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When anxious, apply corrective questions that anchor to base
When anxious, apply corrective questions that anchor to base rates and external data rather than internal feelings, as anxiety systematically inflates threat probability and deflates perceived competence.
Why This Is a Principle
This is a specific corrective principle derived from Emotion as Systematic Cognitive Modulator (emotional distortion is directional), Emotional Hijacking of Judgment (amygdala evaluations as heuristics), and Subcortical Fast-Pathway Threat Processing (fast subcortical threat processing). It prescribes emotion-specific corrections based on the documented direction of distortion.