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Flow : the psychology of optimal experience the psychology of optimal experience / Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi.

By: Publication details: New York : Harper & Row, ©1990.Edition: 1st edDescription: xii, 303 pages ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780061339202
  • 0060920432
  • 9780060920432
  • 9780061339202
  • 0061339202
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 155.2 20
LOC classification:
  • BF575.H27 C85 1990
NLM classification:
  • BF 575.H27 C958 1990
Other classification:
  • CP 3000
  • PSY 235f
Contents:
Happiness revisited -- The anatomy of consciousness -- Enjoyment and the quality of life -- The conditions of flow -- The body in flow -- The flow of thought -- Work as flow -- Enjoying solitude and other people -- Cheating chaos -- The making of meaning.
Summary: Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's famous investigations of "optimal experience" have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called flow. During flow, people typically experience deep enjoyment, creativity, and a total involvement with life. In this new edition of his groundbreaking classic work, Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates the ways this positive state can be controlled, not just left to chance. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience teaches how, by ordering the information that enters our consciousness, we can discover true happiness and greatly improve the quality of our lives.
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Book Book MHERC PD Optimism & Positivity 155.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's famous investigations of "optimal experience" have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called flow. During flow, people typically experience deep enjoyment, creativity, and a total involvement with life. In this new edition of his groundbreaking classic work, Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates the ways this positive state can be controlled, not just left to chance. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience teaches how, by ordering the information that enters our consciousness, we can discover true happiness and greatly improve the quality of our lives. A41313039
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 281-303).

Happiness revisited -- The anatomy of consciousness -- Enjoyment and the quality of life -- The conditions of flow -- The body in flow -- The flow of thought -- Work as flow -- Enjoying solitude and other people -- Cheating chaos -- The making of meaning.

Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's famous investigations of "optimal experience" have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called flow. During flow, people typically experience deep enjoyment, creativity, and a total involvement with life. In this new edition of his groundbreaking classic work, Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates the ways this positive state can be controlled, not just left to chance. Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience teaches how, by ordering the information that enters our consciousness, we can discover true happiness and greatly improve the quality of our lives.