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Defensive pessimism is a cognitive strategy in which an individual sets a low expectation for their performance, regardless of how well they have done in the past. Individuals use defensive pessimism as a strategy to prepare for anxiety-provoking events or performances. Defensive pessimists then think through specific negative events and ...
Total physical response. Total physical response (TPR) is a language teaching method developed by James Asher, a professor emeritus of psychology at San José State University. It is based on the coordination of language and physical movement. In TPR, instructors give commands to students in the target language with body movements, and students ...
According to Damian Milton (at the NAS Study Day, May 7, 2015), only 15% of a sample of 2,000 autistic people surveyed in the UK were in full-time paid employment. [ 24 ] [ 86 ] In the USA, a study of 72 autistic adults over 12 years shows that only just under 25% kept a job for the entire period, while three-quarters found employment over at ...
The Coping Cat program is a CBT manual-based and comprehensive treatment program for children from 7 to 13 years old with separation anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and/or related anxiety disorders. [ 1] It was designed by Philip C. Kendall, PhD, ABPP, and colleagues at the Child and Adolescent Anxiety ...
Metacognitive therapy ( MCT) is a psychotherapy focused on modifying metacognitive beliefs that perpetuate states of worry, rumination and attention fixation. [ 1] It was created by Adrian Wells [ 2] based on an information processing model by Wells and Gerald Matthews. [ 3] It is supported by scientific evidence from a large number of studies ...
Mark H. Ashcraft defines math anxiety as "a feeling of tension, apprehension, or fear that interferes with math performance" (2002, p. 1). [ 2] It is a phenomenon that is often considered when examining students' problems in mathematics. According to the American Psychological Association, mathematical anxiety is often linked to testing anxiety.
Test anxiety. Test anxiety is a combination of physiological over-arousal, tension and somatic symptoms, along with worry, dread, fear of failure, and catastrophizing, that occur before or during test situations. [ 1] It is a psychological condition in which people experience extreme stress, anxiety, and discomfort during and/or before taking a ...
Regulate Your Nervous System. Being on a plane can put your body on high alert, so regulating your nervous system can help calm racing thoughts, Fishbach says. Getting your nervous system to relax ...