A patient has decided to resign from a job that involved many daily hassles. Using Caplan's theory of response to stress, the patient can be seen to be using:
a. behavior that adjusts the patient's appraisal of the stress.
b. behavior that allows the patient to escape from the stressful environment.
c. intrapsychic behavior in order to defend against unpleasant emotional arousal.
d. intrapsychic behavior to come to terms with the event by internal readjustment.
B
Caplan described four phases of an individual's responses to stressful events. The patient's behavior is representative of Phase 1.
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