Psychology, attitude, ideal problems techs. --- .This section is about ideal attitudes, problems with attitudes, and techniques for attitudes. --- 1/24/2006
Psychology, attitude, ideal problems techs. --- Ideal. Best attitude is most optimal: works well. Best attitude is not necessarily most positive: not sunshine and daisies. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, attitude, ideal problems techs. --- Ideal. Eager to fight. Up for the struggle. Certain that progress (for me and society) is ready to be won if we meet the challenge. This caffeine-high attitude (optimism) is what you must recreate naturally, all the time, to an extreme degree, in order to create well. --- 08/15/1994
Psychology, attitude, ideal problems techs. --- Ideal. Optimal attitude yields optimal behavior. And optimal behavior is what we want to acheive. Optimal attitude gets goals: needs, and wants. Sub-optimal doesn't. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, attitude, ideal problems techs. --- Ideal. The right emotion. The right thought: metaphysical, epistemological, and ethical knowledge. Towards any thing: specific physical things, and abstract ideas. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, attitude, ideal problems techs. --- Ideally our attitudes should be toward truth and justice. Ideally our attitudes should be about social justice and environmental sustainability. Ideally our attitudes should be about psychological and physical health. --- 11/8/2004
Psychology, attitude, ideal problems techs. --- Problem. Attitudinal confusion: counter arguments, multiple emotions. Conflicting attitudes: in same person, at same time. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, attitude, ideal problems techs. --- Problem. Determining optimal attitude. Solution: much analysis of metaphysical and ethical situation. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, attitude, ideal problems techs. --- Problem. Old and new sub-optimal attitudes creep in. Solution: optimal attitude development, study, practice. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, attitude, ideal problems techs. --- Problems. Attitude problems. Unhealthy attitude. Poor attitude. Bad attitude. Negative attitude. In view towards self, others, world. --- 5/15/2004
Psychology, attitude, ideal problems techs. --- Techniques. (1) Examine your attitudes. Document your attitudes. Talk about your attitudes. (2) Examine the thought component of the attitude. What are the arguments for and against the attitude. (3) Examine the emotional component of the attitude. What emotions are you feeling about the thought component of the attitude. --- 11/8/2004
Psychology, attitude, ideal problems techs. --- Techniques. (see also sports psychology, optimal performance). --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, attitude, ideal problems techs. --- Techniques. Develop current best attitudes for all things. General to specific things, and important to unimportant things. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, attitude, ideal problems techs. --- Techniques. Expose the hidden assumptions and confront the ignored implications of your attitudes. --- 11/8/2004
Psychology, attitude, ideal problems techs. --- Techniques. It pays to be friendly and confident. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, attitude, ideal problems techs. --- Techniques. Observe your attitudes. Criticize (analyze and judge) your attitudes. Change and improve your attitudes. Monitor your attitudes as you live in daily life. Change to new ones decided on. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, attitude, ideal problems techs. --- Techniques. Spotting suboptimal attitudes and determining why. Monitor, analyze and judge your attitudes at all times. Develop, study, and practice optimal attitudes. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, attitude, ideal problems techs. --- Techniques. Techniques for handling or changing your attitudes. (1) Self help: Behavioral conditioning. Thought conditioning (cognitive psychology). Altering your environment (environment psychology). (2) Help from others. (3) Help for others. --- 12/30/1992
Psychology, attitude, ideal problems techs. --- Techniques. Ways how to change them, what to change them to. --- 12/30/1992