be facilitated by rst learning to solve related simpler problems. The term \shaping" itself has been attributed to the psychologist Skinner 7], who used the technique to train animals such as rats and pigeons to perform complicated sequences of actions for rewards. Skinner describes how the technique is used to train pigeons to peck at a speciic spot: We rst give the bird food when it turns sli...

This article reassesses the role of body in advanced meditation as it is presented early Buddhist Pāli discourses, showing that certain theorizations liberation held contained a marked corporeal element. The also reflects upon understanding Buddha’s this textual corpus, and demonstrates for important strands tradition, was thought to manifest his body, so impacted physical presence quality move...

BACKGROUND There are specific guidelines regarding the level of physical activity (PA) required to provide health benefits. However, the research underpinning these PA guidelines does not address the element of social health. Furthermore, there is insufficient evidence about the levels or types of PA associated specifically with psychological health. This paper first presents the results of a s...

In this paper, we argue that psychological capital is unequally distributed among people from different social classes, ethnic backgrounds and genders. Confronting the limitations of current, individualistic perspective on capital, offer a re-conceptualisation construct critical, interdisciplinary perspective, placing it at intersection sociology psychology. We discuss various mechanisms throug...

Objectives Possible correlations between wisdom and wellbeing among older people have been extensively debated in psychology. At the same time, researchers emphasize that effect of adults' on their depends numerous mediators. A review literature suggests forgiveness might be one such variable. Thus, this study aimed to investigate whether mediated relationship late adulthood. Method In total, 4...