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	JITE Volume 36, Number 2 - Roger B. Hill and Robert C. Wicklein
		Modeling - The process of producing or reducing an act or condition to a generalized construct which may be presented graphically in the form of a sketch, diagram, or equation; presented phyiscally in the form of a scale model or prototype; or described in the form of a written generalization.
		The conceptual basis for requesting the perceived frequency of use of mental processes as a basis for developing representative constructs for mental processes used by technologists was the belief that related processes would have similar patterns of use and importance.
		The mental processes that loaded here included questioning and probing to determine the nature of the problem and determining the various aspects of the problem that needed to be considered.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /ejournals/JITE/v36n2/hill.html (4816 words)

	Harvey Carr: The Nature of Mental Process (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The author adopted this conception of the nature of mental process several years ago and is convinced from his teaching experience that such a mode of treatment possesses certain distinct advantages.
		The subjective conception of mental process as something immaterial constitutes an inadequate tool for the physician in his attempt to comprehend the nature of the mental, or functional disorders.
		Such a view permits the widest latitude as to methods of approach; it permits mental processes to be studied from the standpoint of immediate experience, of objective observation, or of clinical data.
	spartan.ac.brocku.ca /~lward/sup/Carr_1917.html (2346 words)

	Potential Capability And Organizational Transition: An Application Of Elliott Jaques' Stratified Systems Theory In A ...
		In addition, they found the "four methods of mental processing can be observed in each of two different orders of information, symbolic and abstract, used by adult subjects; they are recursive and maintain their hierarchy of complexity" (Jaques and Cason 1994: 61).
		Therefore, the process of identifying an individual's complexity of mental process is a two-part procedure.
		In addition, the correlation between the average of the researchers' assessments of the subjects' complexity of mental process and the average of the managers' and subjects' judgments of the subjects' PC was high (.97) and significant (1994).
	www.sbaer.uca.edu /research/icsb/1997/web/97ics017.htm (4120 words)

	Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations: The Muddle of Understanding as a Mental Process
		Mental states, according to Wittgenstein, have two distinct qualities about them: they have some amount of temporal duration and can be readily predicated of the individual at the time they occur.
		If understanding is a mental state then it should have some amount of temporal duration during which time we should be able to easily identify that understanding within ourselves.
		If understanding is a mental process or state, then we should be able to see it inwardly or access it the way we do the sensations of pain or the melody of a piece of music.
	www.infidels.org /library/modern/james_still/w_muddle.html (1318 words)

	Bidder. ON MENTAL CALCULATION
		But up to that point the velocity of the mental process cannot be adequately expressed; the utterance of words cannot equal it; in fact, as compared with the process of speaking, or of writing, it is as the velocity of a message transmitted by telegraph to the speed of an express train.
		This may appear to you a simple process, but I attach the utmost importance to it, because it made me perfectly familiar with numbers up to 100; they became as it were my friends, and I knew all their relations and acquaintances.
		Mentally, however, this would not, occupy me more than a, minute, so that the result is arrived at almost as quickly as by logarithms.
	users.lk.net /~stepanov/mnemo/biddere.html (8640 words)

	Hyponoetics - Essay: Critique of Bateson's Criteria of Mental Process (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Gregory Bateson [1] proposed six criteria of mental process, a concept of mind based on cybernetic principles and which is said to overcome the Cartesian duality of mind and body.
		A mental process does not use physical energy at all, since it is a non-physical process.
		Bateson makes mental processes completely dependent on physical processes, which is why all his criteria and his theory of mind is reductionistic and analytic.
	www.hyponoesis.org /html/essays/e034.html (1324 words)

	JLARC Report Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Involuntary commitment is a process by which an individual with a mental illness, who is a danger to self or others, or who is unable to care for self, may be temporarily detained and committed to a hospital on an involuntary basis following a hearing.
		Compared to processes in some other states, Virginia's involuntary commitment process has some strengths, including a shorter period of detention prior to the commitment hearing; however, the comparison indicates some areas of weakness, such as pre-screening for detention, detention criteria, and hearing oversight.
		Among them are recommendations designed to simplify and clarify the process, to provide additional information and/or training related to the role of various participants in the process, and to provide a record of the proceedings to better facilitate oversight and accountability.
	jlarc.state.va.us /summary/rpt164/commit.htm (1778 words)

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		The possibility that there might be an ironic process in mental control is easy to grasp in the case of thought suppression.
		The ironic process is a monitor of sorts, a checker that determines whether the operating process is needed, but that also has a tendency to influence the accessibility of conscious mental contents.
		If the ironic process is inherent in the control system whereby we secure whatever mental control we do enjoy, then it ought to be evident across many domains in which we do have some success in controlling our minds.
	www.wjh.harvard.edu /~wegner/seed.htm (1773 words)

