A client responds to bad news regarding test results by crying uncontrollably. What is the term for this response to a stressor?
A) Adaptation
B) Homeostasis
C) Coping mechanism
D) Defense mechanism
Ans: C
When a person is in a threatening situation, immediate responses occur. Those responses, which are often involuntary, are called coping responses. The change that takes place as a result of the response to a stressor is adaptation.
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