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Differentiate between the terms stress, anxiety, and Arousal. Describe how you could use different relaxation skills and imagery to assist an individual's learning and performance.

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How are stress, anxiety, and arousal alike and how are they different. How can imagery be used to benefit a person?

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Stress is when someone feels pressure to meet certain demands and is afraid they cannot. Most of the time, if the demands are not met there are significant consequences.

Anxiety is when someone is worried or nervous about doing something and has a negative feeling about doing it.

Arousal is general activity whether it is psychological or physical.

Imagery is a process that uses the senses as though you can actually see, hear, smell, touch, or taste something even though it is not actually present. Imagery can be utilized to change a ...

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