COMPLETE Intro Psychology Course - ALL TOPICS - What is Meditation? (Intro Psych Tutorial #111)

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www.psychexamreview.com In this video I describe meditation, focusing on two types of practices: focused awareness meditation and mindfulness meditation. Focused awareness involves maintaining fixed attention on a particular object, sound, or mantra, while mindfulness allows attention to move freely without allowing thoughts to become attached to any particular focus. Both types involve a state of relaxation that can produce physiological changes that Herbert Benson refers to as the “relaxation response”. Finally I provide a few tips for how to get started with meditation. Don’t forget to subscribe to the channel to see future videos! Have questions or topics you’d like to see covered in a future video? Let me know by commenting or sending me an email! Herbert Benson - The Relaxation Response: http://amzn.to/2qqIwCm Jon Kabat-Zinn – Wherever You Go, There You Are: http://amzn.to/2qws68m Check out my book, Master Introductory Psychology, an alternative to a traditional textbook: http://amzn.to/2eTqm5s