Re: [tips] Mid-week academic humor
This is really old Michael... but uif you want a follow-up laugh, wen they stop laughing at sexual behavior tell them the final F is really fornication... why? what else could it have been? while looking baffled (my default expression anyway)... michael sylvester wrote: This is guaranteed a 100% laugh and commotion in class. The hypothalamus is involved in the four fs: feeding fighting fleeing and sexual behavior I came across this wording when I used an intro to Psch text by Robert Ornstein long time ago. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- David T. Wasieleski, Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychology and Counseling Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA 31698 229-333-5620 http://chiron.valdosta.edu/dtwasieleski --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Would you advertise this online survey to your summer students?
Seeking your help with SoTL research! I am conducting a web-based research project on undergraduate students' ratings of various teaching and learning scenarios in the college classroom, and how their predictions about the effectiveness of a given technique might correlate with a measure of metacognitive self-regulation. My home institution does not offer summer courses, and therefore I am seeking your assistance in advertising this study to your undergraduate summer students. The study has been approved by the Goucher College IRB, and takes about 15 minutes to complete. At the end of the survey, participants have the option to enter their e-mail for a chance to win a $25 gift card. If any of you is willing/able to offer course credit for completing the survey, there is also an option at the end of the survey for students to ask for me to e-mail them a message confirming that they participated, which they can then send to their instructor(s) as needed. I would also appreciate your sharing this link with any of colleagues who are teaching summer courses. The direct link to the study is: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=2_2bRZX4jTdy9H10aj3RENGw_3d_3d If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. I thank you sincerely for your time and consideration of this request. Jennifer = Jennifer A. McCabe, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology Goucher College, HS 117 1021 Dulaney Valley Road Baltimore, MD 21204 410-337-6558 jennifer.mcc...@goucher.edu == --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Faculty Survey on Electronic Editing -- Please consider participating (5 minutes!)
Greetings, I am seeking Psychology faculty members to participate in a survey on electronic editing functions in Microsoft Word (or comparable program). It is very short, and will take less than 5 minutes of your time to complete. I would also appreciate it if you would consider sharing this link with other faculty members at your institution. The direct link is: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=L3mZR2_2bd79XN9D0oWuviTQ_3d_3d Regardless of whether you use or know much about electronic editing, your input is very valuable to this project. I hope to learn more about how faculty members utilize electronic editing, and how they perceive the value of it in undergraduate education. Thank you so much in advance for your consideration of this request. Jennifer McCabe = Jennifer A. McCabe, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Psychology Goucher College, HS 117 1021 Dulaney Valley Road Baltimore, MD 21204 410-337-6558 jennifer.mcc...@goucher.edu == --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Mindfulness - anything to it?
As it turns out, I don't live very far from a well-known, new-agey place called The Omega Institute. I've thought about interviewing some of the speakers who come there, but the kinds of workshops they have are often out in left field (you know, energy medicine type of thing) so I haven't. I'm just curious about this mindfulness thing that seems to be getting popular. Has anyone heard about it? I hadn't heard that it was being introduced into school curriculums as they say. Here is the description from Omega: -- Mindfulness, a meditative technique that fosters inner calm and a sense of well-being, is being introduced into school curriculums by an innovative group of leaders in mindfulness practice and education. The results are promising for both the children and those who work with them. During this weekend mindfulness retreat—for teachers, administrators, child care providers, family therapists, and parents—you will experience relief from stress and find emotional balance for yourself while learning practical ways to teach children mindfulness techniques that can help them manage the challenges of growing up. --- Thoughts on this? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Mindfulness - anything to it?
