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`A landmark work of social psychology." Booklist "One simply can't finish this book and see the world in the same way." ALAN DERSHOWITZ ALAN DERSHOWITZ Harvard Law School "Dr. Langer's seminal work on mindful behavior has broad implications for aviation safety and the development of proper roles for humans vs. machines." CLAY FOUSHEE Chief Scientific and Technical Advisor Federal Aviation Authority "One of the most provocative books that this reviewer has seen in a long time.... Engaging, relevant, and concise, moving smartly from point to point." Brain/Mind Bulletin `A truly pioneering study of the dangers and damage of mindlessness and loss of control over one's life; for women and men in age, in corporations and/or in the professions." BETTY FRIEDAN "A life-enhancing alternative... the antidote to the rigid, reactive, repetitive patterns that keep the best of us sealed in unlived lives. Langer gives scientific heft to a fascinating and undervalued phenomenon. A thought- provoking read that deserves a wide general audience." Kirkus Reviews "Extremely provocative for students. This book cannot be read mindlessly." ROBERT ABELSON Yale University "Fascinating book... has multiple applications for those interested in work, health, creativity, or aging." Living Room Learning "Even professional colleagues who have long admired Langer's creative and "Even professional colleagues who have long admired Langer's creative and ground-breaking research will be unprepared for the bold and startling conclusions that derive from her findings." DARYL BEM Cornell University "Ground-breaking research in the field of aging, research that stands to influence the field for years to come." JOHN W. ROWE, M.D. President, Mt. Sinai Hospital "Langer not only challenges us to reach for our untapped reserves, she also shows ways to make this possible." PAUL BALTES Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education, Berlin "Whether you're an educator, homemaker, business person, mental health worker... differently abled or abled, young or old, there is something in this book for you." Deaf Community News "In my seminar on advanced social psychology, Mindfulness stimulated wonderfully lively discussion." ROGER BROWN Harvard University "Langer demonstrates a rare capacity both to see what is extraordinary about human events and to envision even more enlivening human possibilities." LEE ROSS Stanford University Stanford University "One is reminded, reading these pages, of Freud's Psychopathology of Everyday Life and of Hannah Arendt's The Banality of Evil. Like those pioneering books, this one 'naturalizes' a human scourge-everyday functional stupidity in this case-and makes it not only comprehensible but also subject to change." JEROME BRUNER, author of Actual Minds, Possible Worlds Ellen J. Langer Mindfulness To the memory of my mother and grandmother Contents Acknowledgments 1 Introduction PART ONE: Mindlessness 2 When the Light's On and Nobody's Home Trapped by Categories Automatic Behavior Acting from a Single Perspective 3 The Roots of Mindlessness The Mindless "Expert" The Sacrilegious Poodle Mindlessness and the Unconscious Belief in Limited Resources Entropy and Linear Time as Limiting Mindsets Education for Outcome The Power of Context 4 The Costs of Mindlessness A Narrow Self-Image Unintended Cruelty Loss of Control Learned Helplessness Stunted Potential
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