	Roger B. Hill
		The process of producing or reducing an act, art, or condition to a generalized construct which may be presented graphically in the form of a sketch, diagram, or equation; presented physically in the form of a scale model or prototype; or described in the form of a written generalization.
		The tasks necessary to accomplish this included (1) developing a procedure for identifying the mental processes as they were used by students, (2) creating a tool to aid in analyzing the duration and frequency of the mental processes used by students, and (3) testing the system for consistency and reliability.
		This technique was precluded in the present study due to the young age of the middle school participants and their limited understanding of the mental processes as defined, but upper level high school or post-secondary students would be capable of comprehending and distinguishing their own use of the mental processes.
	scholar.lib.vt.edu /ejournals/JTE/jte-v9n1/hill.html (5652 words)

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		When you have understood the specific characteristics of mental and physical phenomena then you can exterminate the false idea of a person, a being, an I or a you, a self or a soul, which is the seat of all mental defilements and hindrances.
		As to mental phenomena, when you note rising, falling of the abdomen; or lifting, pushing, dropping of the foot; or bending of the arms, stretching of the arms, then there's a mental process that knows the object, rising, falling movement, lifting, pushing, dropping movement, bending, stretching movement of the arm.
		That means when distinguishing physical processes from that of mind or mentality you don't identify mental processes, that's noting mind with yourself or your person.
	www.buddhanet.net /filelib/medbud/vcourse5.txt (3373 words)

	Psychology of Intelligence Analysis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Intelligence analysis is fundamentally a mental process, but understanding this process is hindered by the lack of conscious awareness of the workings of our own minds.
		People construct their own version of "reality" on the basis of information provided by the senses, but this sensory input is mediated by complex mental processes that determine which information is attended to, how it is organized, and the meaning attributed to it.
		This process may be visualized as perceiving the world through a lens or screen that channels and focuses and thereby may distort the images that are seen.
	www.cia.gov /csi/books/19104/art4.html (2120 words)

	Organisational Memetics
		To understand the process, and its implications for the learning organisation, we must revisit the organic domain but dwell not on the biologistís view of evolution by genetic competition but on the geological view of evolution as a historical process.
		Collective mental models become a paradigm (Kuhn 1962): a prevailing orthodoxy that rules a branch of science until, with startling rapidity the dam bursts in the face of new evidence and the literature is thick with ardent espousals of the new orthodoxy.
		The mental equivalent of selective breeding is the movement to slowly build shared values: the pundits who assert the impossibility of creating sustained change without first building a new culture of shared values and purpose.
	members.aol.com /ifprice/orgmem.html (7458 words)

	Hyponoetics - Glossary - [M]
		On the other hand, mental events or mental states (mostly used synonymously) have features that cannot be found in physical systems and therefore mental events are different from physical events, although they may be correlated.
		A process is an ongoing systematic series of actions or events - it it takes place in the mind, it is a mental process.
		Mind as the totality of hypothesized mental processes and acts that may serve as explanatory devices for psychological data.
	www.hyponoesis.org /html/glossary/m.html (3900 words)

	The Anatomy of the Mental Personality by Sigmund Freud (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The oldest and best meaning of the word 'unconscious' is the descriptive one; we call 'unconscious' any mental process the existence of which we are obliged to assume-because, for instance, we infer it in some way from its effects but of which we are not directly aware.
		We have the same relation to that mental process as we have to a mental process in another person except that it belongs to ourselves.
		Super-ego, ego and id, then, are the three realms, regions or provinces into which we divide the mental apparatus of the individual; and it is their mutual relations with which we shall be concerned in what follows.
	www.marxists.org /reference/subject/philosophy/works/at/freud2.htm (3000 words)

	Mental Help Net - Dissociative Disorders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Dissociation is a mental process involving changes in normal memory and attention that lead to changes in the availability and accessibility of memory.
		Dissociation is thought to be a relatively common mental process engaged in by many people, not all of whom have a mental disorder.
		Another relatively common experience of dissociation is found in states of ‘depersonalization’ where one has the sensation of being detached from ones mental processes as though one were alien in one’s own skin.
	mentalhelp.net /poc/center_index.php/id/41 (469 words)

	Suggested Principles of Professional Ethics for Online Mental Health Services
		Before the client consents to receive online mental health services, he or she should be informed about the process, the counselor, the potential risks and benefits, safeguards, and alternatives.
		The client should be informed of the potential risks of receiving mental health services online, for example, that misunderstandings might interfere with evaluation or treatment or that confidentiality might be breached.
		When the client receives mental health services from others at the same time, either online or in person, the counselor should carefully consider the potential effects of his or her interventions in the overall treatment context.
	www.dr-bob.org /ismho/suggestions.current.html (1352 words)

	Mental Process in Preparing for a Test - Tricks to Get Good Grades (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Before you are about to take a test, most people go through a similar mental process that consists of subconsciously evaluating your motivation and skills and then preparing for the test.
		In preparing for a test, you refresh your memory by studying, refresh your body and brain for alertness and endurance, and establish the proper mental state for taking the test.
		Know the material and be in a mental state of being ready to get that "A" on this test.
	www.school-for-champions.com /grades/preparetest.htm (897 words)