Mindfulness is not new agey although some people who are promoting it for one reason or another (often financial in nature) may be. Mindfulness is a meditation technique first described by the Buddha (Gotama Siddhartha) in a Pali sutta highly likely to be an accurate record of his actual teaching (see scholarship on Indian Buddhism). Although the original teaching included the component of insight (seeing the world as it actually is), modern Western mindfulness meditation techniques generally focus on a more basic component of Buddhist meditation that fosters relaxed attention to the moment and reduces judgmntalism. The same sort of clinical trials which test psychotherapy techniques have been applied to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (MBCBT) with good results--if you believe those sorts of studies. Paul Okami - Original Message - From: Michael Britt To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:56 PM Subject: [tips] Mindfulness - anything to it? As it turns out, I don't live very far from a well-known, new-agey place called The Omega Institute. I've thought about interviewing some of the speakers who come there, but the kinds of workshops they have are often out in left field (you know, energy medicine type of thing) so I haven't. I'm just curious about this mindfulness thing that seems to be getting popular. Has anyone heard about it? I hadn't heard that it was being introduced into school curriculums as they say. Here is the description from Omega: -- Mindfulness, a meditative technique that fosters inner calm and a sense of well-being, is being introduced into school curriculums by an innovative group of leaders in mindfulness practice and education. The results are promising for both the children and those who work with them. During this weekend mindfulness retreat—for teachers, administrators, child care providers, family therapists, and parents—you will experience relief from stress and find emotional balance for yourself while learning practical ways to teach children mindfulness techniques that can help them manage the challenges of growing up. --- Thoughts on this? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com ---To make changes to your subscription contact:Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Ed Pollack's favorite web site?
I can't seem to find Dr. Ed Pollack's link to a website about mice and neurostransmitters??? Does anyone know that website? Jim Jim Matiya Florida Gulf Coast University jmat...@fgcu.edu Contributor, for Karen Huffman's Psychology in Action, Video Guest Lecturettes John Wiley and Sons. Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/ High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at www.Teaching-Point.net --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
RE: [tips] Ed Pollack's favorite web site?
I think this is what you are looking for. From Ed Pollak: It's an interactive psychopharmacology animation. Immensely entertaining popular with students. See http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/mouse.html Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor, Psychology University of West Florida Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 e-mail:csta...@uwf.edu CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm From: Jim Matiya [mailto:jmat...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:26 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Ed Pollack's favorite web site? I can't seem to find Dr. Ed Pollack's link to a website about mice and neurostransmitters??? Does anyone know that website? Jim Jim Matiya http://graphics.hotmail.com/i.p.emwink.gif Florida Gulf Coast University jmat...@fgcu.edu Contributor, for Karen Huffman's Psychology in Action, Video Guest Lecturettes John Wiley and Sons. Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/ http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/ High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at www.Teaching-Point.net http://www.teaching-point.net/ --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
RE: [tips] Ed Pollack's favorite web site?
Yes, the Mouse Party!!! Thanks Jim Matiya Florida Gulf Coast University jmat...@fgcu.edu Contributor, for Karen Huffman's Psychology in Action, Video Guest Lecturettes John Wiley and Sons. Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/ High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at www.Teaching-Point.net Subject: RE: [tips] Ed Pollack's favorite web site? Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:37:21 -0500 From: csta...@uwf.edu To: tips@acsun.frostburg.edu I think this is what you are looking for. From Ed Pollak: It's an interactive psychopharmacology animation. Immensely entertaining popular with students. See http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/mouse.html Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. Director, Center for University Teaching, Learning, and Assessment Associate Professor, Psychology University of West Florida Pensacola, FL 32514 – 5751 Phone: (850) 857-6355 or 473-7435 e-mail:csta...@uwf.edu CUTLA Web Site: http://uwf.edu/cutla/ Personal Web Pages: http://uwf.edu/cstanny/website/index.htm From: Jim Matiya [mailto:jmat...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:26 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Ed Pollack's favorite web site? I can't seem to find Dr. Ed Pollack's link to a website about mice and neurostransmitters??? Does anyone know that website? Jim Jim Matiya Florida Gulf Coast University jmat...@fgcu.edu Contributor, for Karen Huffman's Psychology in Action, Video Guest Lecturettes John Wiley and Sons. Using David Myers' texts for AP Psychology? Go to http://bcs.worthpublishers.com/cppsych/ High School Psychology and Advanced Psychology Graphic Organizers, Pacing Guides, and Daily Lesson Plans archived at www.Teaching-Point.net --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Mindfulness - anything to it?
Paul: There is a chapter on Mindfulness in the Asian Journal of Thomas Merton.Thomas Merton was my novice master at the Trappist monastery in Kentucky where I studied for awhile. You may also want to check out a paperback titled THE STILL POINT by a Jesuit priest. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
[tips] Mid-week academic humor
A prof conditioned a rat to press a bar by shaping by successive approximations. Having succeeded the prof uttered I really have it conditioned now, The rat responded by saying I really have the prof conditioned-every time I press the bar,he sends me some food. Michael Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Mindfulness - anything to it?
