How does focusing attention on the sensations of breathing help a person alleviate anxiety?

What will be an ideal response?


By focusing attention on these sensations (feeling the lungs expanding and contracting, the air flowing in and out, and the movement of the abdomen), the individual is less likely to think anxiety provoking thoughts.

Psychology

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According to ____, the goal of psychology is to study how the mind enables and facilitates the adaptation of the organism to its environment.?

a. ?Darwin b. ?Galton c. ?Angell d. ?Watson e. ?Titchener

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People who believe in love at first sight are relying on a(n) ____

a. ?prototype b. ?affective heuristic c. ?inductive approach d. ?exemplar

Psychology

Failure to remember events that occurred after physical trauma because of the effects of the trauma is called retrograde amnesia

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

Psychology

According to your book, systematic desensitization may fare no better than a placebo procedure designed to arouse an equivalent degree of _____ expectations

A) positive B) negative C) neutral D) melancholic

Psychology