While Preparing for His Speech, David Took Time Each Afternoon

question 4

Multiple Choice

While preparing for his speech, David took time each afternoon to imagine himself walking confidently to the front of the room, smiling at his audience, and then speaking calmly and confidently. Which technique is David using to build his confidence and reduce his anxiety?

• A) meditation
• B) systematic desensitization
• C) fear alleviation
• D) performance visualization

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Definitions:

Free Association

A psychoanalytic technique where patients are encouraged to share thoughts, words, or images that enter their mind to uncover unconscious thoughts and feelings.

Suppression

The conscious act of stopping oneself from thinking or feeling certain unwanted thoughts or emotions.

Cognitive Mapping

The process of using mental representations to acquire, code, store, recall, and decode information about the relative locations and attributes of phenomena in their everyday or metaphorical spatial environment.

Mindfulness Meditation

A form of meditation focusing on being intensely aware of what you're sensing and feeling in the moment, without interpretation or judgment.