Mindfulness involves meta-cognition. What is meta-cognition?
What will be an ideal response?
As Bishop et al. (2004) note, mindfulness involves self-regulation of attention and meta-cognition, in other words, sustaining attention and thinking about one's thinking. Harris (2008, p. 40) shows us how we can go from having a thought that "I am X" to "I'm having a thought that I am X" to "I notice that I am having a thought that I am X. Sometimes these thoughts are stressful or disturbing. Going from "I am incompetent" to "I'm having a thought that I am incompetent" to "I notice that I am having a thought that I am incompetent" goes from a simple stressful cognition to a more complex and less stressful meta-cognition.
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A. prefer faces of people from their own racial group unless they are frequently exposed to people from other racial groups B. show no preference for looking at faces of people from one racial group over another C. prefer to look at faces of people from a different racial group than their own, due to the novelty value D. become confused when shown faces from different groups and begin crying
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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A) more fearful B) more active C) less inhibited D) less easily soothed when upset
An effect of ability grouping is that
A) students in honors courses are more motivated to learn. B) students in low-ability courses have lower achievement and involvement. C) honors courses attract more experienced teachers. D) All of the above.