation: relax, release, return
describe the 6 sources of distraction
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describe each of the 8 helpful attitudes of minfulness
presence: relating
kindness: observing
joy: enjoy the process
patience: cultivating understanding
beginner's mind: willing to observe
nonjudging: things the way they are
acceptance: accept thoughts emotions and thoughts
letting go: non engaging with all thoughts
the difference between concentration and awareness
Concentration:
Awareness:
mindfulness definition
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four balances
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attentional balance
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how can you achieve focus of the mind
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neuroplasticity
the ability of the brain to change as a result of experience. The brain can form new connections, as well as sculpt existing connection to be more efficient
Vipassana
intelligent investigation into the central features of our existence. Not a different degree of concentration but the element of investigation
How to achieve stability of the mind
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How to achieve clarity of the mind
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cognitive balance
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obsessive compulsive delusional disorder according to Alan Wallace
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subjectivity of perception
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explain the role of emotions in cognition
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explain which are the functions of emotions
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describe how an emotion behavior can be constructive or destructive
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describe elements of emotion
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difference between emotion, mood, traits, and disorders?
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explain what are emotions themes for the 7 universal emotions
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hedonic happiness
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heudamonic happiness
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explain the tile of attitude in the individual's perceived level of happiness?
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"positivity ratio"
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