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Pseudo-listening is a type of non-listening that consists of appearing attentive in conversation while actually ignoring or only partially listening to the other speaker. [1] Pseudolistening is often used as a coping mechanism to manage personal needs while appearing attentive to others. [ 2 ]
"Mindfulness is a way of paying attention that originated in Eastern meditation practices" [107] "Paying attention in a particular way: on purpose, in the present moment, and nonjudgmentally" [2] [note 1] "Bringing one's complete attention to the present experience on a moment-to-moment basis" [2]
Alertness is a state of active attention characterized by high sensory awareness. Someone who is alert is vigilant and promptly meets danger or emergency, or is quick to perceive and act. Alertness is a psychological and physiological state.
A support response is the opposite of a shift response; it is an attention giving method and a cooperative effort to focus the conversational attention on the other person. Instead of being me-oriented like shift response, it is we-oriented. [25] It is the response a competent communicator is most likely to use. [26]
The word "pressed" connotes a certain weight put on someone. It could mean being upset or stressed to the point that something lives in your mind "rent-free," as Black Twitter might say. Or, in ...
Georges Dreyfus has expressed unease with the definition of mindfulness as "bare attention" or "nonelaborative, nonjudgmental, present-centered awareness", stressing that mindfulness in Buddhist context means also "remembering", which indicates that the function of mindfulness also includes the retention of information. Dreyfus concludes his ...
In turn, I Wrote This For Attention details Gage’s coming-of-age in San Diego in a “broken” family, his journey toward stardom and his experiences with sex, addiction and, of course, “his ...
Enjoying the attention of others is socially acceptable in some situations, [4] and attention-seeking may be adaptive in some contexts like acting (upstaging) or marketing. [5] However, an excessive need for attention is often a symptom of an underlying personality disorder and can lead to difficulties in interpersonal relationships.