PSY 346 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Meyer Friedman, Type A And Type B Personality Theory

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSY 346
• Professor: Johanna Jarcho

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