PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 24: Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Diaphragmatic Breathing, Autonomic Nervous System
6 Jul 2012
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Chapter 24 fear and anxiety reduction procedures. The autonomic nervous system arousal involved in anxiety is an establishing operation that makes it more likely that the person will engage in escape or avoidance behavior at that time. Cs (feared conditions stimulus) cr (conditioned response = anxiety) A number of behavior modification procedures are used to help people overcome problems of fear or anxiety, these procedures involve relaxation training, systematic desensitization, and in vivo desensitization. Diaphragmatic breathing, also called deep breathing or relaxed breathing, is where the person breathes deeply in a slow, rhythmic fashion. In behavioral relaxation training, the person is taught to relax each muscle group in the body by assume relaxed postures (does not tense & relax: 3 components: focus on muscle tension, correct breathing, attention focusing. Systematic desensitization is where the person with a phobia practices relaxation while imagine scenes of fear-producing stimulus.
