Overview
Description
Introduction to the study of mindfulness, facilitating synthesis of prior knowledge of psychological science and research methods with new material from a diverse range of sources.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Junior standing
PSY 240PSY 101
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): PSY 240 or PSY 101 and Junior standing.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring - Even Years
Terms
spring
Restrictions
Junior standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- identify the essential components common to definitions of the word “mindfulness”.
- compare and contrast Buddhist views of human suffering with major Western psychological theories of human motivation and personality.
- analyze the fundamental assumptions underlying the use of mindfulness meditation in a variety of professional clinical contexts.
- apply Western scientific research methods criteria to prominent scientific investigations of mindfulness and related psychological phenomena.
- document application of experiential mindfulness exercises to naturally occurring intrapersonal and interpersonal situations encountered in everyday life.
- perform in-class “mental experiments” to gain first-hand direct knowledge of mindfulness and related non-conceptual experiential phenomena.