Flow and the Foundations of Positive Psychology The Collected Works
The second volume in the collected works of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi covers about thirty years of Csikszentmihalyi‘s work on three main and interconnected areas of study: attention, flow and positive psychology. Describing attention as psychic energy, and
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Flow and the Foundations of Positive Psychology The Collected Works of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Flow and the Foundations of Positive Psychology
Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Flow and the Foundations of Positive Psychology The Collected Works of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
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Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Division of Behavioral & Organizational Science Claremont Graduate University Claremont, CA USA
This volume contains prepublished material Name of the set: The Collected Works of Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi ISBN set: 978-94-017-9083-3 ISBN 978-94-017-9087-1 ISBN 978-94-017-9088-8 DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9088-8 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London
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Contents
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Attention and the Holistic Approach to Behavior. The Need for a New Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Consciousness and Attention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attention and Optimal Functioning . . . . . . . . . . . . Pathology and Attention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attention and Socialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Attention and Social Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Summary and Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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