Alan believes that school administrators are overly critical and controlling. consequently, when the dean of students asks to meet with him to discuss what she can do to help him succeed in his classes, he assumes her goal is to coerce him into dropping out of his classes. we might describe alan's perception as Behavioral affirmation.
According to New Thought and New Age terminology, affirmations are generally used to promote positive thinking and self-empowerment. They are meant to develop the idea that "a positive mental attitude reinforced by affirmations will accomplish success in anything."
Behavioral affirmation physically establishes pathways in our brains to enable movement toward those behaviors if we talk to ourselves in a way that paints a vivid and emotionally engaging picture of the actions we want to encourage. This is what we refer to as "self-talk," "affirmative reminders," or "affirmations" when employed for this purpose.
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