By Learning How to Relax the Somatic Nervous System, Jacobson

question 20

Essay

By learning how to relax the somatic nervous system, Jacobson believed that the sympathetic branch of the autonomic nervous system would follow suit. Provide research evidence for this idea.

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Definitions:

Contextual Intelligence

The ability to understand the limits of our knowledge and to adapt that knowledge to an environment different from the one in which it was developed.

Formal Reasoning

The process of following a set of rigorous procedures or rules to arrive at a conclusion, often used in mathematics and logic.

Inductive Reasoning

A method of reasoning in which specific observations or measurements are used to make general conclusions or theories.

Formal Reasoning

The process of thinking logically and methodically about abstract concepts, often using systems of rules.