I would disagree that mindfulness is a meditation technique. Rather, my understanding of it is that it is a state of mind required of and acquired through 'standard' zen or more traditional branches of Buddhist meditation. It could be described as a kind of meta-awareness of where one's concentration is focused and is a necessary step toward and condition of the enlightenment experience. --Mike On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Paul Okami kozure.ok...@verizon.netwrote: Mindfulness is not new agey although some people who are promoting it for one reason or another (often financial in nature) may be. Mindfulness is a meditation technique first described by the Buddha (Gotama Siddhartha) in a Pali sutta highly likely to be an accurate record of his actual teaching (see scholarship on Indian Buddhism). Although the original teaching included the component of insight (seeing the world as it actually is), modern Western mindfulness meditation techniques generally focus on a more basic component of Buddhist meditation that fosters relaxed attention to the moment and reduces judgmntalism. The same sort of clinical trials which test psychotherapy techniques have been applied to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (MBCBT) with good results--if you believe those sorts of studies. Paul Okami - Original Message - *From:* Michael Britt michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)tips@acsun.frostburg.edu *Sent:* Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:56 PM *Subject:* [tips] Mindfulness - anything to it? As it turns out, I don't live very far from a well-known, new-agey place called The Omega Institute. I've thought about interviewing some of the speakers who come there, but the kinds of workshops they have are often out in left field (you know, energy medicine type of thing) so I haven't. I'm just curious about this mindfulness thing that seems to be getting popular. Has anyone heard about it? I hadn't heard that it was being introduced into school curriculums as they say. Here is the description from Omega: -- Mindfulnesshttp://links.mkt1808.com/ctt?kn=13m=33461185r=Mjc2NjA3NTA0NQS2b=0j=NTIwMzYxNTAS1mt=1rt=0, a meditative technique that fosters inner calm and a sense of well-being, is being introduced into school curriculums by an innovative group of leaders in mindfulness practice and education. The results are promising for both the children and those who work with them. During this weekend mindfulness retreathttp://links.mkt1808.com/ctt?kn=44m=33461185r=Mjc2NjA3NTA0NQS2b=0j=NTIwMzYxNTAS1mt=1rt=0—for teachers, administrators, child care providers, family therapists, and parents—you will experience relief from stress and find emotional balance for yourself while learning practical ways to teach children mindfulness techniques that can help them manage the challenges of growing up. --- Thoughts on this? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Mindfulness - anything to it?
One of the reasons the concept is taking off in Western CBT approaches is that it was used by Marsha Linehan in her approach with Borderline Personality Disorder patients called Dialectical Behavior Therapy. DBT is based on a series of dialectics, or seeming contradictions, the primary one being emphasis on both acceptance and need for change. The approach also involves skills training to enable patients to better manage stressful events and their own difficulties with emotional dysregulation. Mindfulness, being in the moment rather than projecting ahead to look at anxiety-provoking implications, is one of the major skills taught in DBT. My clinical 2 cents. David W. Michael Smith wrote: I would disagree that mindfulness is a meditation technique. Rather, my understanding of it is that it is a state of mind required of and acquired through 'standard' zen or more traditional branches of Buddhist meditation. It could be described as a kind of meta-awareness of where one's concentration is focused and is a necessary step toward and condition of the enlightenment experience. --Mike On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Paul Okami kozure.ok...@verizon.netwrote: Mindfulness is not new agey although some people who are promoting it for one reason or another (often financial in nature) may be. Mindfulness is a meditation technique first described by the Buddha (Gotama Siddhartha) in a Pali sutta highly likely to be an accurate record of his actual teaching (see scholarship on Indian Buddhism). Although the original teaching included the component of insight (seeing the world as it actually is), modern Western mindfulness meditation techniques generally focus on a more basic component of Buddhist meditation that fosters relaxed attention to the moment and reduces judgmntalism. The same sort of clinical trials which test psychotherapy techniques have been applied to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (MBCBT) with good results--if you believe those sorts of studies. Paul Okami - Original Message - *From:* Michael Britt michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)tips@acsun.frostburg.edu *Sent:* Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:56 PM *Subject:* [tips] Mindfulness - anything to it? As it turns out, I don't live very far from a well-known, new-agey place called The Omega Institute. I've thought about interviewing some of the speakers who come there, but the kinds of workshops they have are often out in left field (you know, energy medicine type of thing) so I haven't. I'm just curious about this mindfulness thing that seems to be getting popular. Has anyone heard about it? I hadn't heard that it was being introduced into school