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Quiz on Mindfulness, created by Jennifer Gay on 27/03/2018.

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Mindfulness

Question 1 of 17

1

Contemplative neuroscience refers to the study of the underlying neurobiology, psychology, and phenomenology of human contemplative experience.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 2 of 17

1

Mindfulness is a state, trait, and process.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 3 of 17

1

Which of the following are used to measure mindfulness?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Freiburg Mindfulness Inventory

  • Cognitive, Affective Mindfulness Scale

  • Five-facet Mindfulness Questionnaire

  • Mindful Attention Awareness Scale

Explanation

Question 4 of 17

1

When used as an intervention, which mindfulness technique is recommended?

Select one or more of the following:

  • 8 weekly group classes (26 hours total) and 1 all day intensive class

  • 45 minutes/day, 6 days/week over 8 weeks (36 hours total)

  • Light Hatha yoga throughout 8 weeks

  • Trying really hard to think about nothing for at least 5 minutes/day

Explanation

Question 5 of 17

1

Which of the following are appropriate mindfulness practices for in-home use?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Focused Attention (Breath)

  • Open Monitoring (Body-scan, Insight)

  • Ethical Enhancement (loving kindness, forgiveness)

  • Tai Chi (movement)

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Question 6 of 17

1

What is the purpose of Mindfulness Medication (or Open Monitoring Meditation)

Select one of the following:

  • Diffuse attention towards any mental objects that naturally arise

  • Sitting in silence and seeing what happens

  • Just sit cross-legged on the floor and close your eyes. Something good will happen.

Explanation

Question 7 of 17

1

When considering mindfulness as a method, the three areas to put into practice are self-awareness, self-regulation, and self-transcendence

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 8 of 17

1

Focused Attention medication includes

Select one or more of the following:

  • Breath and Body focus

  • Focus on an image

  • Focus on a sound

Explanation

Question 9 of 17

1

Another way of thinking about Open Monitoring meditation is as mental noting and labeling

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 10 of 17

1

Ethical Enhancement meditation includes

Select one of the following:

  • loving kindness, metta, forgiveness, and compassion

  • loving kindness, goodness, forgiveness, and active listening

  • patience, metta, forgiveness, and deep breathing

Explanation

Question 11 of 17

1

Meditation practices included movement-based practices such as yoga, tai chi, and qigong

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 12 of 17

1

The costs and benefits of self-generated thought are context dependent

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 13 of 17

1

Self generated thought under conditions that demand continuous attention is productive because it is associtated with capacities such as creativity, patience, and better cognitive control.

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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Question 14 of 17

1

Mindfulness leads to self awareness, self regulation and self-transcendence by which neurocognitive mechanisms?

Select one or more of the following:

  • Intention and Motivation

  • Attention Regulation

  • Emotion Regulation

  • Extinction and Reconsolidation

  • Prosociality

  • Sensory Clarity

Explanation

Question 15 of 17

1

Neuroimaging research has shown that mindfulness can lead to decreased activity in brain areas that are responsible for mind-wandering

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 16 of 17

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Mindfulness can lead to increased activity and size in brain areas responsible for higher order attentional networks, body awareness, and skill learning

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

Explanation

Question 17 of 17

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The rostral PFC supports mechanisms that enable us to attend either to environmental stimuli or self-generated "thoughts in our head."

Select one of the following:

  • True
  • False

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