"It's too bad my car was damaged by the tree that fell on it during the hurricane, but now I can get that new car I've wanted so long." This is an example of which coping strategy?

a. reappraising the situation
b. learning from the experience
c. making social comparisons
d. cultivating a sense of humor


A

Psychology

You might also like to view...

According to the textbook, the line dividing normal from abnormal is

a. always clear. b. often one of degree. c. based on the exact form or content of behavior. d. not a very important issue.

Psychology

According to your text, which perspective below focuses on both internal and external factors, has good empirical support, and applies to many people with a mental disorder?

a. Cognitive-behavioral b. Psychoanalytic c. Psychosomatic d. Humanistic

Psychology

What are the primary characteristics of bulimia nervosa?

What will be an ideal response?

Psychology

Follow-up research indicates that even though preschoolers have difficulty with Piagetian class inclusion tasks, they

A) have very complex category systems. B) organize their everyday knowledge into nested categories at an early age. C) are capable of abstract reasoning. D) cannot use logic or causal reasoning to form global categories.

Psychology