curriculums as they say. Here is the description from Omega: -- Mindfulnesshttp://links.mkt1808.com/ctt?kn=13m=33461185r=Mjc2NjA3NTA0 NQS2b=0j=NTIwMzYxNTAS1mt=1rt=0, a meditative technique that fosters inner calm and a sense of well-being, is being introduced into school curriculums by an innovative group of leaders in mindfulness practice and education. The results are promising for both the children and those who work with them. During this weekend mindfulness retreathttp://links.mkt1808.com/ctt?kn=44m=33461185r=Mjc2NjA3NTA0NQS2 b=0j=NTIwMzYxNTAS1mt=1rt=0—for teachers, administrators, child care providers, family therapists, and parents—you will experience relief from stress and find emotional balance for yourself while learning practical ways to teach children mindfulness techniques that can help them manage the challenges of growing up. --- Thoughts on this? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- David T. Wasieleski, Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychology and Counseling Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA 31698 229-333-5620 http://chiron.valdosta.edu/dtwasieleski --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
RE: [tips] Mindfulness - anything to it?
Michael, Paul, you're both right. Mindfulness is both simple and powerful. In brief, it means paying attention, purposefully, in the present, nonjudgmentally. It means to be intently aware of and sensitive to our own mental states. It means to see and listen to things and people around us. It is intimately intertwined with the concept of awareness and otherness. It is designed to nurture a greater awareness and clarity. It wakes a person up that our lives unfold only in present moments, and if we are not aware of those moment. It's a way to take charge of the direction and quality of our own lives, including relationships with others and ourselves as persons. It's an appreciation for the present moment with a continuing attending to it with care. It is the exact opposite of taking life, as well as things and people in our lives, for granted. . It's a capacity for self-reflection and self-awareness that is the key to Buddhist psychology. Make it a good day. --Louis-- Louis Schmierhttp://www.therandomthoughts.com Department of History http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698 /\ /\ /\ /\ (229-333-5947)/^\\/ \/ \ /\/\__/\ \/\ / \/ \_ \/ / \/ /\/\ /\ //\/\/ /\ \__/__/_/\_\\_/__\ /\If you want to climb mountains,\ /\ _ / \don't practice on mole hills - --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Mindfulness - anything to it?
Well, it sounds like there's more to it than what I was originally thinking. Very interesting. I didn't know about the connection between mindfulness and CBT. I'm more inclined to look into it now. Thanks everyone for your input. Michael Michael Britt www.thepsychfiles.com On Jun 24, 2009, at 4:26 PM, David T Wasieleski wrote: One of the reasons the concept is taking off in Western CBT approaches is that it was used by Marsha Linehan in her approach with Borderline Personality Disorder patients called Dialectical Behavior Therapy. DBT is based on a series of dialectics, or seeming contradictions, the primary one being emphasis on both acceptance and need for change. The approach also involves skills training to enable patients to better manage stressful events and their own difficulties with emotional dysregulation. Mindfulness, being in the moment rather than projecting ahead to look at anxiety-provoking implications, is one of the major skills taught in DBT. My clinical 2 cents. David W. Michael Smith wrote: I would disagree that mindfulness is a meditation technique. Rather, my understanding of it is that it is a state of mind required of and acquired through 'standard' zen or more traditional branches of Buddhist meditation. It could be described as a kind of meta-awareness of where one's concentration is focused and is a necessary step toward and condition of the enlightenment experience. --Mike On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Paul Okami kozure.ok...@verizon.netwrote: Mindfulness is not new agey although some people who are promoting it for one reason or another (often financial in nature) may be. Mindfulness is a meditation technique first described by the Buddha (Gotama Siddhartha) in a Pali sutta highly likely to be an accurate record of his actual teaching (see scholarship on Indian Buddhism). Although the original teaching included the component of insight (seeing the world as it actually is), modern Western mindfulness meditation techniques generally focus on a more basic component of Buddhist meditation that fosters relaxed attention to the moment and reduces judgmntalism. The same sort of clinical trials which test psychotherapy techniques have been applied to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (MBCBT) with good results--if you believe those sorts of studies. Paul Okami - Original Message - *From:* Michael Britt michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)tips@acsun.frostburg.edu *Sent:* Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:56 PM *Subject:* [tips] Mindfulness - anything to it? As it turns out, I don't live very far from a well-known, new-agey place called The Omega Institute. I've thought about interviewing some of the speakers who come there, but the kinds of workshops they have are often out in left field (you know, energy medicine type of thing) so I haven't. I'm just curious about this mindfulness thing that seems to be getting popular. Has anyone heard about it? I hadn't heard that it was being introduced into school curriculums as they say. Here is the description from Omega: -- Mindfulnesshttp://links.mkt1808.com/ctt?kn=13m=33461185r=Mjc2NjA3NTA0 NQS2b=0j=NTIwMzYxNTAS1mt=1rt=0, a meditative technique that fosters inner calm and a sense of well-being, is being introduced into school curriculums by an innovative group of leaders in mindfulness practice and education. The results are promising for both the children and those who work with them. During this weekend mindfulness retreathttp://links.mkt1808.com/ctt?kn=44m=33461185r=Mjc2NjA3NTA0NQS2 b=0j=NTIwMzYxNTAS1mt=1rt=0—for teachers, administrators, child care providers, family therapists, and parents—you will experience relief from stress and find emotional balance for yourself while learning practical ways to teach children mindfulness techniques that can help them manage the challenges of growing up. --- Thoughts on this? