Which of These Does the Textbook NOT Offer as an Explanation

question 36

Multiple Choice

Which of these does the textbook NOT offer as an explanation of how relaxation and meditation might promote health?

• A) These techniques provide relief from stress,muscle tension,anxiety,and negative emotionality,all of which increase a person's vulnerability to ill health.
• B) Relaxation and meditation bolster the immune system.
• C) Relaxation and meditation may alter a person's emotional response to symptoms.
• D) People who regularly practice relaxation or meditation techniques tend to have healthier lifestyles.

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Definitions:

Hermann Ebbinghaus

A German psychologist known for his pioneering work in the study of memory, including the discovery of the forgetting curve and the spacing effect.

Forgetting

The loss of information from long-term memory, reflecting a failure in either storing, retaining, or recalling the information.

Tip-of-the-Tongue Phenomenon

A common cognitive condition where an individual temporarily cannot recall a word or name but has a strong sense of its existence and feels that retrieval is imminent.

Eidetic Imagery

The ability to recall images, sounds, or objects in memory with high precision and detail, often referred to as photographic memory.