Psychology

• An Illustration of Monist Constructivism

  The grand theory. This preentation illustrates a monist constructivist theory. This theory is behind the thinking of my approach to chaos psychology. Chaotic phenomena need looped-discrete underlying building blocks to be applicable. Thus, a construction of cognition is necessary that builds this foundation.

  Posted Jul 9, 02:43 am, Author Dana Stoll

• Why is Epistemology So Difficult To Grasp?

  What are Epistemological Assumptions?
  A way of thinking … yes, but not only that.
  A mindset … yes, but not only that.
  An attitude … a complete set, but not only that.
  A worldview … yes, but not only that …

  Read more about my funny journey towards discrete-looped phenomena.

  Posted Jul 6, 12:10 am, Author Dana Stoll

• Meditation Does to Your Mind What a Good Strategist Does to an Organization

  Thinking of organizations and meditating might not recall very similar pictures to most minds. When thinking of organizations, many people will probably dream of process diagrams and move along in an engineering school of thought. Whereas meditation seems to be the epitome of non-thinking, let alone rational thinking (sometimes, cynically, that is attributed to organizations too). However considering the underlying mechanisms both methods show striking similarities. To take this even further: Meditation does to your mind what a good strategist does to an organization because both imply modifying loops of mutual causation.

  Posted Jul 1, 02:26 am, Author Dana Stoll

• Unitials: Cognitive Constructions, Closure to the Core

  The biopsychosocial model as proposed by George Engel models trajectories of biological and social wholes. Biologically, the causal chain contains molecule, organelle, cell, tissue, organ (system), nerves (system) and person. Socially, this person participates in two-person interacts, family, community, culture, society and biosphere. However, the psychological axis of the person is reduced to “experience and behavior”. I suggest that there is a causal chain along the psychological trajectory missing that is independent of the other two.

  Posted Jul 1, 01:51 am, Author Dana Stoll

• The Effects of Prolonged Uncertainty in Restructuring Programs

  Employees at Deutsche Telekom/T-Systems were undergoing prolonged periods (several months) of job insecurity after having preliminarily been selected into groups with quotas for retrenchment during annual waves of mass-layoffs. Prolonged uncertainty, owing to organizational and legal constraints, placed considerable strain on the emotional experience and mental well-being of the employees …

  Posted Jul 1, 01:18 am, Author Dana Stoll

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