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- David T. Wasieleski, Ph.D. Professor Department of Psychology and Counseling Valdosta State University Valdosta, GA 31698 229-333-5620 http://chiron.valdosta.edu/dtwasieleski --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Mindfulness - anything to it?
Michael, You can find more detail on Mindfulness and its use in CBT/psychotherapy and medical treatment for some conditions. It is often referred to as MBSR -- short for Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction programs. There is a book called, The Mindful Way Through Depression that combines mindfulness based meta-awareness strategies with CBT for depression, and I frequently use it in therapy with students; I have also used it as the text for a noncredit class in emotion management skills that I offer each semester for our students at Colgate. Jon Kabat-Zinn, et al. have been using it in treatment of medical conditions including chronic pain and psoriasis, for instance, and have been researching the unique contribution to treatment effect that it seems to provide in these as well as other cases. They are starting to study the neurobiology of these processes of meta-awareness -- or at least what shows up on an MRI when one participates in consistent training versus when a person is exposed to more traditional stress-reduction methods. Shelly Shelly Lear, PsyD Assoc Director Colgate University Counseling Psychological Services Michael Britt wrote: Well, it sounds like there's more to it than what I was originally thinking. Very interesting. I didn't know about the connection between mindfulness and CBT. I'm more inclined to look into it now. Thanks everyone for your input. Michael Michael Britt www.thepsychfiles.com On Jun 24, 2009, at 4:26 PM, David T Wasieleski wrote: One of the reasons the concept is taking off in Western CBT approaches is that it was used by Marsha Linehan in her approach with Borderline Personality Disorder patients called Dialectical Behavior Therapy. DBT is based on a series of dialectics, or seeming contradictions, the primary one being emphasis on both acceptance and need for change. The approach also involves skills training to enable patients to better manage stressful events and their own difficulties with emotional dysregulation. Mindfulness, being in the moment rather than projecting ahead to look at anxiety-provoking implications, is one of the major skills taught in DBT. My clinical 2 cents. David W. Michael Smith wrote: I would disagree that mindfulness is a meditation technique. Rather, my understanding of it is that it is a state of mind required of and acquired through 'standard' zen or more traditional branches of Buddhist meditation. It could be described as a kind of meta-awareness of where one's concentration is focused and is a necessary step toward and condition of the enlightenment experience. --Mike On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Paul Okami kozure.ok...@verizon.netwrote: Mindfulness is not new agey although some people who are promoting it for one reason or another (often financial in nature) may be. Mindfulness is a meditation technique first described by the Buddha (Gotama Siddhartha) in a Pali sutta highly likely to be an accurate record of his actual teaching (see scholarship on Indian Buddhism). Although the original teaching included the component of insight (seeing the world as it actually is), modern Western mindfulness meditation techniques generally focus on a more basic component of Buddhist meditation that fosters relaxed attention to the moment and reduces judgmntalism. The same sort of clinical trials which test psychotherapy techniques have been applied to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (MBCBT) with good results--if you believe those sorts of studies. Paul Okami - Original Message - *From:* Michael Britt michael.br...@thepsychfiles.com *To:* Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)tips@acsun.frostburg.edu *Sent:* Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:56 PM *Subject:* [tips] Mindfulness - anything to it? As it turns out, I don't live very far from a well-known, new-agey place called The Omega Institute. I've thought about interviewing some of the speakers who come there, but the kinds of workshops they have are often out in left field (you know, energy medicine type of thing) so I haven't. I'm just curious about this mindfulness thing that seems to be getting popular. Has anyone heard about it? I hadn't heard that it was being introduced into school curriculums as they say. Here is the description from Omega: -- Mindfulnesshttp://links.mkt1808.com/ctt?kn=13m=33461185r=Mjc2NjA3NTA0 NQS2b=0j=NTIwMzYxNTAS1mt=1rt=0, a meditative technique that fosters inner calm and a sense of well-being, is being introduced into school
Re: [tips] Mindfulness - anything to it?
