PSYB45H3 Lecture Notes - Diaphragmatic Breathing, Progressive Muscle Relaxation
23 Jun 2011
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First, problems involving fear and anxiety are described in terms of operant and respondent behaviours. Next, procedures used to treat these problems are discussed: these procedures are based on principles of operant and respondent conditioning. Fear: composed of both operant and respondent behaviour. Person is afraid of a particular stimulus or stimulus situation. Person experiences unpleasant bodily responses, autonomic nervous system arousal: anxiety: bodily responses(automatic arousal) that are called respondent behaviours. Three components involved in all relaxation training procedures: progressive muscle relaxation (pmr): the person tenses and relaxes each of the major muscle groups in the body. Tensing and relaxing the muscles leaves them more relaxed than in their initial state. diaphragmatic breathing (deep breathing) : the person breathes deeply in a slow, rhythmic fashion. attention-focusing exercises: produce relaxation by directing attention to a neutral or pleasant stimulus to remove the person"s attention from the anxiety-producing stimulus.
