Nanci’s son has just been hospitalized and will be undergoing an emergency appendectomy. She begins to take deep breaths in an effort to reduce the anxiety she feels about her son’s surgery. Nanci is engaging in ____
a. ?emotion-focused coping
b. ?problem-focused coping
c. ?primary appraisal
d. ?secondary appraisal
ANSWER:
a
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a. "Thou shalt not kill." b. "I'm going to tear this program in half!" c. "What, me angry? I never get angry." d. "I'm so angry I could kill that player." e. "I think that he is SOOO cute, even when he's unconscious!"
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