Housestark22 Basically breathing retraining the process of identifying unhealthy breathing habits and replacing them with correct ones, (its kind of like CBT but breathing version) . Self efficacy is belief in the ability to perform behaviour needed to reach a goal and is a psychological risk factor. Someone that has poor self efficacy is usually doubting themselves and always perceives that they would receive the worst outcome. For example on a past paper there was a scenario of a women having trouble at work and she thought that it would never resolve, hence she has poor self efficacy.

Also you are not alone, literally don't know what to do today as well but my teacher recommended to go over notes and mistakes on past trials

      Housestark22 I don't really have a format but I recommend just planning for 5-10 mins and using paragraphs. Make sure to always link to the scenario or research and throw in definitions to show your assessor you have a good understanding of the content

        Housestark22 i was also taught IDEAS
        I- identify concepts
        D- define
        E-explain
        A- apply and analyze
        Basically pretend you're writing for your parents to read this- they are smart but have no idea what psych terms mean. For example, don't just say, glutamate has an excitatory effect- say what excitatory means

          twinklehello catastrophe is an unpredictable, uncontrollable event that affects the community on a wide scale like a tsunami while a major stressor is an event that is extraordinarily stressful for all individuals that experience it like victims to a crime

              Housestark22

              I didn't study at all the day before my exam. Just chilling and trying to get into that challenge appraisal mindset. If you haven't exercised so far today that could be a good idea to help you out (beta endorphins, stress hormone use etc. + easier sleep later).

                  yellowdog23

                  My advice:
                  At this point if you are studying it should be very targeted towards a gap you have identified.

                  I definitely do not recommend trying to get a much study as possible done today — you want energy tomorrow, not to spend today already racing. If you do feel that you have a specific gap I would designate a time (e.g. 5pm) that you still to be finished by.

                  If you've been doing practice exam questions etc. in the lead up getting good sleep etc. is likely to help you a lot more than a bit of extra study at this point.

                  Hope this helps 🙂

                  Also if anyone disagrees, has questions etc. I'm open to hearing that too

                      BriMT do you think redoing old practice questions I got wrong is effective or no?

                          twinklehello

                          If your preference is to study then I think doing past practice questions can be an effective way of doing that. I would, however, try to make sure you're doing it in a chill way and not make it your whole day.

                          Edit: like, try to do it in a chill/hype "yeah I got that exam, I've been making improvements and get to use tomorrow to show how much I've learned and pull my marks up" mindset

                              butterfly13579
                              hi hi so, this is what i would say basically (kinda simplified because i didn't want to type something that sounded good but didn't make sense.)

                              exercise up excess hormones that are secreted from the sympathetic NS when someone is experiencing something stressful (cortisol and adrenaline) - which can lower the arousal levels that an individual is feeling causing them to feel less stress

                              exercise also releases beta-endorphins are released when someone exercises, which can increase a person's resilience as they will have a more positive mood rather than being 'im sad about this thing, it's making me stressed but I'm not going to do anything about it because I feel grumpy.'
                              Someone in a positive mood would have a higher likelihood of reducing stress because they have a more positive outlook toward a stressor which can increase an individual's resilience

                              I hope this makes sense
                              if anyone wants to add anything else, feel free xx