	Working Paper: Creativity Models
		Arieti (1976) catalogued eight models of the creative thinking process that were proposed during the period 1908 to 1964.
		Wertheimer (1945) assert that the process of creative thinking is a integrated line of thought that does not lend itself to the segmentation implied by the steps of a model.
		In contrast to the prominent role that some models give to subconscious processes, Perkins (1981) argues that subconscious mental processes are behind all thinking and, therefore, play no extraordinary role in creative thinking.
	www.directedcreativity.com /pages/WPModels.html (2475 words)

	psychiatry mental health / psyche survivors
		As this relates to participation in the treatment process, the patient has the right to be present in meetings or discussions affecting his or her treatment while at a facility.
		A patient has the right participate in the decision making process, to provide input about desired outcomes, and to dispute the conclusions that his or her treatment team may make if he or she disagrees.
		As this relates to the Grievance process, each patient has the right to be heard concerning a grievance, to discuss his or her grievance with appropriate authorized personnel of a facility, to have a grievance investigated and to expect mediation to be available (if necessary) in order to resolve a dispute.
	rondak.org /psyche5.htm (1297 words)

	American Fitness: It's all in your head: slowing the process of mental aging
		A high correlation is observed in the mental abilities of married couples.
		If you believe you are not as mentally sharp as you used to be, see it as a call to action rather than a retreat.
		Changes in mental abilities are inevitable, but for the majority of individuals, such declines are modest.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0675/is_3_21/ai_112982396 (1324 words)

	AllRefer.com - reading, mental process (Education: Terms And Concepts) - Encyclopedia
		Facility in reading is an essential factor in educational progress, and instruction in this basic skill is a primary purpose of elementary education.
		Although illiteracy is still a problem in many areas of the world, compulsory childhood education laws have assured that most citizens of advanced industrial nations can read.
		Physiological and psychological studies suggest that the process of reading is based on a succession of quick eye movements, known as fixations, across the written line, each of which lasts for about a quarter of a second.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/R/reading.html (407 words)

	An Early History - African American Mental Health
		The irony of Dr. Rush's medical observations was that he was a leading mental health reformer and co-founder of the first anti-slavery society in America.
		The issue of housing Black and white mental patients in the same facility was a struggle in both Northern and Southern States since many leading mental health experts felt that it undermined the mental health of white patients to be housed with African-Americans.
		The distress of having Blacks and white patients in close proximity to one another was balanced by the unwillingness to fund segregated facilities for fl patients.
	academic.udayton.edu /health/01status/mental01.htm (2551 words)

	The Hindu : Mental process is vital: Greg Chappell
		His days as a tall, upright batsman of wonderful balance and glorious timing may long have been over, but the former Australian captain's ability to still captivate and delight was very much visible on the opening day of the MRF Coaches seminar, here, on Saturday.
		He told the coaches, "when you have a player who is struggling, work as much on the mental process as the physical.'' Greg was dwelling on the `Role of the Coaches.''
		The Indian cricket team was now mentally stronger since it was fitter physically he said, and praised the role of coach John Wright, physio Andrew Leipus and former fitness trainer Adrian le Roux.
	www.hinduonnet.com /2003/06/29/stories/2003062905241700.htm (516 words)

	Math Forum - Ask Dr. Math (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I arrive at the answer through a mental process.
		In many cases, 'problem solving' problems are exercises in trying to articulate slowly what your brain can do quickly.
		You can work your way down, but you can also start skipping to speed the process up.
	mathforum.org /library/drmath/view/61337.html (386 words)

	NOLA.com: Billiards and Pool Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The reason for this mess is obviously one thing...that all these aiming systems address only the 'superficial' elements of aiming like lines,contact points,degrees,edges etc.and NEVER address the ACTUAL,VITAL 'mental process' involved in aiming,which is basically and purely a 'mental task'.That's why a system that works(just a feeling) for you may not work for me.
		Since AIMING is purely a mental task,any aiming system which doesn't address the concerned mental process is BOUND to disappoint a player at one time or the other.It'a FACT(accepted or not).
		Obviously the conclusion is......that system which addresses the very MENTAL PROCESS of aiming is the only GENUINE AIMING SYSTEM.
	www.nola.com /forums/billiards/index.ssf?artid=2640 (657 words)

	SCMHE Forensics: Criminal Code & Mental Illness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		If they are not then the normal rules of punishment and deterrence do not apply, although the person will be found to be responsible for their actions.
		In this case it may be determined that the individual is Not Criminally Responsible due to Mental Disorder for their actions.
		Although an accused does not have to consent to treatment they can be held in a psychiatric hospital for the period specified on the form (generally 30 days but can be up to 60 days).
	www.mhcva.on.ca /MHP/mhpfor2.htm (369 words)

	County of Santa Cruz Health Services Agency - Prop 63: Mental Health Services Act
		The purpose of the Mental Health Services Act is to expand and improve mental health services and transform the mental health system.
		The planning process, to expand mental health services, will occur between February and April 2005 through a series of informational meetings and surveys.
		The Adult Mental Health Department works with many agencies as partners in providing the best services to keep adults out of the hospital, in stable housing and participating in those activities that promote recovery.
	www.santacruzhealth.org /prop63 (1091 words)

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