Mindfulness as part of the eightfold path (right mindfulness) encompasses much more than meditation, that is true, although meditation is the way mindfulness as a general practice is taught. The point is to learn to become mindful at all times. However, mindfulness as used in therapy, etc., does usually refer to use of the meditation technique itself. So when people talk about teaching mindfulness as an adjunct to cognitive therapy, they are primarily referring to use of the meditation technique. Clients are also encouraged to practice this technique while walking, or in times of stress, etc. (that is, bring relaxed attention to the breath, etc.). I would disagree that mindfulness is a meditation technique. Rather, my understanding of it is that it is a state of mind required of and acquired through 'standard' zen or more traditional branches of Buddhist meditation. It could be described as a kind of meta-awareness of where one's concentration is focused and is a necessary step toward and condition of the enlightenment experience. --Mike On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Paul Okami kozure.ok...@verizon.net wrote: Mindfulness is not new agey although some people who are promoting it for one reason or another (often financial in nature) may be. Mindfulness is a meditation technique first described by the Buddha (Gotama Siddhartha) in a Pali sutta highly likely to be an accurate record of his actual teaching (see scholarship on Indian Buddhism). Although the original teaching included the component of insight (seeing the world as it actually is), modern Western mindfulness meditation techniques generally focus on a more basic component of Buddhist meditation that fosters relaxed attention to the moment and reduces judgmntalism. The same sort of clinical trials which test psychotherapy techniques have been applied to Mindfulness-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (MBCBT) with good results--if you believe those sorts of studies. Paul Okami - Original Message - From: Michael Britt To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Sent: Wednesday, June 24, 2009 12:56 PM Subject: [tips] Mindfulness - anything to it? As it turns out, I don't live very far from a well-known, new-agey place called The Omega Institute. I've thought about interviewing some of the speakers who come there, but the kinds of workshops they have are often out in left field (you know, energy medicine type of thing) so I haven't. I'm just curious about this mindfulness thing that seems to be getting popular. Has anyone heard about it? I hadn't heard that it was being introduced into school curriculums as they say. Here is the description from Omega: -- Mindfulness, a meditative technique that fosters inner calm and a sense of well-being, is being introduced into school curriculums by an innovative group of leaders in mindfulness practice and education. The results are promising for both the children and those who work with them. During this weekend mindfulness retreat—for teachers, administrators, child care providers, family therapists, and parents—you will experience relief from stress and find emotional balance for yourself while learning practical ways to teach children mindfulness techniques that can help them manage the challenges of growing up. --- Thoughts on this? Michael Michael Britt mich...@thepsychfiles.com www.thepsychfiles.com ---To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) ---To make changes to your subscription contact:Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) ---To make changes to your subscription contact:Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
Re: [tips] Mindfulness - anything to it?
