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• Nadine has a busy job and is very stressed most of the time. When she thinks about work , she feels her heart pounding very fast.

  Explain how a biofeedback therapist might help Nadine.

  • therapist would focus on Nadine's physiological symptoms (heart pounding)
  • recording devices (ECG) could be attached to Nadine to measure heart rate
  • downward fluctuations in heart rate would be conditioned with approval from therapist as positive reinforcement
  • using operant conditioning over a number of sessions, Nadine would be trained to lower her stress response using feedback of her heart rate