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People Use Mental Imagery All the Time to Create Worst-Case

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People use mental imagery all the time to create worst-case scenarios about how bad some event will be (or was). Create a position for how mental imagery can be used for good to a person who has never used this technique before as a means of relaxation.


Definitions:

Anal Expulsive

A term from Freudian psychoanalysis referring to a personality type that emerges from an unorganized and lenient approach to toilet training, often resulting in a messy, careless, or defiant character.

Oedipus Complex

A conflict of the phallic stage in which the boy wishes to possess his mother sexually and perceives his father as a rival in love.

Electra Complex

A psychoanalytic concept, proposed by Freud, suggesting a girl's sense of competition with her mother for the affections of her father.

Social Cognitive Theory

A theoretical framework that emphasizes the role of observational learning, social experience, and reciprocal determinism in the development of personality and behavior.

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