I think that it might be useful to distinguish among the different ways in which the term/concept of mindfulness can and has been used: (1) New Agey: as usual, Louis Schmier provides a wonderful example of how mindfulness can be divorced from its historical religious context and from the psychological research and theory that focuses on it. I hesitate to ask but I wonder if Louis can provide references for his explication of what mindfulness is or is he speaking on the basis of his personal experience? (2) Religious: I think that Paul Okami has it right in placing the concept of mindfulness in a Buddhist religious context though I would expect that other religions might also have some claim on it as they have made similar claims for mediation in their traditions. One can talk about the role such a concept has in theology and in its practice by its adherrents but it unlikely that one will be able to reach empirically based conclusions within such a framework (to be fair, that is not really a consideration in a theological framework). (3) Psychology Research and Theory: a quick search of Psycinfo turns up 1,331 entries with the Keyword mindfulness, with 1,137 dated from 2000 onwards. The oldest use of the term mindfulness (as we currently understand it) dates back to the early 1970s with the following references: Gilbert, Albin R. (1973). An essay on the history of Asian psychology. Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association. 1973, pp. 937-938. Abstract Discusses Asian psychology as a scientifically grounded discipline. Based on phenomenological introspection, it leads to systematic meditations as independent variables, with enlightenment resulting as a dependent variable. Considering man's enlightenment as a research design, the term psychotherapy, rather than experimental procedure, is a more fitting characterization of Asian psychology. It is concluded that although the meditative way of Asian psychotherapy is out of step with present day living, the way of maintaining detached mindfulness throughout daily living, recommended by the Buddha, is in better keeping with our time. (17 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved) Deatherage, Gary. (1975). The clinical use of mindfulness meditation techniques in short-term psychotherapy. Journal of Transpersonal Psychology. 7(2), 1975, pp. 133-143. Abstract Describes a set of psychotherapeutic techniques adopted from Buddhist satipatthana or mindfulness meditation. The mindfulness or watchfulness technique is based on the premise that only the individual has the ability to help himself/herself. Training with psychiatric patients has proven most effective by beginning with observations of an obvious body process (e.g., breathing). By establishing a watcher self the patient is grounded in the present where there is a greater chance of making significant therapeutic progress. Emphasis is placed on labelling intruding thoughts or emotions so the patient may gain insight into his/her emotions and motivations which energize his/her speech and behaviors. The use of mindfulness meditation in treating 5 adults in short-term (2-12 wks) therapy resulted in patients gaining insight into their depressions, anxieties, or other neurotic symptoms. Caution is required in using this technique with psychotic patients having active symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions, thinking disorders, and severe withdrawal. Also, therapists using the technique with patients should have personal experience with it first. It is suggested that if a patient is sufficiently motivated and has an intellectual understanding of the process, it may be possible for him/her to use the method during normal daily activities. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved) Davidson, Richard J. Goleman, Daniel J. (1977). The role of attention in meditation and hypnosis: A psychobiological perspective on transformations of consciousness. International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis. 25(4), 1977, pp. 291-308 Abstract Proposes a temporally based scheme for investigation of changes in consciousness, applicable to areas such as meditation and hypnosis. Three basic epochs are discussed: (a) before--predispositional variables that affect response to consciousness altering techniques; (b) during--the state effects of the particular technique; and (c) after--the trait effects of the practice. Research is surveyed which indicates the role of attentional processes during each of these epochs in both meditation and hypnosis. It is noted that attentional flexibility is a predispositional variable affecting response to both meditation and hypnosis. The state effects of concentrative meditation involve alterations in stimulus set, while
RE: [tips] Mindfulness - anything to it?
New Agey? That's judgmental nonsense. Hesitate to ask for sources? Mike! Was that a left-handed slap that is as subtle as a brick? Not very collegial. Anyway, take a look at the works of John Kabat-Zinn and Jack Kornfield. By the way, the latter holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. The former is also a Ph.D. in molecular biology from MIT, and founder and former Executive Director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Make it a good day. --Louis-- Louis Schmier http://www.therandomthoughts.com Department of History http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org Valdosta State University Valdosta, Georgia 31698 /\ /\ /\ /\ (229-333-5947) /^\\/ \/ \ /\/\__/\ \/\ / \/ \_ \/ / \/ /\/ \ /\ //\/\/ /\ \__/__/_/\_\ \_/__\ /\If you want to climb mountains,\ /\ _ / \ don't practice on mole hills - --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
RE: [tips] Mindfulness - anything to it?
