Describe a time when experienced flow. Illustrate at least two of the eight parameters of flow outlined by Csikszentmihalyi.

What will be an ideal response?


Ans: Examples will vary but should include two of the following: merging of action and awareness, complete concentration of the task at hand, lack of worry about losing control that results in greater sense of control, a loss of self-consciousness, time no longer seems to pass in ordinary ways, autotelic nature of the experience.
Cognitive Domain: Application
Answer Location: Characteristics of Flow
Difficulty Level: Medium

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