Mastering Mentalization: Perspectives Through Mentalization for All

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TABLE OF CONTENTS: MASTERING MENTALIZATION, COMPLETE VOLUME (Paperback)

Introduction 1

SECTION I. MENTALIZATION 15 Guilty or Not? 15 | Three Levels of Mentalization 21 | Six Dimensions of Mentalization 26 | Neurological Underpinnings of Mentalization 29 | Development of Mentalization 36 | Contributing Mental Functions 39 | Mentalization Competencies: Advantages, Impediments and Avenues for Enhancement 41 | Mentalization Code of Conduct 46

SECTION II. BASIC MENTALIZING 51 Chapter 1. Embodied Sharing of Affect and Behavior 51 Introduction to Basic Mentalizing 51 | Mass Psychogenic Illness 54 | Mimicry 57 | Affective Contagion 59 | Behavioral Contagion 60 | Factors That Influence Our Tendency to Share in Affect and Behavior 61 | Understanding Embodied Sharing of Affect and Behavior: Advantages, Impediments and Avenues for Enhancement 64

Chapter 2. Nonverbal Social Indicator Detection 69 Cold Reading 69 | The Importance of Nonverbal Social Indicators 72 | The Relationship Between Verbal and Nonverbal Social Indicators 74 | Nonverbal Social Indicator Conveyors 76 | General Social Indicators 83 | Affect Indicators 84 | Intent Indicators 86 | Nonverbal Social Indicator Detection Skills: Advantages, Impediments and Avenues for Enhancement 89

Chapter 3. Nonsocial Sensing and Associating 95 Alexithymia 95 | Nonsocial Interoceptive and Exteroceptive Awareness 97 | Important Components of Nonsocial Sensing 100 | Interoceptive and Exteroceptive Information Association 104 | Nonsocial Sensing and Associating Acuity: Advantages, Impediments and Avenues for Enhancement 107

SECTION III. AFFECTIVE MENTALIZING 113 Chapter 1. Attitude Toward Affect and Affective Understanding 113 Introduction to Affective Mentalizing 113 | Affect Phobia 116 | Affect 118 | Important Social Functions of Expressing Emotions 119 | Mentalizing About Basic Personal Affects 120 | Mentalizing About Social Affects 122 | The Impact of Affects on Mentalization 124 | Attitude Toward Affect 126 | The Relationship Between Attachment Theory and Affective Attitude 127 | Affective Understanding 132 | Improving Attitude and Understanding Regarding Affect: Advantages, Impediments and Avenues for Enhancement 135

Chapter 2. Empathy and Compassion 141 The Dark Triad 141 | The Light Triad 147 | Affective and Cognitive Empathy 149 | Empathic Distress 152 | Other- and Self-Compassion 154 | Empathy, Compassion and Affective Mentalizing 156 | Cultivating Empathic and Compassion Practices: Advantages, Impediments and Avenues for Enhancement 158

Chapter 3. Affective Communication 165 Borderline Personality Disorder 165 | Affective Explaining 172 | Sending Affective Messages 175 | Receiving Affective Messages 179 | The Interrelationship Between Affective Mentalizing and Affective Communication 183 | Detecting Signs of Fight, Flight or Freeze Mental States 184 | Affect Regulation 186 | Affective Communication Skills: Advantages, Impediments and Avenues for Enhancement 187

SECTION IV. STRATEGIC MENTALIZING 195 Chapter 1. Motivation to Mentalize Strategically 195 Introduction to Strategic Mentalizing 195 | The Master of Suspense 204 | Motivational Factors for Strategic Mentalizing 206 | Well-balanced and Properly Motivated Strategic Mentalizing: Advantages, Impediments and Avenues for Enhancement 209

Chapter 2. Content Extraction 213 Is Fiction Really Fiction? 213 | Affective State Attribution 215 | Desire State Attribution 218 | Belief State Attribution 222 | Knowledge State Attribution 226 | Inferring Complex Mental States 230 | Inferring Personality Factors 234 | Inferring Trustworthiness and Credibility 242 | Content Extraction Acuity: Advantages, Impediments and Avenues for Enhancement 246

Chapter 3. Perspective Gaining and Shifting 253 The Perspective of a Tribe in Papua New Guinea 253 | Perspective Gaining 255 | Narrative Sharing and Self-Disclosure 257 | Decoding Narratives 262 | Perspective Shifting 265 | Attributional Biases 266 | Cognitive Control and Cognitive Flexibility 268 | Perspective Gaining and Shifting Skills: Advantages, Impediments and Avenues for Enhancement 271

Chapter 4. Perspective Shaping 277 The Father of Spin 277 | The Role of Influence 279 | The Influencer 280 | Tactics Used to Shape Perspectives 283 | Predicting the Influencer's Tactic Preference 290 | The Target of Influence 295 | Resisting Unwanted Influence 302 | Increasing Influential Power Through Mentalization 306 | Assessing Strategic Mentalizing Competency 308 | Sharpening Perspective Shaping Competencies: Advantages, Impediments and Avenues for Enhancement 309

SECTION V. MASTERING MENTALIZATION 319 A Metacognitive Learning Approach 319 | Eight Steps to Mastering Mentalization 321 | Establishing a Mentalization Competency Baseline 322 | Indicia of Well-Developed Mentalization Competence 328 | Recognizing Poor Mentalization Competence 331 | Recognizing Pseudomentalization 333 | Designing Strategies to Master Mentalization 336 | Linear, Cyclical and Holistic Learning 338 | Nine Mentalization Maxims 342 | Index 345

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