On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 19:28:12 -0700, Louis Schmier yelled at the clouds: New Agey? That's judgmental nonsense. Of course, you should have asked what I meant by New Agey instead of assuming you knew what I meant. Let me provide you one definition: |Definition: The label New Age is a vague, catch-all term applied all |manner of modern spiritual, paranormal and religious beliefs. Just about |the only thing they all have in common is that they do not derive from |biblical traditions, which of course leads those who belong to the |orthodox or fundamentalist wings of those biblical traditions to treat |anything New Age as satanic and evil. | |The name itself is derived from the fact that many movements which can |be categorized as New Age regard themselves as being on the forefront |of a general societal trend which is moving towards a new age of spiritual |development. In this new age, old religious dogmas will be abandoned and |entirely new superstitions adopted. | |A great many New Age ideas are derived from Eastern religious traditions, |like Hinduism and Buddhism. ... | |Another important principle of New Age philosophies is that it simply |does not matter if those philosophies or if any of the underlying principles |are true or not. All that matters is if a person's behavior improves and |if the person grows spiritually. This is a form of spiritual Machiavellianism - |the ends justify the means every time. It is because of this that people who |count themselves as part of the New Age are able to tolerate any belief |or doctrine except skepticism. For them, to be skeptical is to be without |hope - hope of personal improvement or hope of spiritual development. |Even worse, their presence and their writings imperil the rest of the world's |population by leading them away from New Age beliefs. http://atheism.about.com/library/glossary/paranormal/bldef_newage.htm Then again, that just one definition. However, if you look over your previous post in this thread and examine the statements you make (e.g., Mindfulness is both simple and powerful.), I think that you would find several examples of where you are vague and cannot support your statements by references to scientific research. Indeed, what scientific research has shown mindfulness to be simple and powerful? What do you even mean by simple' and powerful? Hesitate to ask for sources? Mike! Was that a left-handed slap that is as subtle as a brick? Not very collegial. Louis, in the past you have expressed your disdain for science, scientific thinking, and have supported idiots like Ben Stein when he compared scientists to Nazis. I don't know what you were thinking when expressed these ideas but clearly your disdain for SCIENCE in a forum that is devoted to Teaching in the Psychological SCIENCES either reflects a profound tone deafness to what you are saying or you do so deliberately. Now tell me: who has been as subtle as a brick? Anyway, take a look at the works of John Kabat-Zinn and Jack Kornfield. Is this the best you can do, not even able to provide a reference to an article published in peer-reviewed scientific journal? Please Louis, in a couple of minutes I can locate the (few) journal articles these two have published. Clearly you should be able to do the same but what am I saying? You should have these articles at your finger tips since you seem to be relying upon them as the basis for making your statements! Please provide the specific journal articles you are relying upon. By the way, the latter holds a Ph.D.in clinical psychology. Am I supposed to be impressed by this? What is this, regression to authority? Since when has having a Ph.D. in any subject served as a safeguard against holding and promoting foolish beliefs? The former is also a Ph.D. in molecular biology from MIT, and founder and former Executive Director of the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Again, am I supposed to be impressed by this? Why? What does this have to do with establishing the factual basis of your statements? Or do you think that such an achievement automatically confers infalliability on the statements that such people might make? What a curious submission to authority. -Mike Palij New York University m...@nyu.edu --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
RE:[tips] Ed Pollak's favorite web site?
Yes, Claudia. But to clarify, That's my favorite PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGY web site. But to be honest, my true favorite web sites are http://home.comcast.net/~epollak/family_photos/family_photos.htm and http://home.comcast.net/~epollak/. In the former you can see some adorable pictures of our own Sara Pollak Levine, Ph.D. Being that it's her 39th birthday, I feel the parental need to embarass her tonday! Ed Edward I. Pollak, Ph.D. Department of Psychology West Chester University of Pennsylvania http://home.comcast.net/~epollak Husband, father, grandfather, biopsychologist, bluegrass fiddler and herpetoculturist.. in approximate order of importance. Subject: RE: Ed Pollack's favorite web site? From: Claudia Stanny csta...@uwf.edu Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:37:21 -0500 X-Message-Number: 8 I think this is what you are looking for. From Ed Pollak: It's an interactive psychopharmacology animation. Immensely entertaining popular with students. See http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/addiction/drugs/mouse.html --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly (bsouthe...@frostburg.edu)
